Player Dossier

2013-2017

Syracuse

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.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

0

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Bowling Green • Syracuse
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Dakota

Player Story

Austin Valdez built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Sylvania, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Bowling Green and Syracuse. The clearest part of Austin Valdez's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.7889

Sylvania Southview · Sylvania, OH

Committed To
Bowling Green
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Austin Valdez, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green. Austin Valdez shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
96
TFL
2.5
Sacks
0.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Austin Valdez quick answers

Latest team and position
Syracuse · LB
Career Tackles
96
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 23 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Top game
North Dakota
Recruit profile
2-star · Sylvania Southview · Bowling Green
High school pipeline
Sylvania Southview · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 11 · Class 2017
2017 Tackles rank
38 tackles · LB 364th (top 34%) · ACC 121st (top 21%) · National 1,035th (top 18%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonBowling Green00-0--0-
2014 PostseasonBowling Green20-0--050
2014 Regular SeasonBowling Green20-0--050
2015 Regular SeasonBowling Green20-0--053.3
2016 Regular SeasonBowling Green10581022055.5
2017 Regular SeasonSyracuse9381.50.5--025.7

Related Context

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: 2016 Regular Season

Bowling Green paired 5 primary output with 29.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2014 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 0 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2017 Regular Season fell back from 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: South Alabama

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2014 Postseason · Bowling Green

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

0

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Alabama: 0. Northern Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

0 vs South Alabama

Result
Sun 12/21vs South AlabamaW 33-28
Sat 12/6vs Northern IllinoisL 17-51

Player Story

Austin Valdez story

Austin Valdez built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Sylvania, OH wearing No. 11, spending time with Bowling Green and Syracuse. The clearest part of Austin Valdez's career was his defensive production: 96 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 23 career games in the available record. His career also includes 36 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Austin Valdez's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Bowling Green

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Syracuse

    2017

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201320142014201520162017
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonBowling Green0
2014 PostseasonBowling Green000
2014 Regular SeasonBowling Green000
2015 Regular SeasonBowling Green2202
2016 Regular SeasonBowling Green529.25.23
2017 Regular SeasonSyracuse219.84.2-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs North Dakota

Week 2 · W 27-26

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

77 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 77 takeover score.

#2

@ Toledo

Week 7 · L 35-42 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#3

@ Memphis

Week 4 · L 3-77

1

Havoc Plays

66.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 66.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Ohio State

Week 1 · L 10-77

1

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#5

@ LSU

Week 4 · L 26-35

1

Havoc Plays

64.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green

5 primary output · 29.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage

55.5

#2

2015 Regular Season · Bowling Green

53.3

2 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

#3

2014 Postseason · Bowling Green

50

0 primary · 0 efficiency · usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

0

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games