Usage Score
3.8
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.
Efficiency
22.6
Consistency
51.9
Season Value
24.9
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State
2425
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Seasons Tracked
- 2
- Program Path
- Ball State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Unknown
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.
Willizhuan Yates, DB. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season · Ball State. Willizhuan Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.
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: Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2025 Regular Season · Ball State
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
22.6
Usage
3.8
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. Unknown: 2. UConn: 0. Ohio: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Northern Illinois: 2. Eastern Michigan: 0. Toledo: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 2 by 18.3. Auburn: 7 by 39.2. Unknown: 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
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Losses0.7 · Games = 7
First Half0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.1 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.1 vs First Half
All Games0.8 · Games = 9
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Unknown
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 Illinois | 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 Unknown | — | 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 | — | — |
Career Arc
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Ball State
2024-2025
Opening stop
Season Progression
20242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Regular Season | Ball State | 4 | 18.5 | 5.1 | — |
| 2025 Regular Season | Ball State | 7 | 22.6 | 3.8 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Unknown
Game with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Primary metric
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.4 takeover score.
#2
Kent State
2
Primary metric
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 44.4 takeover score.
#3
Northern Illinois
2
Primary metric
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 40 takeover score.
#4
Auburn
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.8 takeover score.
#5
Toledo
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2025 Regular Season · Ball State
7 primary output · 22.6 efficiency · 3.8 usage
24.9
#2
2024 Regular Season · Ball State
19.3
4 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 5.1 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2024 · Rating 0.7844
Springboro · Springboro, OH
- Committed To
- Ball State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2024
Career Facts
1
Career teams
2
Seasons tracked
49
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 2 tracked seasons, 15 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.