Continuing the series, I wanted to move back to off-ball linebackers where the Pittsburgh Steelers selected Payton Wilson in the third round. Today’s goal is to look at and provide stat context for the position in run defense using Sports Info Solutions (SIS).
The data in this study looks at their final college season in 2023, focusing on the players who heard their names called in the draft. The goal is to see how Wilson stacked up among his peers.
Let’s start with rush snaps and total snaps to get a gauge of the players opportunities, and how often they were on the field for their squads last season:
Wilson was near the top of this year’s draft class in total regular season snaps (715) ranking fourth out of the 18 qualifying LBs.