Aydan West
Minnesota Golden Gophers
80
Good

Aydan West

Minnesota Golden GophersAverage
LCBDefenseGoodTRANSFER · Michigan State
Projected Starter

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Aydan West is the projected starter at LCB for Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Sophomore · #5 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at LCB · Minnesota Golden Gophers

  1. 1580Aydan WestStarter
  2. 2872Mike Gerald
  3. 32558Justin Hopkins

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Quince Orchard, ranked #744 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 19 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #744 NatlTeam Share3%
Gaithersburg, MD
Jersey
#5
Class
SO/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Michigan State

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1901

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8764
National Rank
#744
High School
Quince Orchard
Hometown
Gaithersburg, MD

Why this rating?

On a 83-rated defense; 57th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.87 for competition level) put them -3 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
83
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 57% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 25% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.87)
Depth-chart adjustment
-3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 11LPURTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 41-13

Oct 3WMICHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
1

Final W 20-14

Sep 27WWASHTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 27-24

Sep 19WAKRTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 41-7

Sep 12LMSSTTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-13

Sep 4WEIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 59-7

Aydan West's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

19 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement33%
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