Player Dossier

2023-2025

Arizona State

K'Vion Thunderbird

LB • 6'0" • 225 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

K'Vion Thunderbird shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

8.3

Efficiency

28.3

Consistency

66.2

Season Value

30.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Arizona State • Fresno State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wyoming

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.

K'Vion Thunderbird, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Arizona State. K'Vion Thunderbird shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Arizona State paired 2 primary output with 36.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 28.3 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 Arizona State, Fresno State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.

Season Explorer

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

2025 Regular Season · Fresno State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

28.3

Usage

8.3

Consistency

66.2

Best Game by takeover score

Colorado State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 2. Kansas: 1. Oregon State: 1. Unknown: 0. Hawai'i: 1. Nevada: 1.5. Colorado State: 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. Georgia Southern: 5 by 40.8. Kansas: 4 by 26.7. Oregon State: 2 by 18.3. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Hawai'i: 8 by 43.3. Nevada: 5 by 35.8. Colorado State: 5 by 20.8

Split Comparison

Wins1.4 · n=4 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · n=2 · -0.9 vs Wins
First Half1 · n=4 · +0.2 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · n=3 · -0.2 vs First Half

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Georgia Southern

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Hawai'i

Result
Sat 10/11@ Colorado StateL 21-4951000
Sun 10/5vs NevadaW 20-17520.50010
Sun 9/21@ Hawai'iW 23-21830010
Sun 9/14vs Unknown31000
Sat 9/6@ Oregon StateW 36-2721001
Sun 8/31vs Georgia SouthernW 42-1452002
Sat 8/23@ KansasL 7-3142100

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Arizona State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Fresno State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonArizona State04.20.9
2024 Regular SeasonArizona State236.716.22
2025 Regular SeasonFresno State6.528.38.34.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Wyoming

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 51 takeover score.

#2

Georgia Southern

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.7 takeover score.

#3

Nevada

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 43.5 takeover score.

#4

Hawai'i

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 35.7 takeover score.

#5

Kansas

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Arizona State

2 primary output · 36.7 efficiency · 16.2 usage

39.7

#2

2023 Regular Season · Arizona State

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Fresno State

30.4

6.5 primary · 28.3 efficiency · 8.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8642

Kenwood Academy · Chicago, IL

Committed To
Arizona State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

2

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

37

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 9 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

K'Vion Thunderbird quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
37