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Player Dossier
2023-2025Jacksonville 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.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Jacksonville State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Player Story
Walker O'Steen built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from White Plains, AL wearing No. 40, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Walker O'Steen's career was his...
Read the storyWalker 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.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 84
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Walker O'Steen quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Jacksonville State · LB
- Career Tackles
- 84
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 17 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
- Top game
- Sam Houston
- Latest roster
- No. 40 · Freshman
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 78 tackles · LB 125th (top 10%) · Conference USA 15th (top 3%) · National 178th (top 3%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 70.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 13 | 74 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 70.2 |
Related Context
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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.
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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 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
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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 12/17 | vs TroySplash game | W 17-13 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 12/6 | vs Kennesaw State10+ tackles | L 15-19 | 11 | 9 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Western KentuckySplash game | W 37-34 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ Florida International | L 21-27 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/16 | vs Kennesaw State10+ tackles · Splash game | W 35-26 | 14 | 10 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UTEPSplash game | W 30-27 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Delaware | W 38-25 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/10 | @ Sam HoustonSplash game | W 29-27 | 9 | 6 | — | 3.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Southern MissSplash game | L 25-42 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Murray State | W 45-10 | 6 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Georgia Southern | L 34-41 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Liberty | W 34-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | @ UCF | L 10-17 | 2 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Walker O'Steen story
Walker O'Steen built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from White Plains, AL wearing No. 40, spending time with Jacksonville State. The clearest part of Walker O'Steen's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 interceptions across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Jacksonville State. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Walker O'Steen's production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Jacksonville State.
The arc is straightforward: Walker O'Steen moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Jacksonville State
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2023 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 0 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Jacksonville State | 18.5 | 38.6 | 12.7 | 18.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Jacksonville State | 18.5 | 38.6 | 12.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 7 · W 29-27 · Conference game
Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4.5
Havoc Plays
94.2 takeover
4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 94.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 89 Kennesaw State
Week 12 · W 35-26 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
71.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.5 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 1 · W 17-13 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
71.1 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 69 Western Kentucky
Week 14 · W 37-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
63.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.1 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 129 UTEP
Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
61.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 61.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Jacksonville State
18.5 primary output · 38.6 efficiency · 12.7 usage
70.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · Jacksonville State
70.2
18.5 primary · 38.6 efficiency · 12.7 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Jacksonville State
38.2
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1 usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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