Player Dossier

2014-2018

Michigan State

Byron Bullough

LB • 6'1" • 232 lbs • Traverse City, MI, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Byron Bullough shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Michigan State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame
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Recruit Profile

Class 2014 · Rating 0.8794

St. Francis · Traverse City, MI

Committed To
Michigan State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2014

Byron Bullough, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Michigan State. Byron Bullough shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
22
TFL
1

Quick Answers

Byron Bullough quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan State · LB
Career Tackles
22
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
Best season
2016 Regular Season · Michigan State
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
3-star · St. Francis · Michigan State
High school pipeline
St. Francis · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 38 · Senior
2018 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 880th (top 75%) · Big Ten 359th (top 58%) · National 3,428th (top 59%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State00-0--0-
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State45-0--037.4
2017 PostseasonMichigan State92-0--031.3
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan State91110--031.3
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan State44-0--036.7

Related Context

Byron Bullough played LB for Michigan State. Across 5 tracked seasons, Byron Bullough recorded 22 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Michigan State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season

Michigan State paired 0 primary output with 5.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2018 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Penn State

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2018 Regular Season · Michigan State

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

4.2

Usage

0.7

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Penn State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Penn State: 0. Purdue: 0. Ohio State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Purdue: 1 by 4.2. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Penn State

Best efficiency game

4.2 vs Ohio State

Result
Sat 11/10vs Ohio StateL 6-2610000
Sat 10/27vs PurdueW 23-1310000
Sat 10/13@ Penn StateW 21-1710000
Sun 9/9@ Arizona StateL 13-1611000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Michigan State

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201420152016201720172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonMichigan State0
2015 Regular SeasonMichigan State00
2016 Regular SeasonMichigan State05.20.90
2017 PostseasonMichigan State17.21.71
2017 Regular SeasonMichigan State17.21.70
2018 Regular SeasonMichigan State04.20.7-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Notre Dame

Week 4 · L 18-38

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Washington State

Week 1 · W 42-17 · Postseason

0

Havoc Plays

7.8 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Indiana

Week 5 · L 21-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.9 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Rutgers

Week 13 · W 40-7 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

6.1 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.1 takeover score.

#5

vs Penn State

Week 10 · W 27-24 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Regular Season · Michigan State

0 primary output · 5.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

37.4

#2

2018 Regular Season · Michigan State

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2017 Postseason · Michigan State

31.3

1 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 1.7 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games