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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022UAB
Will Boler
S • 6'0" • 215 lbs • Opelika, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Will Boler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
45
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UAB
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- UAB
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Player Story
Will Boler built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a safety from Opelika, AL wearing No. 21, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Will Boler's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 6.5...
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- Committed To
- UAB
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Will Boler, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2019 Postseason · UAB. Will Boler shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 194
- TFL
- 6.5
- Sacks
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 15
Quick Answers
Will Boler quick answers
- Latest team and position
- UAB · S
- Career Tackles
- 194
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
- Best season
- 2019 Postseason · UAB
- Top game
- Western Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Opelika · UAB
- High school pipeline
- Opelika · 27 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 21 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 37 tackles · S 163rd (top 32%) · Conference USA 86th (top 18%) · National 1,021st (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6.9 |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 57.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 14 | 55 | 2 | 0.5 | - | 8 | 0 | 57.8 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 8 | 35 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20 |
| 2021 Postseason | UAB | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 13 | 56 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 14.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 10 | 37 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 29.3 |
Related Context
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Will Boler played S for UAB. Across 5 tracked seasons, Will Boler recorded 194 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with UAB.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2019 Postseason
UAB paired 14.5 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Kentucky
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 90th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · UAB
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
21.9
Usage
4.5
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Alabama A&M: 0. Liberty: 1. Georgia Southern: 0. Middle Tennessee: 1. Charlotte: 0. Western Kentucky: 2. UTSA: 0. North Texas: 2.5. LSU: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alabama A&M: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Southern: 5 by 20.8. Middle Tennessee: 5 by 30.8. Charlotte: 6 by 25. Western Kentucky: 7 by 49.2. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 3 by 37.5. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.6 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Kentucky
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs Western Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 37-27 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ LSU | L 10-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | vs North TexasSplash game | W 41-21 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs UTSA | L 38-44 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Western KentuckySplash game | L 17-20 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Charlotte | W 34-20 | 6 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Middle Tennessee | W 41-14 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Georgia Southern | W 35-21 | 5 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Liberty | L 14-21 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Alabama A&M | W 59-0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Will Boler story
Will Boler built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a safety from Opelika, AL wearing No. 21, spending time with UAB. The clearest part of Will Boler's career was his defensive production: 194 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with UAB. 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 Will Boler's production has multiple signals. With 49 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across UAB.
The arc is straightforward: Will Boler 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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UAB
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | UAB | 14.5 | 27.9 | 5.1 | 13.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | UAB | 14.5 | 27.9 | 5.1 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | UAB | 2 | 20.7 | 4.5 | -12.5 |
| 2021 Postseason | UAB | 1 | 20 | 3.4 | -1 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UAB | 1 | 20 | 3.4 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UAB | 6.5 | 21.9 | 4.5 | 5.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Western Kentucky
Week 8 · L 17-20 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
76.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.
#2
vs UTSA
Week 5 · W 21-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#3
@ South Alabama
Week 4 · W 42-10
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Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#4
vs North Texas
Week 11 · W 41-21 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#5
vs App State
Week 1 · L 17-31 · Postseason
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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
2019 Postseason · UAB
14.5 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 5.1 usage
57.8
#2
2019 Regular Season · UAB
57.8
14.5 primary · 27.9 efficiency · 5.1 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · UAB
29.3
6.5 primary · 21.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
9
Impact games
7
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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