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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2021East Carolina
Bruce Bivens
LB • 6'0" • 229 lbs • Houston, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Bruce Bivens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
48
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
67
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · East Carolina
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Player Story
Bruce Bivens built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Bruce Bivens' career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- East Carolina
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Bruce Bivens, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · East Carolina. Bruce Bivens shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 26.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 236
- TFL
- 19
- Sacks
- 5.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Bruce Bivens quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 236
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · East Carolina
- Top game
- Temple
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Aldine Davis · East Carolina
- High school pipeline
- Aldine Davis · 11 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Senior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 57 tackles · LB 250th (top 20%) · American Athletic 33rd (top 7%) · National 461st (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 4 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 41.3 |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 61 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 2 | - | 0 | 58.1 |
| 2019 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 61 | 1.5 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 21.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 7 | 47 | 4.5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 59.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 12 | 57 | 4.5 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 44.6 |
Related Context
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Bruce Bivens played LB for East Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bruce Bivens recorded 236 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
East Carolina paired 8.5 primary output with 39.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2019 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Gardner-Webb
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2019 Regular Season · East Carolina
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
23.3
Usage
4.4
Consistency
5.6
Best Game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. NC State: 0. Gardner-Webb: 2. Navy: 0. William & Mary: 0.5. Old Dominion: 0. Temple: 0. UCF: 0. South Florida: 0. Cincinnati: 0. SMU: 0. UConn: 0. Tulsa: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. NC State: 5 by 20.8. Gardner-Webb: 6 by 45. Navy: 6 by 25. William & Mary: 9 by 42.5. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. Temple: 9 by 37.5. UCF: 2 by 8.3. South Florida: 5 by 20.8. Cincinnati: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 5 by 20.8. UConn: 2 by 8.3. Tulsa: 5 by 20.8
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 4 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 8 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Gardner-Webb
Best efficiency game
45 vs Gardner-Webb
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Tulsa | L 24-49 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ UConn | W 31-24 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/9 | @ SMU | L 51-59 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | vs Cincinnati | L 43-46 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs South Florida | L 20-45 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | @ UCF | L 28-41 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/4 | vs Temple | L 17-27 | 9 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | @ Old Dominion | W 24-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs William & Mary | W 19-7 | 9 | 5 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | @ Navy | L 10-42 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs Gardner-WebbSplash game | W 48-9 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | @ NC State | L 6-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Bruce Bivens story
Bruce Bivens built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a linebacker from Houston, TX wearing No. 5, spending time with East Carolina. The clearest part of Bruce Bivens' career was his defensive production: 236 tackles, 19 tackles for loss, 5.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with East Carolina. 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 Bruce Bivens' production has multiple signals. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across East Carolina.
The arc is straightforward: Bruce Bivens 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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East Carolina
2017-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | East Carolina | 0 | 10.4 | 1.6 | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | East Carolina | 13 | 32 | 7.3 | 13 |
| 2019 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2.5 | 23.3 | 4.4 | -10.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8.5 | 39.5 | 10.2 | 6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | East Carolina | 8.5 | 26.9 | 7.2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Temple
Week 12 · W 28-3 · Conference game
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#2
vs UCF
Week 8 · L 10-37 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Charleston Southern
Week 4 · W 31-28
3.5
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Gardner-Webb
Week 2 · W 48-9
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Havoc Plays
80.6 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Tulane
Week 10 · L 21-38 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · East Carolina
8.5 primary output · 39.5 efficiency · 10.2 usage
59.3
#2
2018 Regular Season · East Carolina
58.1
13 primary · 32 efficiency · 7.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · East Carolina
44.6
8.5 primary · 26.9 efficiency · 7.2 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
9
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
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