Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2021Miami
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.
Impact Production
83
High-end production for a safety
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Reliability
82
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
79
High-upside career profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 5 | 8 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.6 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 5 | 11 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 16.6 |
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 11 | 9 | 2.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 11 | 65 | 4 | 1 | - | 3 | 0 | 52.1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 7 | 42 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 57.4 |
Related Context
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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
2021 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 35.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
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: App State
Win with 2 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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2021 Regular Season · Miami
Games
7
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
35.7
Usage
7.7
Consistency
64.1
Best Game by takeover score
App State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama: 1.5. App State: 2. Michigan State: 1. Central Connecticut: 1. Virginia: 0. North Carolina: 0. NC State: 2
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. Alabama: 5 by 35.8. App State: 8 by 53.3. Michigan State: 10 by 51.7. Central Connecticut: 3 by 22.5. Virginia: 8 by 33.3. North Carolina: 7 by 29.2. NC State: 1 by 24.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -1.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
7 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
App State
Best efficiency game
53.3 vs App State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/23 | vs NC StateSplash game | W 31-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/16 | @ North Carolina | L 42-45 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 9/30 | vs Virginia | L 28-30 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/25 | vs Central Connecticut | W 69-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/18 | vs Michigan State10+ tackles | L 17-38 | 10 | 8 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/11 | vs App StateSplash game | W 25-23 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/4 | vs Alabama | L 13-44 | 5 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
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.
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USC
2016-2017
Opening stop
- 2
Miami
2019-2021
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201620172019202020202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | USC | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | USC | 0 | 6.7 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Miami | 2 | 15.2 | 2.5 | 2 |
| 2020 Postseason | Miami | 11.5 | 38.1 | 6.6 | 9.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Miami | 11.5 | 38.1 | 6.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Miami | 7.5 | 35.7 | 7.7 | -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.
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Havoc Plays
84.7 takeover
5 disruption/tackle impact with 84.7 takeover score.
#2
vs App State
Week 2 · W 25-23
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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
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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
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