Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021Boston College
Mike Palmer
DB • 6'1" • 200 lbs • Endwell, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
43
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Mike Palmer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Endwell, NY wearing No. 18, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Mike Palmer's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Boston College
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Mike Palmer, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · Boston College. Mike Palmer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 157
- TFL
- 4
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 5
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Mike Palmer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boston College · DB
- Career Tackles
- 157
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 36 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · Boston College
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Maine-Endwell · Boston College
- High school pipeline
- Maine-Endwell · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 18 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 31 tackles · DB 310th (top 34%) · ACC 145th (top 23%) · National 1,366th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 6 | 23 | - | 0 | - | 2 | 0 | 18.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 11 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 11 | 68 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 52.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 7 | 24 | - | 0.5 | - | - | 1 | 18.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 10 | 31 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 30.7 |
Related Context
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Mike Palmer played DB for Boston College. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mike Palmer recorded 157 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Boston College.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
Boston College paired 8 primary output with 36.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2021 Regular Season · Boston College
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
17.9
Usage
5.4
Consistency
10
Best Game by takeover score
Florida State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Colgate: 1. Massachusetts: 1. Temple: 0. Missouri: 0. Clemson: 0. Louisville: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Georgia Tech: 0. Florida State: 2. Wake Forest: 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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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Massachusetts: 3 by 22.5. Temple: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Virginia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Georgia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Florida State: 7 by 49.2. Wake Forest: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.2 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
Florida State
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Florida State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/27 | vs Wake Forest | L 10-41 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/20 | vs Florida StateSplash game | L 23-26 | 7 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/13 | @ Georgia Tech | W 41-30 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/5 | vs Virginia Tech | W 17-3 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/23 | @ Louisville | L 14-28 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/2 | @ Clemson | L 13-19 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Missouri | W 41-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | @ Temple | W 28-3 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | @ Massachusetts | W 45-28 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Colgate | W 51-0 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Palmer story
Mike Palmer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Endwell, NY wearing No. 18, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Mike Palmer's career was his defensive production: 157 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 36 career games in the available record. That gives Mike Palmer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Boston College
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 2 | 19.3 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 8 | 36.1 | 7.6 | 6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 8 | 36.1 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 1.5 | 16.4 | 3.6 | -6.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Boston College | 4 | 17.9 | 5.4 | 2.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Wake Forest
Week 5 · L 24-27 · Conference game
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
vs Florida State
Week 12 · L 23-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
83.1 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.
#3
vs NC State
Week 8 · W 45-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
79.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 79.7 takeover score.
#4
@ NC State
Week 6 · L 23-28 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Rutgers
Week 4 · W 30-16
1
Havoc Plays
58.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2019 Postseason · Boston College
8 primary output · 36.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage
52.2
#2
2019 Regular Season · Boston College
52.2
8 primary · 36.1 efficiency · 7.6 usage
#3
2017 Regular Season · Boston College
38.4
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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