Player Dossier

2017-2020

Air Force

Michael Purcell

DE • 6'4" • 245 lbs • The Woodlands, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Purcell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Usage Score

8

Efficiency

11.3

Consistency

13.3

Season Value

11.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Air Force

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Air Force
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Michael Purcell, DE. Best season Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season · Air Force. Michael Purcell shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.3 disruption score.

Michael Purcell played DE for Air Force. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Purcell recorded 18 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Air Force.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season

Air Force paired 1.5 primary output with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2020 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Boise State

Loss 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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2020 Regular Season · Air Force

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

11.3

Usage

8

Consistency

13.3

Best Game by takeover score

Utah State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Navy: 0. San José State: 0.5. Boise State: 1. New Mexico: 0. Utah State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Navy: 2 by 8.3. San José State: 2 by 13.3. Boise State: 2 by 18.3. New Mexico: 2 by 8.3. Utah State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins
First Half0.5 · Games = 3 · +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.

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boise State

Best efficiency game

18.3 vs Boise State

Result
Fri 12/4@ Utah StateW 35-721000
Sat 11/21vs New MexicoW 28-020000
Sat 10/31vs Boise StateL 30-4922100
Sun 10/25@ San José StateL 6-17210.5000
Sat 10/3vs NavyW 40-721000

Career Arc

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

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    Air Force

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2017201820192020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonAir Force0
2018 Regular SeasonAir Force00
2019 Regular SeasonAir Force110.82.21
2020 Regular SeasonAir Force1.511.380.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Boise State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.5 takeover score.

#2

Colorado State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.

#3

San José State

0.5

Primary metric

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 23.7 takeover score.

#4

Utah State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.4 takeover score.

#5

Unknown

0

Primary metric

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2020 Regular Season · Air Force

1.5 primary output · 11.3 efficiency · 8 usage

11.6

#2

2019 Regular Season · Air Force

7.6

1 primary · 10.8 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2017 Regular Season · Air Force

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

2★

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7726

The Woodlands · The Woodlands, TX

Committed To
Air Force
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

18

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 9 games, and base opponent context only. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.