Player Dossier

2016-2021

Miami

Bubba Bolden

S • 6'3" • 204 lbs • Las Vegas, NV, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bubba Bolden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

10%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Miami

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
USC • Miami
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Player Story

Bubba Bolden built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a safety from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 21, spending time with Miami and USC. The clearest part of Bubba Bolden's career was his defensive production:...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.972

Bishop Gorman · Las Vegas, NV

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Bubba Bolden, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Miami. Bubba Bolden shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
135
TFL
10
Sacks
2
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Bubba Bolden quick answers

Latest team and position
Miami · S
Career Tackles
135
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 28 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Miami
Top game
Florida State
Recruit profile
4-star · Bishop Gorman · USC
High school pipeline
Bishop Gorman · 116 FBS recruits · 10 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 21 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
42 tackles · S 138th (top 27%) · ACC 86th (top 14%) · National 850th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2017 Regular SeasonUSC58-0--038.6
2019 Regular SeasonMiami511-0-1016.6
2020 PostseasonMiami1192.50--052.1
2020 Regular SeasonMiami116541-3052.1
2021 Regular SeasonMiami7423.5112057.4

Related Context

Bubba Bolden played S for USC and Miami. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bubba Bolden recorded 135 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Miami.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Miami paired 7.5 primary output with 35.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2019 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 15.2 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2021 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across USC, Miami.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Florida State

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2019 Regular Season · Miami

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

15.2

Usage

2.5

Consistency

13.3

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. Virginia Tech: 0. Virginia: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Pittsburgh: 0. Florida State: 1

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. Virginia: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 3 by 12.5. Pittsburgh: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Florida State

Best efficiency game

20 vs Florida State

Result
Sat 11/2@ Florida StateW 27-101
Sat 10/26@ PittsburghW 16-1244000
Sat 10/19vs Georgia TechL 21-2831000
Sat 10/12vs VirginiaW 17-922001
Sat 10/5vs Virginia TechL 35-4222000

Player Story

Bubba Bolden story

Bubba Bolden built his college career from 2016 through 2021 as a safety from Las Vegas, NV wearing No. 21, spending time with Miami and USC. The clearest part of Bubba Bolden's career was his defensive production: 135 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Bubba Bolden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    USC

    2016-2017

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Miami

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201620172019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonUSC0
2017 Regular SeasonUSC06.71.10
2019 Regular SeasonMiami215.22.52
2020 PostseasonMiami11.538.16.69.5
2020 Regular SeasonMiami11.538.16.60
2021 Regular SeasonMiami7.535.77.7-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Florida State

Week 4 · W 52-10 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5

Havoc Plays

84.7 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.

#2

vs App State

Week 2 · W 25-23

2

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#3

vs Oklahoma State

Week 1 · L 34-37 · Postseason

2.5

Havoc Plays

70.8 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.

#4

vs NC State

Week 8 · W 31-30 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

69.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Michigan State

Week 3 · L 17-38

1

Havoc Plays

67.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Miami

7.5 primary output · 35.7 efficiency · 7.7 usage

57.4

#2

2020 Postseason · Miami

52.1

11.5 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 6.6 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Miami

52.1

11.5 primary · 38.1 efficiency · 6.6 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games