Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2014-2017Buffalo
Ishmael Hargrove
LB • 6'1" • 227 lbs • Cleveland, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Ishmael Hargrove shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
41
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
23
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UAlbany
Player Story
Ishmael Hargrove built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 16, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Ishmael Hargrove's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2014
Ishmael Hargrove, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Buffalo. Ishmael Hargrove shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 142
- TFL
- 7
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Ishmael Hargrove quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · LB
- Career Tackles
- 142
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- UAlbany
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · St Peter Chanel · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- St Peter Chanel · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 39 tackles · LB 361st (top 33%) · Mid-American 93rd (top 18%) · National 1,016th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 12 | 103 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 70.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 10 | 39 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 20.7 |
Related Context
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Ishmael Hargrove played LB for Buffalo. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ishmael Hargrove recorded 142 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 12.5 primary output with 44.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 19.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Ohio
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
19.3
Usage
4
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Ohio
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 0. Army: 0. Colgate: 0. Kent State: 0. Western Michigan: 1. Northern Illinois: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Ball State: 0. Ohio: 2
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Army: 7 by 29.2. Colgate: 1 by 4.2. Kent State: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 10 by 51.7. Northern Illinois: 4 by 16.7. Miami (OH): 4 by 16.7. Akron: 4 by 16.7. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. Ohio: 6 by 45
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Ohio
Best efficiency game
51.7 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs OhioSplash game | W 31-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/17 | @ Ball State | W 40-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | @ Akron | L 20-21 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Miami (OH) | L 14-24 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs Northern Illinois | L 13-14 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Western Michigan10+ tackles | L 68-71 | 10 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Kent State | W 27-13 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Colgate | W 33-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Army | L 17-21 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/31 | @ Minnesota | L 7-17 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Ishmael Hargrove story
Ishmael Hargrove built his college career from 2014 through 2017 as a linebacker from Cleveland, OH wearing No. 16, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Ishmael Hargrove's career was his defensive production: 142 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 22 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Buffalo. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Ishmael Hargrove's production has multiple signals. With 22 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.
The arc is straightforward: Ishmael Hargrove moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Buffalo
2014-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2015 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Buffalo | 12.5 | 44.1 | 10.4 | 12.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Buffalo | 3 | 19.3 | 4 | -9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs UAlbany
Week 1 · L 16-22
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Boston College
Week 5 · L 3-35
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs Ohio
Week 13 · W 31-24 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Miami (OH)
Week 11 · L 24-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
70.6 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Michigan
Week 12 · L 0-38 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Buffalo
12.5 primary output · 44.1 efficiency · 10.4 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Buffalo
20.7
3 primary · 19.3 efficiency · 4 usage
#3
2014 Regular Season · Buffalo
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
4
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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