Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2024-2025Ball State
Willizhuan Yates
DB • 6'0" • 161 lbs • Springboro, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Willizhuan Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
54
Solid production for a defensive back
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Reliability
56
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
62
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Willizhuan Yates built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Springboro, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Willizhuan Yates' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Willizhuan Yates, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Willizhuan Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 49
- TFL
- 2
- Passes defended
- 7
Quick Answers
Willizhuan Yates quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Ball State · DB
- Career Tackles
- 49
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 15 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Springboro · Ball State
- High school pipeline
- Springboro · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 20 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DB 294th (top 31%) · Mid-American 125th (top 22%) · National 1,303rd (top 21%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 6 | 17 | 2 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 38.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 9 | 32 | - | 0 | - | 6 | 0 | 51.1 |
Related Context
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Willizhuan Yates played DB for Ball State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Willizhuan Yates recorded 49 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Ball State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Ball State paired 7 primary output with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 22.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 77.8th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.6
Usage
3.6
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Toledo
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Purdue: 1. Auburn: 1. New Hampshire: 2. UConn: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 7 by 39.2. New Hampshire: 4 by 36.7. UConn: 5 by 20.8. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Western Michigan: 4 by 16.7. Northern Illinois: 0 by 20. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Toledo: 5 by 30.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Toledo
Best efficiency game
39.2 vs Auburn
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/22 | @ Toledo | L 9-38 | 5 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 9-24 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Northern IllinoisSplash game | L 7-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | @ Western Michigan | L 0-42 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Ohio | W 20-14 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ UConn | L 25-31 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs New HampshireSplash game | W 34-29 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Auburn | L 3-42 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | @ Purdue | L 0-31 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Willizhuan Yates story
Willizhuan Yates built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive back from Springboro, OH wearing No. 20, spending time with Ball State. The clearest part of Willizhuan Yates' career was his defensive production: 49 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 2 interceptions, and 7 passes defended across 15 career games in the available record. His career also includes 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Willizhuan Yates' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Ball State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 4 | 18.5 | 4.3 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 22.6 | 3.6 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 48 Toledo
Week 13 · L 9-38 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
57.5 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.5 takeover score.
#2
@ Kent State
Week 7 · W 37-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
53.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.
#3
vs New Hampshire
Week 3 · W 34-29
2
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Miami (OH)
Week 11 · L 21-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
47.5 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.5 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 29 Auburn
Week 2 · L 3-42
1
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
7 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 3.6 usage
51.1
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
38.2
4 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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