Player Dossier

2012-2014

South Alabama

Wes Saxton

TE • 6'4" • Hueytown, AL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Wes Saxton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

20

Developing production for a tight end

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Reliability

16

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Alabama

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
South Alabama
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida International

Player Story

Wes Saxton built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a tight end from Hueytown, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Wes Saxton's career was his receiving role: 96...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2011 · Rating 0.7881

Hueytown · Hueytown, AL

Committed To
South Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2011

Wes Saxton, TE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · South Alabama. Wes Saxton reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
1,126
Receptions
96
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Wes Saxton quick answers

Latest team and position
South Alabama · TE
Career Receiving Yards
1,126
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 26 games
Best season
2013 Regular Season · South Alabama
Top game
Florida International
Recruit profile
2-star · Hueytown · South Alabama
High school pipeline
Hueytown · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 13 · Class 2014
2014 Receiving yards rank
155 receiving yards · TE 95th (top 33%) · Sun Belt 61st (top 38%) · National 735th (top 40%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama726336160.6
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama1150635078.1
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama820155051.1

Related Context

Wes Saxton played TE for South Alabama. Across 3 tracked seasons, Wes Saxton recorded 1,126 receiving yards and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2013 with South Alabama.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season

South Alabama paired 635 primary output with 70.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 63.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2014 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Georgia State

Win with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Regular Season · South Alabama

Games

8

Receiving Yards / G

19.4

Efficiency

63.3

Usage

15.1

Consistency

66.2

Best Game by takeover score

Georgia State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 30. Georgia Southern: 15. Idaho: 18. App State: 13. Georgia State: 31. Troy: 14. South Carolina: 22. Navy: 12

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. Mississippi State: 6 by 33.3. Georgia Southern: 1 by 100. Idaho: 3 by 40. App State: 1 by 86.7. Georgia State: 2 by 100. Troy: 2 by 46.7. South Carolina: 2 by 73.3. Navy: 3 by 26.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins19 · Games = 4 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses19.8 · Games = 4 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Georgia State

Best efficiency game

100 vs Georgia State

Result
Fri 11/28vs NavyL 40-423124407
Sat 11/22@ South CarolinaL 12-372221111016
Fri 10/24vs TroyW 27-1321477012
Sat 10/18vs Georgia StateW 30-2723115.515.50025
Sat 10/4@ App StateW 47-211131313013
Sat 9/27@ IdahoW 34-1031866010
Sat 9/20vs Georgia SouthernL 6-281151515015
Sat 9/13vs Mississippi StateL 3-3563055010

Player Story

Wes Saxton story

Wes Saxton built his college career from 2012 through 2014 as a tight end from Hueytown, AL wearing No. 13, spending time with South Alabama. The clearest part of Wes Saxton's career was his receiving role: 96 catches, 1,126 receiving yards, and 1 touchdown across 26 career games in the available record. That gives Wes Saxton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    South Alabama

    2012-2014

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201220132014
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2012 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama33677.118
2013 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama63570.723.5299
2014 Regular SeasonSouth Alabama15563.315.1-480

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida International

Week 10 · L 20-28 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

92

Receiving Yards

100 takeover

92 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#2

vs Louisiana

Week 15 · W 30-8 · Conference game

88

Receiving Yards

97.5 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

88 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

@ Tulane

Week 2 · W 41-39

92

Receiving Yards

94.8 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

92 receiving yards with a 87.6 efficiency score.

#4

vs Western Kentucky

Week 3 · W 31-24 · Conference game

91

Receiving Yards

93 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

91 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#5

@ Troy

Week 6 · L 33-34 · Conference game

95

Receiving Yards

92.3 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

95 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2013 Regular Season · South Alabama

635 primary output · 70.7 efficiency · 23.5 usage

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#2

2012 Regular Season · South Alabama

60.6

336 primary · 77.1 efficiency · 18 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · South Alabama

51.1

155 primary · 63.3 efficiency · 15.1 usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

1

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games