#13

Sam Westfall

Senior cornerback for Virginia. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 21 tackles.

CB · Virginia · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 183 lb · Saint George, UT

CFB Index 30 · #264 of 339 cornersLow confidenceVirginia 2023 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback for Virginia. 2023: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 21 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Dixie in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 3763 nationally · Signed with Dixie

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia, 40 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2018

Recruited2-star out of Dixie

2019

Signed with SMU3-star out of Mesa C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3763 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2020–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2020–2023

2 coaches

2020–2021

Bronco Mendenhall

Virginia

2022–2023

Tony Elliott

Virginia

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Tony Elliott. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020SMU7-3HC: Sonny Dykes · Balanced

2021SMU8-4HC: Jim Leavitt · Balanced

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023Virginia3-9HC: Tony Elliott · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

30Below cohort / limited sample #264 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#744 / 2842 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1716 / 2842 · 38th pct

Tackles#1847 / 2842 · 34th pct

Interceptions#323 / 827 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

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Tackles for loss#2431 / 2842 · 7th pct

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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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road5g	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tony Elliott

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

30 · #264 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #264 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Virginia	21	12	2	1	--
2022	SMU	15	11	3	--	--
2021	SMU	3	3	1	--	--
2020	SMU	1	1	--	--	--
Career		40	27	6	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2023

W 30–27

vs Duke

1 PD · 3 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.

With A. Colandrea — 278 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.1 · 66 rush yds (9 car) · D. Sparks — 43 AVG · 57 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 13-49@ Tennessee	3	1	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 2	L 35-36vs James Madison	2	2	—	0
Wk 5	L 24-27@ Boston College	2	2	—	0
Wk 6	W 27-13vs William & Mary	3	3	—	0
Wk 8	W 31-27@ North Carolina	1	1	—	0
Wk 9	L 26-29@ Miami	0	0	1	1
Wk 10	L 17-45vs Georgia Tech	2	1	—	0
Wk 11	L 24-31@ Louisville	2	1	—	0
Wk 12	W 30-27vs Duke	3	0	—	1
Wk 13	L 17-55vs Virginia Tech	3	1	—	0
Total		21	12	1	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology