Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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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.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
61
Useful peak profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Postseason | Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.3 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 10 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 55.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 9 | 38 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 25.7 |
Related Context
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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
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.2 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: North Dakota
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
29.2
Usage
5.2
Consistency
50
Best Game by takeover score
North Dakota
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Ohio State: 1. North Dakota: 1. Middle Tennessee: 0. Memphis: 1. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ohio: 1. Toledo: 1. Miami (OH): 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Buffalo: 0
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. Ohio State: 10 by 51.7. North Dakota: 10 by 51.7. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 8.3. Memphis: 3 by 22.5. Eastern Michigan: 8 by 33.3. Ohio: 4 by 26.7. Toledo: 8 by 43.3. Miami (OH): 9 by 37.5. Northern Illinois: 2 by 8.3. Buffalo: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
North Dakota
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs North Dakota
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/25 | vs Buffalo | W 27-19 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 11/2 | @ Northern Illinois | L 20-45 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Miami (OH) | L 26-40 | 9 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Toledo | L 35-42 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | @ Ohio | L 24-30 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | vs Eastern Michigan | L 25-28 | 8 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | @ Memphis | L 3-77 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Middle Tennessee | L 21-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs North Dakota10+ tackles | W 27-26 | 10 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | @ Ohio State10+ tackles | L 10-77 | 10 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
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
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Bowling Green
2013-2016
Opening stop
- 2
Syracuse
2017
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| 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 | 5 | 29.2 | 5.2 | 3 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Syracuse | 2 | 19.8 | 4.2 | -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
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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
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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
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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
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