Player Dossier

2013-2016

Boise State

Tanner Vallejo

LB • 6'1" • Penn Valley, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Tanner Vallejo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

53%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

90

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

83

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boise State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Boise State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Player Story

Tanner Vallejo built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Penn Valley, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Tanner Vallejo's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8183

Valwood School · Valdosta, GA

Committed To
Georgia Southern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2017
Selection
Round 6 · Pick 11
Overall
No. 195
NFL Team
Buffalo Bills

Tanner Vallejo, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Boise State. Tanner Vallejo shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
69
TFL
6
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Touchdowns
1

Quick Answers

Tanner Vallejo quick answers

Latest team and position
Boise State · LB
Career Tackles
69
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 12 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Boise State
Top game
Hawai'i
Recruit profile
3-star · Valwood School · Georgia Southern
High school pipeline
Valwood School · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
NFL Draft
2017 · Round 6 · Pick 11 · Buffalo Bills
Latest roster
No. 20 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
69 tackles · LB 193rd (top 19%) · Mountain West 35th (top 7%) · National 349th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonBoise State00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonBoise State10-0--144.2
2015 Regular SeasonBoise State20-0--050
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State969611-066.8

Related Context

Tanner Vallejo played LB for Boise State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tanner Vallejo recorded 4 receiving yards, 69 tackles, and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Boise State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Boise State paired 8 primary output with 39.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 39.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Hawai'i

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Boise State

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

39.9

Usage

8.5

Consistency

56.2

Best Game by takeover score

Hawai'i

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Louisiana: 1.5. Washington State: 1. Oregon State: 0.5. New Mexico: 2. Colorado State: 0. BYU: 1. Wyoming: 0. San José State: 0. Hawai'i: 2

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Louisiana: 9 by 52.5. Washington State: 14 by 60. Oregon State: 4 by 21.7. New Mexico: 4 by 36.7. Colorado State: 5 by 20.8. BYU: 11 by 55.8. Wyoming: 5 by 20.8. San José State: 9 by 37.5. Hawai'i: 8 by 53.3

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 8 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1 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

Hawai'i

Best efficiency game

60 vs Washington State

Result
Sun 11/13@ Hawai'iSplash gameW 52-1687200
Sat 11/5vs San José StateW 45-3194000
Sat 10/29@ WyomingL 28-3050000
Fri 10/21vs BYU10+ tacklesW 28-271150.500.500
Sun 10/16vs Colorado StateW 28-2355000
Sat 10/8@ New MexicoSplash gameW 49-2144100
Sat 9/24@ Oregon StateW 38-24420.5000
Sun 9/11vs Washington State10+ tacklesW 31-281410100
Sat 9/3@ LouisianaW 45-109210.500

Player Story

Tanner Vallejo story

Tanner Vallejo built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as a linebacker from Penn Valley, CA wearing No. 20, spending time with Boise State. The clearest part of Tanner Vallejo's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 12 career games in the available record. His career also includes 4 receiving yards and 2 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Tanner Vallejo's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Boise State

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2013201420152016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonBoise State0
2014 Regular SeasonBoise State1201
2015 Regular SeasonBoise State00-1
2016 Regular SeasonBoise State839.98.58

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Hawai'i

Week 11 · W 52-16 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

84.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Louisiana

Week 1 · W 45-10

1.5

Havoc Plays

70.3 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Washington State

Week 2 · W 31-28

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

@ New Mexico

Week 6 · W 49-21 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

vs BYU

Week 8 · W 28-27

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Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Boise State

8 primary output · 39.9 efficiency · 8.5 usage

66.8

#2

2015 Regular Season · Boise State

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Boise State

44.2

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

2

Splash games

2

10+ tackle games