Linebacker for Penn State. 2016: 7 tackles.
5′11″ · Mill Hall, PA
The story
2016 linebacker for Penn State. 2016: 7 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearVon Walker
He has spent three seasons in the Penn State linebacker corps. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Ohio State — Week 8, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Penn State, 7 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
1 coachPlayed his entire career under James Franklin.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under James Franklin — 25-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2016 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Campbell
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Penn State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2015 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2014 | Penn State | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2016
W 24–21
vs Ohio State
2 TOT · 2 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With B. Gillikin — 37 AVG · 47 LONG · 7 NO · T. McSorley — 154 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 30.9 · 63 rush yds (19 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 39-42@ Pittsburgh | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 29-26vs Minnesota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 38-14vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-21vs Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 41-14vs Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-31@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |