Player Dossier

2015-2019

Minnesota

Michael Tarbutt

PK • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Grimsby, ON, Canada

Impact contributor

Michael Tarbutt 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

lowhigh

Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2015 Regular Season · UConn

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
UConn • Minnesota
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Missouri

Player Story

Michael Tarbutt built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a placekicker from Grimsby, ON wearing No. 97, spending time with Minnesota and UConn. The clearest part of Michael Tarbutt's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2015 · Rating 0.7693

Canisius · Buffalo, NY

Committed To
UConn
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2015

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

Quick Answers

Michael Tarbutt quick answers

Latest team and position
Minnesota · PK
Career Touchdowns
0
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2015 Regular Season · UConn
Top game
Missouri
Recruit profile
2-star · Canisius · UConn
High school pipeline
Canisius · 14 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 97 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2015 Regular SeasonUConn100100
2016 Regular SeasonUConn000-
2017 Regular SeasonUConn1100100
2018 Regular SeasonUConn1000100
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota100100

Related Context

Michael Tarbutt played PK for UConn and Minnesota. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Tarbutt recorded 3 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with UConn.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2015 Regular Season

UConn paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across UConn, Minnesota.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

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

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2019 Regular Season · Minnesota

Games

1

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Maryland

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Volume vs Efficiency

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All Games0 · Games = 1

Game Log

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

1 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Maryland

Best efficiency game

— vs Maryland

Result
Sat 10/26vs MarylandW 52-10

Player Story

Michael Tarbutt story

Michael Tarbutt built his college career from 2015 through 2019 as a placekicker from Grimsby, ON wearing No. 97, spending time with Minnesota and UConn. The clearest part of Michael Tarbutt's career was his special-teams scoring: 106 kicking points, 17 made field goals on 27 attempts, and 55 extra points across 23 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2017 with UConn. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 3 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 23 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota and UConn.

The arc is straightforward: Michael Tarbutt 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

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

  1. 1

    UConn

    2015-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Minnesota

    2019

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20152016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2015 Regular SeasonUConn0
2016 Regular SeasonUConn00
2017 Regular SeasonUConn00
2018 Regular SeasonUConn00
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Missouri

Week 3 · L 6-9

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

0 primary-metric impact.

#2

@ Cincinnati

Week 13 · L 21-22 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Boston College

Week 12 · L 16-39

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ UCF

Week 11 · L 24-49 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs South Florida

Week 10 · L 20-37 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2015 Regular Season · UConn

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2017 Regular Season · UConn

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · UConn

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games