Player Dossier

2024-2025

Nebraska

Willis McGahee IV

LB • 6'1" • 240 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Willis McGahee IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.

Usage Score

4.2

Efficiency

12.2

Consistency

65.3

Season Value

25.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

242425

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Colorado

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.

Willis McGahee IV, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Nebraska. Willis McGahee IV shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.2 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Nebraska paired 2 primary output with 12.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

Game with 1 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 · Nebraska

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

12.2

Usage

4.2

Consistency

65.3

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

123

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Akron: 1. Unknown: 1. Michigan State: 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. Akron: 1 by 14.2. Unknown: 2 by 18.3. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.5 · n=2
First Half1 · n=2
All Games0.7 · n=3

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 10/4vs Michigan StateW 38-2711000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown21100
Sat 9/6vs AkronW 68-011100

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Nebraska

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonNebraska4.512.43.3
2024 Regular SeasonNebraska4.512.43.30
2025 Regular SeasonNebraska212.24.2-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Colorado

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 43.8 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#3

Akron

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 39.9 takeover score.

#4

Wisconsin

1.5

Primary metric

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 34.4 takeover score.

#5

Boston College

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 26.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Regular Season · Nebraska

2 primary output · 12.2 efficiency · 4.2 usage

25.4

#2

2024 Postseason · Nebraska

18.3

4.5 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Nebraska

18.3

4.5 primary · 12.4 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8803

Columbus · Miami, FL

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

17

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 11 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Willis McGahee IV quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
17