Player Dossier

2018-2021

Ohio

Michael Ballentine

S • 6'0" • 190 lbs • Mentor, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Ballentine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

12%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

40

Developing production for a safety

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Reliability

37

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

49

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Ohio
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8475

Woodward Career Technical · Cincinnati, OH

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Michael Ballentine, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Regular Season · Ohio. Michael Ballentine shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
25
TFL
1.5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Michael Ballentine quick answers

Latest team and position
Ohio · S
Career Tackles
25
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 8 games
Best season
2019 Regular Season · Ohio
Top game
Louisiana
Recruit profile
3-star · Woodward Career Technical
High school pipeline
Woodward Career Technical · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 39 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
17 tackles · S 273rd (top 54%) · Mid-American 212th (top 39%) · National 2,226th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonOhio00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonOhio240.50-2050.7
2020 Regular SeasonOhio24-0--040.4
2021 Regular SeasonOhio41710--027.6

Related Context

Michael Ballentine played S for Ohio. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Ballentine recorded 25 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Ohio.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2019 Regular Season

Ohio paired 2.5 primary output with 20.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 20.2 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: Louisiana

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

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Ohio

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

20.2

Usage

5

Consistency

8.3

Best Game by takeover score

Louisiana

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Duquesne: 0. Louisiana: 1. Northwestern: 0. Central Michigan: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Duquesne: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana: 8 by 43.3. Northwestern: 5 by 20.8. Central Michigan: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

First Half0.5 · Games = 2 · +0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Louisiana

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs Louisiana

Result
Sat 10/9vs Central MichiganL 27-3031000
Sat 9/25@ NorthwesternL 6-3555000
Fri 9/17@ LouisianaL 14-4987100
Sat 9/11vs DuquesneL 26-2811000

Career Arc

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

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    Ohio

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201920202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonOhio0
2019 Regular SeasonOhio2.520.82.32.5
2020 Regular SeasonOhio08.31.6-2.5
2021 Regular SeasonOhio120.251

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Louisiana

Week 3 · L 14-49

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Rhode Island

Week 1 · W 41-20

2

Havoc Plays

47.2 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Pittsburgh

Week 2 · L 10-20

0.5

Havoc Plays

20.8 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 20.8 takeover score.

#4

@ Northwestern

Week 4 · L 6-35

0

Havoc Plays

18 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 18 takeover score.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 6 · L 27-30 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

10.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2019 Regular Season · Ohio

2.5 primary output · 20.8 efficiency · 2.3 usage

50.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Ohio

40.4

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Ohio

27.6

1 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 5 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games