Usage / Role
54%
Regular defensive contributor
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Player Dossier
2014-2016New Mexico State
Kourtland Busby
DL • 6'3" • Pflugerville, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kourtland Busby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Impact Production
69
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
64
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
77
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- New Mexico State
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: App State
Player Story
Kourtland Busby built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Kourtland Busby's career was his...
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- Committed To
- New Mexico State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Kourtland Busby, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State. Kourtland Busby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 44
- TFL
- 5.5
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 7
Quick Answers
Kourtland Busby quick answers
- Latest team and position
- New Mexico State · DL
- Career Tackles
- 44
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
- Top game
- App State
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Hendrickson · New Mexico State
- High school pipeline
- Hendrickson · 27 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 44 tackles · DL 53rd (top 8%) · Sun Belt 73rd (top 15%) · National 889th (top 16%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 11 | 44 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | - | 0 | 65.6 |
Related Context
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Kourtland Busby played DL for New Mexico State. Across 3 tracked seasons, Kourtland Busby recorded 44 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with New Mexico State.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
New Mexico State paired 13.5 primary output with 29 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: App State
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
29
Usage
9.5
Consistency
54.3
Best Game by takeover score
App State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. UTEP: 1. New Mexico: 0. Kentucky: 1. Troy: 0. Idaho: 0. Georgia Southern: 0.5. Texas A&M: 2.5. Arkansas State: 2. Texas State: 1.5. App State: 3. South Alabama: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. UTEP: 2 by 18.3. New Mexico: 3 by 12.5. Kentucky: 4 by 26.7. Troy: 1 by 4.2. Idaho: 2 by 8.3. Georgia Southern: 7 by 34.2. Texas A&M: 4 by 41.7. Arkansas State: 4 by 36.7. Texas State: 4 by 31.7. App State: 6 by 55. South Alabama: 7 by 49.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.8 · Games = 2 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 9 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
App State
Best efficiency game
55 vs App State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/3 | @ South AlabamaSplash game | L 28-35 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs App StateSplash game | L 7-37 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/19 | vs Texas State | W 50-10 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Arkansas StateSplash game | L 22-41 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Texas A&MSplash game | L 10-52 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/23 | vs Georgia Southern | L 19-22 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Idaho | L 23-55 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Troy | L 6-52 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ Kentucky | L 42-62 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs New Mexico | W 32-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/4 | @ UTEP | L 22-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kourtland Busby story
Kourtland Busby built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a defensive lineman from Pflugerville, TX wearing No. 90, spending time with New Mexico State. The clearest part of Kourtland Busby's career was his defensive production: 44 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Kourtland Busby's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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New Mexico State
2014-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | New Mexico State | 13.5 | 29 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs App State
Week 13 · L 7-37 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
@ Texas A&M
Week 9 · L 10-52
2.5
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
#3
@ South Alabama
Week 14 · L 28-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72 takeover score.
#4
@ Arkansas State
Week 11 · L 22-41 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Kentucky
Week 3 · L 42-62
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · New Mexico State
13.5 primary output · 29 efficiency · 9.5 usage
65.6
#2
2014 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Regular Season · New Mexico State
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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