Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 59-7vs Eastern Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-38vs Mississippi State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Aydan West
Sophomore defensive back on Minnesota's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Gaithersburg, MD · Quince Orchard
Transferred Michigan State → Minnesota for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 744 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back on Minnesota's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Michigan State in 2025.
- Transferred from Michigan State to Minnesota in 2026.
Aydan West
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Aydan West has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 6 tackles against Mississippi State — Week 2, 2026.
7 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20257 games
- Signed with Michigan State3-star out of Quince Orchard
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Minnesota
2025Michigan State
2026Minnesota
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Michigan State4-8HC: Jonathan Smith · Balanced
2026Minnesota1-1HC: P.J. Fleck · Pass-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 3.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
P.J. Fleck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Minnesota | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Michigan State | 19 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 59–7
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Dominant 52-point win at home against Eastern Illinois.
With J. Tracy — 5 rec · 98 yds · D. Lindsey — 264 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.2 · 6 rush yds (2 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Marcus Williams’s 2023 season.
Matches Marcus on
Tackle volume
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Kenny Worthy III's freshman season at Washington State (2025).
82%match
Matches Kenny on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Background
PRONUNCIATION Your browser does not support HTML5 audio. OVERVIEW: Enrolled at Minnesota in January 2026 • spent the 2025 season at Michigan State. PREVIOUS SCHOOL: Played one season (2025) at Michigan State • played in all 12 games (four starts) and made 19 tackles • had 1.0 tackle for loss and...
The secondary · Minnesota
- #14Kerry Brown56 tackles · 2025
- #17John Nestor50 tackles · 2025
- #7Aidan Gousby27 tackles · 2025
- #5Aydan West19 tackles · 2025
- #8Mike Gerald11 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Minnesota team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology