Van Heitmann
Second year in the Rice defensive front, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against SMU, Week 10, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Rice — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
2023 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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 · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-71g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Scott Abell
Awards
Player standing · 2023
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Career stats
Game log
Game Log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 42-10@ Tulsa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 28-30vs Tulane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 31-36vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 21-45vs Texas State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
How he plays
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th).
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.