Usage Score
4.6
Player Dossier
2013-2017Syracuse
Austin Valdez
LB • 6'1" • 236 lbs • Sylvania, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Austin Valdez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.
Efficiency
19.8
Consistency
7.4
Season Value
8.8
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason · Bowling Green
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Seasons Tracked
- 6
- Program Path
- Bowling Green • Syracuse
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Scouting Read
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Austin Valdez, LB. Best season Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason · Bowling Green. Austin Valdez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.
Austin Valdez played LB for Bowling Green and Syracuse. Across 5 tracked seasons, Austin Valdez recorded 96 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2014 Postseason
Bowling Green paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Bowling Green, Syracuse.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: LSU
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2017 Regular Season · Syracuse
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
19.8
Usage
4.6
Consistency
7.4
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 1. Central Michigan: 0. LSU: 1. NC State: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Miami: 0. Florida State: 0. Louisville: 0. Boston College: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 3 by 22.5. Central Michigan: 4 by 16.7. LSU: 4 by 26.7. NC State: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 3 by 12.5. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Florida State: 4 by 16.7. Louisville: 6 by 25. Boston College: 10 by 41.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Wins
First Half0.4 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 4 · -0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
LSU
Best efficiency game
41.7 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | vs Boston College10+ tackles | L 14-42 | 10 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | @ Louisville | L 10-56 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Florida State | L 24-27 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Miami | L 19-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Pittsburgh | W 27-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ NC State | L 25-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | @ LSU | L 26-35 | 4 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Central Michigan | W 41-17 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs Unknown | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Bowling Green
2013-2016
Opening stop
- 2
Syracuse
2017
Final stop
Season Progression
201320142014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Postseason | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 3 | 27.2 | 4.7 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 2 | 19.8 | 4.6 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
Toledo
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Primary metric
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
Purdue
1
Primary metric
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
Ohio State
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 54 takeover score.
#4
Toledo
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.3 takeover score.
#5
LSU
1
Primary metric
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by value score
2014 Postseason · Bowling Green
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2014 Regular Season · Bowling Green
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green
41.1
2 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
3
10+ tackle games
Bio, Recruit, and Data Context
Recruit Profile
2★
Class 2013 · Rating 0.7889
Sylvania Southview · Sylvania, OH
- Committed To
- Bowling Green
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Career Facts
2
Career teams
6
Seasons tracked
96
Career Tackles
Data Context
Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 23 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.