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Player Dossier
2023-2025Clemson
Will Heldt
DE • 6'6" • 260 lbs • Carmel, IN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Heldt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
83
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Purdue • Clemson
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana State
Player Story
Will Heldt built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Carmel, IN wearing No. 13, spending time with Clemson and Purdue. The clearest part of Will Heldt's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Purdue
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Will Heldt, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Clemson. Will Heldt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 114
- TFL
- 25.5
- Sacks
- 11
- QB hurries
- 16
- Passes defended
- 2
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Will Heldt quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Clemson · DE
- Career Tackles
- 114
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Clemson
- Top game
- Indiana State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carmel · Purdue
- High school pipeline
- Carmel · 32 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 46 tackles · DE 18th (top 7%) · ACC 86th (top 11%) · National 730th (top 12%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 9 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 9.6 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 12 | 56 | 10 | 5 | 5 | - | 1 | 60.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Clemson | 13 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | - | 0 | 73.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 13 | 38 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 73.5 |
Related Context
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Will Heldt played DE for Purdue and Clemson. Across 3 tracked seasons, Will Heldt recorded 114 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Purdue.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Clemson paired 32.5 primary output with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 37.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Purdue, Clemson.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Carolina
Win with 8 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Clemson
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
2.5
Efficiency
37.4
Usage
11.5
Consistency
60.7
Best Game by takeover score
South Carolina
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 2.5. LSU: 2. Troy: 3. Georgia Tech: 2. Syracuse: 1. North Carolina: 0. Boston College: 3. SMU: 3.5. Duke: 2. Florida State: 2. Louisville: 0.5. Furman: 3. South Carolina: 8
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 8 by 58.3. LSU: 3 by 32.5. Troy: 5 by 50.8. Georgia Tech: 4 by 36.7. Syracuse: 4 by 26.7. North Carolina: 2 by 8.3. Boston College: 4 by 46.7. SMU: 2 by 43.3. Duke: 1 by 24.2. Florida State: 3 by 32.5. Louisville: 4 by 21.7. Furman: 2 by 38.3. South Carolina: 4 by 66.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.8 · Games = 7 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses2.2 · Games = 6 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
South Carolina
Best efficiency game
66.7 vs South Carolina
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/27 | vs Penn StateSplash game | L 10-22 | 8 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | @ South CarolinaSplash game | W 28-14 | 4 | 2 | — | 2.50 | 1.50 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs FurmanSplash game | W 45-10 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Louisville | W 20-19 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Florida StateSplash game | W 24-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs DukeSplash game | L 45-46 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs SMUSplash game | L 24-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 41-10 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ North Carolina | W 38-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Syracuse | L 21-34 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Georgia TechSplash game | L 21-24 | 4 | 3 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs TroySplash game | W 27-16 | 5 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs LSUSplash game | L 10-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Will Heldt story
Will Heldt built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Carmel, IN wearing No. 13, spending time with Clemson and Purdue. The clearest part of Will Heldt's career was his defensive production: 114 tackles, 25.5 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Clemson. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Will Heldt's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson and Purdue.
The arc is straightforward: Will Heldt moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Purdue
2023-2024
Opening stop
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Clemson
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Purdue | 2 | 7.8 | 2.1 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Purdue | 20 | 35.3 | 12.7 | 18 |
| 2025 Postseason | Clemson | 32.5 | 37.4 | 11.5 | 12.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Clemson | 32.5 | 37.4 | 11.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Indiana State
Week 1 · W 49-0
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
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Havoc Plays
93.1 takeover
6 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 49 South Carolina
Week 14 · W 28-14
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Havoc Plays
88.9 takeover
Win with 8 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
8 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Illinois
Week 7 · L 49-50 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 15 Penn State
Week 1 · L 10-22 · Postseason · Ranked opponent
2.5
Havoc Plays
63.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.2 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 2 · W 27-16
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Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Clemson
32.5 primary output · 37.4 efficiency · 11.5 usage
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#2
2025 Regular Season · Clemson
73.5
32.5 primary · 37.4 efficiency · 11.5 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Purdue
60.2
20 primary · 35.3 efficiency · 12.7 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
15
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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