Player Dossier

2023-2025

Jacksonville State

Walker O'Steen

LB • 6'3" • 200 lbs • White Plains, AL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Walker O'Steen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.6 disruption score.

Usage Score

12.7

Efficiency

38.6

Consistency

42.1

Season Value

48.3

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
5
Program Path
Jacksonville State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Scouting Read

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Walker O'Steen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State. Walker O'Steen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 38.6 disruption score.

Walker O'Steen played LB for Jacksonville State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Walker O'Steen recorded 84 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Jacksonville State paired 18.5 primary output with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 38.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston

Win with 4.5 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 · Jacksonville State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

38.6

Usage

12.7

Consistency

42.1

Best Game by takeover score

Sam Houston

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Troy: 3. UCF: 0.5. Liberty: 0.5. Georgia Southern: 0. Murray State: 1. Southern Miss: 2. Sam Houston: 4.5. Delaware: 0. UTEP: 2. Kennesaw State: 2. Florida International: 0. Western Kentucky: 2. Kennesaw State: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Troy: 4 by 46.7. UCF: 2 by 13.3. Liberty: 3 by 17.5. Georgia Southern: 8 by 33.3. Murray State: 6 by 35. Southern Miss: 2 by 28.3. Sam Houston: 9 by 82.5. Delaware: 5 by 20.8. UTEP: 5 by 40.8. Kennesaw State: 14 by 70. Florida International: 3 by 12.5. Western Kentucky: 6 by 45. Kennesaw State: 11 by 55.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.9 · Games = 8 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Sam Houston

Best efficiency game

82.5 vs Sam Houston

Result
Wed 12/17vs TroySplash gameW 17-1342110
Sat 12/6vs Kennesaw State10+ tacklesL 15-191190.500.500
Sat 11/29vs Western KentuckySplash gameW 37-34640010
Sat 11/22@ Florida InternationalL 21-2733000
Sun 11/16vs Kennesaw State10+ tackles · Splash gameW 35-2614100011
Sat 11/8@ UTEPSplash gameW 30-2752000
Wed 10/15vs DelawareW 38-2553000
Fri 10/10@ Sam HoustonSplash gameW 29-27963.5010
Sat 9/27@ Southern MissSplash gameL 25-4220000
Sat 9/20vs Murray StateW 45-10620010
Sat 9/13@ Georgia SouthernL 34-4184000
Sat 9/6vs LibertyW 34-24320.5000
Thu 8/28@ UCFL 10-17210.5000

Career Arc

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    Jacksonville State

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonJacksonville State0
2024 PostseasonJacksonville State06.310
2024 Regular SeasonJacksonville State06.310
2025 PostseasonJacksonville State18.538.612.718.5
2025 Regular SeasonJacksonville State18.538.612.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Sam Houston

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5

Primary metric

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.2 takeover score.

#2

Troy

3

Primary metric

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.

#3

Western Kentucky

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.9 takeover score.

#4

Kennesaw State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 42.9 takeover score.

#5

UTEP

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 32.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State

18.5 primary output · 38.6 efficiency · 12.7 usage

48.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State

48.3

18.5 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 12.7 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Jacksonville State

35.8

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

6

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

5

Seasons tracked

84

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 5 tracked seasons, 17 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.