Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2010-2014Buffalo
Cortney Lester
DB • 6'0" • Miramar, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Cortney Lester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive back
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Cortney Lester built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a defensive back from Miramar, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Cortney Lester's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2010
Cortney Lester, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Buffalo. Cortney Lester shows a ball-hunting defender profile with partial disruption data.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Cortney Lester quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Everglades · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Everglades · 16 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Class 2014
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.9 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 68.9 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 65 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
Related Context
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Cortney Lester played DB for Buffalo. Across 5 tracked seasons, Cortney Lester recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2011 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 4 primary output with 40 efficiency.
Supporting note
2013 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2013 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
3
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UConn: 1. Eastern Michigan: 1. Kent State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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3 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Kent State
Player Story
Cortney Lester story
Cortney Lester built his college career from 2010 through 2014 as a defensive back from Miramar, FL wearing No. 4, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Cortney Lester's career was his defensive production: 9 interceptions across 8 career games in the available record. That gives Cortney Lester's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Buffalo
2010-2014
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2011 Regular Season | Buffalo | 2 | 13.3 | — | 2 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Buffalo | 4 | 40 | — | 2 |
| 2013 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 20 | — | -1 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | -3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 11 · W 29-24 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
80 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.
#2
vs Bowling Green
Week 13 · L 28-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio
Week 6 · W 38-37 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#4
@ Kent State
Week 9 · W 41-21 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#5
vs Eastern Michigan
Week 6 · W 42-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Buffalo
4 primary output · 40 efficiency · — usage
68.9
#2
2013 Regular Season · Buffalo
65
3 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2011 Regular Season · Buffalo
42.9
2 primary · 13.3 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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