Player Dossier

2024-2025

West Virginia

Makai Byerson

DL • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Richmond, VA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Makai Byerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.2

Efficiency

6.3

Consistency

100

Season Value

35.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Boston College

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
West Virginia • Boston College
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

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.

Makai Byerson, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Boston College. Makai Byerson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Boston College paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 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 West Virginia, Boston College.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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

2025 Regular Season · Boston College

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Syracuse

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

1234

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 0. UConn: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Syracuse: 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. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. UConn: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Losses0 · n=3
First Half0 · n=2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=2 · +0 vs First Half
All Games0 · n=4

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/29@ SyracuseW 34-1211000
Sat 11/1vs Notre DameL 10-2510000
Sat 10/18vs UConnL 23-3811000
Sat 10/4@ PittsburghL 7-4831000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Boston College

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonWest Virginia04.20.7
2025 Regular SeasonBoston College06.31.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Pittsburgh

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Primary metric

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

#2

Syracuse

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#3

Notre Dame

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#4

UConn

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Boston College

0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

35.8

#2

2024 Regular Season · West Virginia

35

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8689

Manchester · Midlothian, VA

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

7

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 5 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Makai Byerson quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
7