Player Dossier

2023-2025

NC State

Cian Slone

LB • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Rocklin, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Cian Slone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

62

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Utah State • NC State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Cian Slone built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Rocklin, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with NC State and Utah State. The clearest part of Cian Slone's career was his defensive...

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Cian Slone, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · NC State. Cian Slone shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 40.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
139
TFL
23
Sacks
11
QB hurries
28
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Cian Slone quick answers

Latest team and position
NC State · LB
Career Tackles
139
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 37 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · NC State
Top game
San Diego State
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
62 tackles · LB 207th (top 17%) · ACC 45th (top 6%) · National 374th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonUtah State12210--054.1
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State12265.5274054.1
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State12499.57.55-058.9
2025 PostseasonNC State1360.50--073.7
2025 Regular SeasonNC State13566.51.5161073.7

Related Context

Cian Slone played LB for Utah State and NC State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Cian Slone recorded 139 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with NC State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

NC State paired 26.5 primary output with 40.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 40.3 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

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

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Utah State, NC State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia Tech

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · NC State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.0

Efficiency

40.3

Usage

11.5

Consistency

59.1

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Memphis: 0.5. East Carolina: 3. Virginia: 1. Wake Forest: 1. Duke: 1. Virginia Tech: 5. Campbell: 3. Notre Dame: 0. Pittsburgh: 2. Georgia Tech: 3. Miami: 0. Florida State: 4. North Carolina: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Memphis: 6 by 30. East Carolina: 7 by 59.2. Virginia: 4 by 26.7. Wake Forest: 3 by 22.5. Duke: 2 by 18.3. Virginia Tech: 7 by 79.2. Campbell: 5 by 50.8. Notre Dame: 5 by 20.8. Pittsburgh: 2 by 28.3. Georgia Tech: 10 by 71.7. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Florida State: 6 by 65. North Carolina: 1 by 34.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.3 · Games = 8 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia Tech

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Virginia Tech

Result
Fri 12/19vs MemphisW 31-7630.5000
Sun 11/30vs North CarolinaSplash gameW 42-1910000
Sat 11/22vs Florida StateSplash gameW 21-1162100
Sat 11/15@ MiamiL 7-4142000
Sat 11/1vs Georgia Tech10+ tackles · Splash gameW 48-361051.500.500
Sat 10/25@ PittsburghSplash gameL 34-5321000
Sat 10/11@ Notre DameL 7-3652000
Sat 10/4vs CampbellSplash gameW 56-1050101
Sat 9/27vs Virginia TechSplash gameL 21-2373210
Sat 9/20@ DukeL 33-4521000
Thu 9/11@ Wake ForestW 34-2432100
Sat 9/6vs VirginiaW 35-31410010
Thu 8/28vs East CarolinaSplash gameW 24-1772000

Player Story

Cian Slone story

Cian Slone built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Rocklin, CA wearing No. 8, spending time with NC State and Utah State. The clearest part of Cian Slone's career was his defensive production: 139 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 11 sacks, and 1 interception across 37 career games in the available record. That gives Cian Slone's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Utah State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    NC State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonUtah State19.5266.8
2023 Regular SeasonUtah State19.5266.80
2024 Regular SeasonUtah State2235.410.22.5
2025 PostseasonNC State26.540.311.54.5
2025 Regular SeasonNC State26.540.311.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San Diego State

Week 13 · W 41-20 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 105 Virginia Tech

Week 5 · L 21-23 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#3

@ San José State

Week 8 · L 21-42 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

87.2 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 87.2 takeover score.

#4

vs UNLV

Week 7 · L 34-50 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 41 Florida State

Week 13 · W 21-11 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

81.7 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · NC State

26.5 primary output · 40.3 efficiency · 11.5 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · NC State

73.7

26.5 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 11.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Utah State

58.9

22 primary · 35.4 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

11

Impact games

18

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games