Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Boston College
Isaiah McDuffie
LB • 6'1" • 224 lbs • Buffalo, NY, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Isaiah McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
80
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
91
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boston College
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Boston College
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh
Player Story
Isaiah McDuffie built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Buffalo, NY wearing No. 55, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Isaiah McDuffie's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Boston College
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2021
- Selection
- Round 6 · Pick 36
- Overall
- No. 220
- NFL Team
- Green Bay Packers
Isaiah McDuffie, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Boston College. Isaiah McDuffie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 51.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 231
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 8.5
- QB hurries
- 9
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Isaiah McDuffie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Boston College · LB
- Career Tackles
- 231
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Boston College
- Top game
- Pittsburgh
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bennett · Boston College
- High school pipeline
- Bennett · 2 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2021 · Round 6 · Pick 36 · Green Bay Packers
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Junior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 107 tackles · LB 5th (top 1%) · ACC 2nd (top 1%) · National 5th (top 1%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Boston College | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 9.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 12 | 86 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 63.5 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 62.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 4 | 20 | 2.5 | 2 | 3 | - | 0 | 62.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 11 | 107 | 6.5 | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | 71.6 |
Related Context
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Isaiah McDuffie played LB for Boston College. Across 4 tracked seasons, Isaiah McDuffie recorded 231 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Boston College.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Boston College paired 14.5 primary output with 51.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 51.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Texas State
Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Boston College
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
51.8
Usage
15.4
Consistency
34.4
Best Game by takeover score
Texas State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Duke: 1. Texas State: 5. North Carolina: 4. Pittsburgh: 1.5. Virginia Tech: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Clemson: 1. Syracuse: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Louisville: 0. Virginia: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duke: 6 by 35. Texas State: 12 by 100. North Carolina: 12 by 90. Pittsburgh: 11 by 60.8. Virginia Tech: 11 by 45.8. Georgia Tech: 7 by 39.2. Clemson: 10 by 51.7. Syracuse: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 16 by 60. Louisville: 7 by 29.2. Virginia: 13 by 50
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Texas State
Best efficiency game
100 vs Texas State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/5 | @ Virginia10+ tackles | L 32-43 | 13 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/28 | vs Louisville | W 34-27 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/14 | vs Notre Dame10+ tackles | L 31-45 | 16 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/7 | @ Syracuse | W 16-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | @ Clemson10+ tackles | L 28-34 | 10 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | vs Georgia Tech | W 48-27 | 7 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/18 | @ Virginia Tech10+ tackles | L 14-40 | 11 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/10 | vs Pittsburgh10+ tackles | W 31-30 | 11 | 7 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs North Carolina10+ tackles · Splash game | L 22-26 | 12 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Texas State10+ tackles · 2+ sacks | W 24-21 | 12 | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Duke | W 26-6 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Isaiah McDuffie story
Isaiah McDuffie built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Buffalo, NY wearing No. 55, spending time with Boston College. The clearest part of Isaiah McDuffie's career was his defensive production: 231 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 8.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Boston College. 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 Isaiah McDuffie's production has multiple signals. With 31 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Boston College.
The arc is straightforward: Isaiah McDuffie 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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Boston College
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
201720172018201920192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Boston College | 1 | 10.9 | 1.4 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Boston College | 1 | 10.9 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Boston College | 13 | 40 | 8.5 | 12 |
| 2019 Postseason | Boston College | 8.5 | 50.2 | 13.7 | -4.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Boston College | 8.5 | 50.2 | 13.7 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Boston College | 14.5 | 51.8 | 15.4 | 6 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Pittsburgh
Week 14 · W 26-19 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5.5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#2
vs Texas State
Week 4 · W 24-21
5
Havoc Plays
100 takeover
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.
#3
vs North Carolina
Week 5 · L 22-26 · Conference game
4
Havoc Plays
90 takeover
Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.
#4
vs Louisville
Week 7 · W 38-20 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Clemson
Week 11 · L 7-27 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Boston College
14.5 primary output · 51.8 efficiency · 15.4 usage
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#2
2018 Regular Season · Boston College
63.5
13 primary · 40 efficiency · 8.5 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Boston College
62.5
8.5 primary · 50.2 efficiency · 13.7 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
8
Splash games
12
10+ tackle games
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