Player Dossier

2024-2025

Wake Forest

Frank Cusano

LB • 6'2" • 222 lbs • Granite Bay, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Frank Cusano shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.

Usage Score

3.2

Efficiency

18.1

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

10

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Washington State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Washington State • Wake Forest
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Unknown

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.

Frank Cusano, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason · Washington State. Frank Cusano shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.1 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Washington State paired 1 primary output with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 18.1 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 Washington State, Wake Forest.

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

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2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

18.1

Usage

3.2

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Active game

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 0.5. Kennesaw State: 0. Unknown: 1. NC State: 1. Virginia Tech: 0. Oregon State: 0. SMU: 0.5. Florida State: 0. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 0. Delaware: 0. Duke: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 6 by 30. Kennesaw State: 5 by 20.8. Unknown: 6 by 35. NC State: 1 by 14.2. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Oregon State: 5 by 20.8. SMU: 4 by 21.7. Florida State: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina: 5 by 20.8. Delaware: 3 by 12.5. Duke: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.1 · Games = 8 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0.1 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs First Half

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Unknown

Best efficiency game

35 vs Unknown

Result
Sat 1/3@ Mississippi StateW 43-29630.5000
Sat 11/29@ DukeL 32-4922000
Sat 11/22vs DelawareW 52-1431000
Sat 11/15vs North CarolinaW 28-1252000
Sun 11/9@ VirginiaW 16-940000
Sat 11/1@ Florida StateL 7-4231000
Sat 10/25vs SMUW 13-12420.5000
Sat 10/11@ Oregon StateW 39-1452000
Sat 10/4@ Virginia TechW 30-2310000
Thu 9/11vs NC StateL 24-3410001
Sat 9/6vs Unknown620.500.500
Fri 8/29vs Kennesaw StateW 10-953000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Washington State

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Wake Forest

    2025

    Final stop

Season Progression

2024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonWashington State111.34.8
2024 Regular SeasonWashington State111.34.80
2025 PostseasonWake Forest318.13.22
2025 Regular SeasonWake Forest318.13.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Unknown

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.1 takeover score.

#2

Unknown

1

Primary metric

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.3 takeover score.

#3

NC State

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.3 takeover score.

#4

Mississippi State

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 28.6 takeover score.

#5

SMU

0.5

Primary metric

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 25.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Postseason · Washington State

1 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage

17.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Washington State

17.1

1 primary · 11.3 efficiency · 4.8 usage

#3

2025 Postseason · Wake Forest

10

3 primary · 18.1 efficiency · 3.2 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8503

Granite Bay · Granite Bay, CA

Committed To
Washington State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

2

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

48

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 14 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
LB
Teams played for
2
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
48