Player Dossier

2024-2025

James Madison

Sahir West

DL • 6'4" • 270 lbs • Baltimore, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Sahir West shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
James Madison
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Troy

Player Story

Sahir West built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 95, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Sahir West's career was his defensive...

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Sahir West, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · James Madison. Sahir West shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
46
TFL
14
Sacks
6.5
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Sahir West quick answers

Latest team and position
James Madison · DL
Career Tackles
46
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · James Madison
Top game
Troy
Latest roster
No. 95 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
46 tackles · DL 26th (top 3%) · Sun Belt 89th (top 14%) · National 724th (top 12%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonJames Madison00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonJames Madison132-0--067.4
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison1344146.574067.4

Related Context

Sahir West played DL for James Madison. Across 2 tracked seasons, Sahir West recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with James Madison.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

James Madison paired 31.5 primary output with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 36.3 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: Troy

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · James Madison

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

2.4

Efficiency

36.3

Usage

9.7

Consistency

52.6

Best Game by takeover score

Troy

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oregon: 0. Weber State: 0. Louisville: 2.5. Liberty: 0. Georgia Southern: 2.5. Georgia State: 5. Louisiana: 3.5. Old Dominion: 0.5. Marshall: 3. App State: 3.5. Washington State: 1.5. Coastal Carolina: 1. Troy: 8.5

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. Oregon: 2 by 8.3. Weber State: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 3 by 37.5. Liberty: 4 by 16.7. Georgia Southern: 2 by 33.3. Georgia State: 2 by 58.3. Louisiana: 6 by 60. Old Dominion: 3 by 17.5. Marshall: 5 by 50.8. App State: 3 by 47.5. Washington State: 4 by 31.7. Coastal Carolina: 1 by 14.2. Troy: 10 by 91.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.6 · Games = 11 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · -1.4 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

Troy

Best efficiency game

91.7 vs Troy

Result
Sun 12/21@ OregonL 34-5120000
Sat 12/6vs Troy10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 31-141055.5030
Sat 11/29@ Coastal CarolinaW 59-1010001
Sat 11/22vs Washington StateW 24-20421.5000
Sat 11/15vs App StateSplash gameW 58-10311.5011
Sat 11/8@ MarshallSplash gameW 35-2350002
Sat 10/18vs Old DominionW 63-27300.5000
Sat 10/11vs LouisianaSplash gameW 24-14641.5010
Sat 10/4@ Georgia StateSplash gameW 14-7210.500.500
Sat 9/27vs Georgia SouthernSplash gameW 35-10211.5010
Sat 9/20@ LibertyW 31-1341000
Fri 9/5@ LouisvilleSplash gameL 14-28311.5000
Sat 8/30vs Weber StateW 45-1011000

Player Story

Sahir West story

Sahir West built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Baltimore, MD wearing No. 95, spending time with James Madison. The clearest part of Sahir West's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with James Madison. 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 Sahir West's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across James Madison.

The arc is straightforward: Sahir West 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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    James Madison

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonJames Madison0
2025 PostseasonJames Madison31.536.39.731.5
2025 Regular SeasonJames Madison31.536.39.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 87 Troy

Week 15 · W 31-14 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

8.5

Havoc Plays

97.2 takeover

8.5 disruption/tackle impact with 97.2 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 133 Georgia State

Week 6 · W 14-7 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

72.4 takeover

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.4 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 105 Louisiana

Week 7 · W 24-14 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

67.1 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 67.1 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 111 App State

Week 12 · W 58-10 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

62.9 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.9 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 25 Louisville

Week 2 · L 14-28 · Ranked opponent

2.5

Havoc Plays

53.1 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 53.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · James Madison

31.5 primary output · 36.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage

67.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · James Madison

67.4

31.5 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 9.7 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · James Madison

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games