Player Dossier

2024-2025

Iowa State

Alijah Carnell

DL • 6'5" • 290 lbs • Henderson, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Alijah Carnell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.9 disruption score.

Usage Score

1.6

Efficiency

5.9

Consistency

5.6

Season Value

6.8

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
2
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

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.

Alijah Carnell, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State. Alijah Carnell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.9 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 5.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Win 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

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

6

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

5.9

Usage

1.6

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Arkansas State: 1. Arizona: 0. BYU: 0. TCU: 0. Oklahoma State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 18.3. Arizona: 0 by 0. BYU: 1 by 4.2. TCU: 1 by 4.2. Oklahoma State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.2 · n=5
First Half0.3 · n=3 · +0.3 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · n=3 · -0.3 vs First Half
All Games0.2 · n=6

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Arkansas State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Arkansas State

Result
Sat 11/29@ Oklahoma StateW 20-1311000
Sat 11/8@ TCUW 20-1710000
Sat 10/25vs BYUL 27-4111000
Sat 9/27vs ArizonaW 39-1400000
Sat 9/13@ Arkansas StateW 24-16200.500.500
Sat 9/6vs IowaW 16-1310000

Career Arc

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

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    Iowa State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

20242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State04.20.9
2025 Regular SeasonIowa State15.91.61

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Arkansas State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.6 takeover score.

#2

Arizona State

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#3

Utah

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#4

Oklahoma State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

#5

BYU

0

Primary metric

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 1.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Iowa State

6.8

1 primary · 5.9 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8333

Bishop Gorman · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

2

Seasons tracked

8

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 8 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Alijah Carnell quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
2
Career tackles
8