Weston Steelhammer: DB · Air Force · #8.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Weston Steelhammer
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Arrived as a two-star recruit; three seasons of production at Air Force since. Named All-Mountain West three seasons running, most recently in 2016. On tape: 11 tackles and 1 sack against Wyoming, Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
76 tackles. 4 passes defended. 7 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Colorado Springs Gazette Oct 26Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-21vs Abilene Christian | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 48-14vs Georgia State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-20@ Utah State | 9 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-14vs Navy | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 26-35@ Wyoming | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 40-45vs New Mexico | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34vs Hawai'i | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-21@ Fresno State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-12@ Army | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-46vs Colorado State | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 41-38@ San José State | 10 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-20vs No. 20 Boise State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 45-21vs South Alabama | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 76 | 46 | 5.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
7interceptionsTackle volume
76tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%6 TFL76 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 1 sack · 4 pass breakups · 7 interceptions.
3 seasons under Troy Calhoun — 28-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Troy Calhoun
Pass share
15.7%
150 pass / 806 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
9.9%
162 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Air Force, 76 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2014) — the college career is complete.
Honored in a first season.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2016)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Troy Calhoun.
