Player Dossier

2022-2025

Iowa State

Carson Willich

LB • 225 lbs • Blue Springs, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Carson Willich shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

5%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati

Player Story

Carson Willich built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Blue Springs, MO wearing No. 14, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Willich's career was his defensive...

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3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.8504

Blue Springs · Blue Springs, MO

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Carson Willich, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Iowa State. Carson Willich shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
51
TFL
3
QB hurries
4

Quick Answers

Carson Willich quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · LB
Career Tackles
51
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
Best season
2023 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Cincinnati
Recruit profile
3-star · Blue Springs · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Blue Springs · 23 FBS recruits · 5 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 14 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
18 tackles · LB 605th (top 48%) · Big 12 254th (top 35%) · National 2,180th (top 36%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State48-0--040.1
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State1125203-040.4
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State00-0--0-
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State618101-029.3

Related Context

Carson Willich played LB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Carson Willich recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 5 primary output with 14 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 8.3 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: Oklahoma

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

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2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

8.3

Usage

1.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Texas: 0. Oklahoma: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas Tech: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Texas: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2. Texas Tech: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Oklahoma

Result
Sun 11/20vs Texas TechL 10-1421000
Sat 11/12@ Oklahoma StateL 14-2010000
Sat 10/29vs OklahomaL 13-2731000
Sat 10/15@ TexasL 21-2421000

Player Story

Carson Willich story

Carson Willich built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Blue Springs, MO wearing No. 14, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Carson Willich's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles and 3 tackles for loss across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Carson Willich's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Iowa State

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonIowa State08.31.4
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State5143.95
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State0-5
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State215.862

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 56 Cincinnati

Week 6 · L 30-38 · Conference game

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 96 Colorado

Week 7 · L 17-24 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Oklahoma

Week 5 · L 20-50 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

65.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Baylor

Week 9 · W 30-18 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Oklahoma State

Week 4 · W 34-27 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Iowa State

5 primary output · 14 efficiency · 3.9 usage

40.4

#2

2022 Regular Season · Iowa State

40.1

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

29.3

2 primary · 15.8 efficiency · 6 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games