Usage Score
3.3
Player Dossier
2023-2025Nebraska
Riley Van Poppel
DL • 6'5" • 295 lbs • Argyle, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Riley Van Poppel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Efficiency
10.6
Consistency
12.1
Season Value
14.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska
2324242525
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
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.
Riley Van Poppel, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Nebraska. Riley Van Poppel shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 10.6 disruption score.
Riley Van Poppel played DL for Nebraska. Across 3 tracked seasons, Riley Van Poppel recorded 24 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Nebraska paired 5 primary output with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 10.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Postseason · Nebraska
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
10.6
Usage
3.3
Consistency
12.1
Best Game by takeover score
Utah
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1.5. Cincinnati: 0. Akron: 0.5. Unknown: 2. Michigan: 0. Maryland: 0. Northwestern: 0. USC: 0. UCLA: 1. Penn State: 0. Iowa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Utah: 2 by 23.3. Cincinnati: 1 by 4.2. Akron: 1 by 9.2. Unknown: 1 by 24.2. Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 3 by 12.5. USC: 1 by 4.2. UCLA: 2 by 18.3. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Iowa: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.3 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins
First Half0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.5 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
Best efficiency game
24.2 vs Unknown
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | @ Utah | L 22-44 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 11/28 | vs Iowa | L 16-40 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Penn State | L 10-37 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ UCLA | W 28-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs USC | L 17-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Northwestern | W 28-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Maryland | W 34-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Michigan | L 27-30 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Unknown | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Akron | W 68-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/29 | @ Cincinnati | W 20-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nebraska
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1.5 | 6 | 1.5 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | -0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Nebraska | 5 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 4 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Nebraska | 5 | 10.6 | 3.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.
#2
Iowa
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 40.1 takeover score.
#3
Colorado
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.
#4
Utah
1.5
Primary metric
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.2 takeover score.
#5
UCLA
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Postseason · Nebraska
5 primary output · 10.6 efficiency · 3.3 usage
14.8
#2
2025 Regular Season · Nebraska
14.8
5 primary · 10.6 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
7.2
1.5 primary · 6 efficiency · 1.5 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
4★
Class 2023 · Rating 0.8955
Argyle · Argyle, TX
- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Career Facts
1
Career teams
5
Seasons tracked
24
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 20 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.