Player Dossier

2013-2016

Western Michigan

David Curle

DL • 6'3" • Shelby Township, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

David Curle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

9%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Western Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

David Curle built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Shelby Township, MI wearing No. 68, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of David Curle's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7733

Eisenhower · Utica, MI

Committed To
Western Michigan
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

David Curle, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Western Michigan. David Curle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
23
TFL
2.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

David Curle quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Michigan · DL
Career Tackles
23
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 12 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Western Michigan
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Eisenhower · Western Michigan
High school pipeline
Eisenhower · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 68 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DL 244th (top 35%) · Mid-American 168th (top 32%) · National 1,779th (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonWestern Michigan121-0--036.6
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan12222.5111036.6

Related Context

David Curle played DL for Western Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, David Curle recorded 23 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Western Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Western Michigan paired 5.5 primary output with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Western Michigan

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

2.7

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 0. Northwestern: 1. Illinois: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Central Michigan: 3. Northern Illinois: 0. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0. Kent State: 0. Buffalo: 0. Toledo: 0. Ohio: 0.5

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. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 1 by 14.2. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Southern: 4 by 16.7. Central Michigan: 1 by 34.2. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Akron: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 5 by 20.8. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Buffalo: 1 by 4.2. Toledo: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 3 by 17.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 11 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

34.2 vs Central Michigan

Result
Mon 1/2@ WisconsinL 16-2411000
Sat 12/3@ OhioW 29-23310.5000
Fri 11/25vs ToledoW 55-3510000
Sat 11/19vs BuffaloW 38-010000
Wed 11/9@ Kent StateW 37-2111000
Wed 11/2@ Ball StateW 52-2052000
Sat 10/15@ AkronW 41-011000
Sat 10/8vs Northern IllinoisW 45-3021000
Sat 10/1@ Central MichiganSplash gameW 49-1011111
Sat 9/24vs Georgia SouthernW 49-3143000
Sat 9/17@ IllinoisW 34-1021100
Sat 9/3@ NorthwesternW 22-2111000

Player Story

David Curle story

David Curle built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Shelby Township, MI wearing No. 68, spending time with Western Michigan. The clearest part of David Curle's career was his defensive production: 23 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives David Curle's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Western Michigan

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20132014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan0
2014 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2015 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan00
2016 PostseasonWestern Michigan5.512.62.75.5
2016 Regular SeasonWestern Michigan5.512.62.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Central Michigan

Week 5 · W 49-10 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#2

@ Illinois

Week 3 · W 34-10

1

Havoc Plays

30.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 30.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Northwestern

Week 1 · W 22-21

1

Havoc Plays

28.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 28.1 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio

Week 14 · W 29-23 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

27 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27 takeover score.

#5

@ Ball State

Week 10 · W 52-20 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

14.7 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Western Michigan

5.5 primary output · 12.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage

36.6

#2

2016 Regular Season · Western Michigan

36.6

5.5 primary · 12.6 efficiency · 2.7 usage

#3

2013 Regular Season · Western Michigan

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games