Player Dossier

2014-2018

Texas Tech

Michael Barden

PK • 5'11" • 180 lbs • Austin, TX, USA

Impact contributor

Michael Barden shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Player Story

Michael Barden built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a placekicker from Austin, TX wearing No. 49, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Michael Barden's career was his field-position work:...

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Michael Barden, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Michael Barden shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Passing yards
15
Rushing yards
19

Quick Answers

Michael Barden quick answers

Latest team and position
Texas Tech · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech
Top game
Kansas State
Latest roster
No. 49 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech000-
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech800100
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech1100100
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech800100
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech000-

Related Context

Michael Barden played PK for Texas Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Barden recorded 15 passing yards, 19 rushing yards, and 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Texas Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2018 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Baylor

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Baylor

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Stephen F. Austin: 0. Arizona State: 0. Kansas: 0. Kansas State: 0. West Virginia: 0. Oklahoma: 0. TCU: 0. Texas: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Iowa State: 0. Baylor: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Baylor

Best efficiency game

— vs Baylor

Result
Fri 11/25vs BaylorW 54-35
Sat 11/19@ Iowa StateL 10-66
Sat 11/12@ Oklahoma StateL 44-451115100.000
Sat 11/5vs TexasL 37-4512525025
Sat 10/29@ TCUW 27-241-11-1100
Sun 10/23vs OklahomaL 59-66
Sat 10/15vs West VirginiaL 17-48
Sat 10/8@ Kansas StateL 38-44
Fri 9/30vs KansasW 55-19
Sun 9/11@ Arizona StateL 55-68
Sun 9/4vs Stephen F. AustinW 69-17

Player Story

Michael Barden story

Michael Barden built his college career from 2014 through 2018 as a placekicker from Austin, TX wearing No. 49, spending time with Texas Tech. The clearest part of Michael Barden's career was his field-position work: 59 punts and 2,362 punting yards across 27 career games in the available record. His career also includes 15 passing yards, 19 rushing yards, and 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Michael Barden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Texas Tech

    2014-2018

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20142015201620172018
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonTexas Tech0
2015 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2016 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2017 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00
2018 Regular SeasonTexas Tech00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas State

Week 11 · W 59-44 · Conference game

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ West Virginia

Week 10 · L 26-31 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 9 · L 53-70 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Oklahoma

Week 8 · L 27-63 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

@ Kansas

Week 7 · W 30-20 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · Texas Tech

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2016 Regular Season · Texas Tech

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Texas Tech

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games