Player Dossier

2022-2025

Cincinnati

Ken Willis

S • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Cincinnati, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ken Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.5

Efficiency

8.8

Consistency

8.3

Season Value

5.7

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Cincinnati • James Madison
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ken Willis, S. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati. Ken Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Cincinnati paired 0 primary output with 5.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Cincinnati, James Madison.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: App State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · James Madison

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

8.8

Usage

1.5

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Louisiana: 0. App State: 1. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 1 by 4.2. App State: 3 by 22.5. Troy: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.3 · n=3
First Half0 · n=2 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.5 · n=2 · +0.5 vs First Half
All Games0.3 · n=4

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

App State

Best efficiency game

22.5 vs App State

Result
Sat 12/6vs TroyW 31-1411000
Sat 11/15vs App StateW 58-1032001
Sat 10/11vs LouisianaW 24-1410000
Sat 8/30vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Cincinnati

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    James Madison

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonCincinnati0
2023 Regular SeasonCincinnati31773
2024 Regular SeasonCincinnati05.81.1-3
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison18.81.51

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Oklahoma

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.

#2

West Virginia

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.4 takeover score.

#3

Houston

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.

#4

App State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42 takeover score.

#5

Kansas

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Cincinnati

0 primary output · 5.8 efficiency · 1.1 usage

35.6

#2

2023 Regular Season · Cincinnati

12.3

3 primary · 17 efficiency · 7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · James Madison

5.7

1 primary · 8.8 efficiency · 1.5 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8493

Colerain · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Cincinnati
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

36

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Ken Willis quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
S
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
36