Will Heldt

DE • 6'6" • 260 lbs • Carmel, IN, USA

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Will Heldt shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 37.4 disruption score.

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Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

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Top-tier box-score impact for an edge defender

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Reliability

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Regular contributor with several takeover games

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High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

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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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Class 2023 · Rating 0.8753

Carmel · Carmel, IN

Committed To: Purdue
Commit Date: Jan 1, 2023

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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%)

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.

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20252025 All-ACC · official_conference_selectionthird
20242024 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coacheshonorable mention

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