Usage / Role
11%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2018Louisville
Michael Boykin
DL • 6'6" • 302 lbs • Carrollton, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Boykin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Impact Production
20
Developing production for a defensive lineman
lowelite
Reliability
17
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Louisville
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
3★
- Committed To
- Louisville
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2016
Michael Boykin, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Louisville. Michael Boykin shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.7 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 8
- TFL
- 0.5
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Michael Boykin quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Louisville · DL
- Career Tackles
- 8
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 7 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Southern Miss
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Carrollton · Louisville
- High school pipeline
- Carrollton · 36 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Sophomore
- 2018 Tackles rank
- 8 tackles · DL 502nd (top 64%) · ACC 316th (top 50%) · National 2,883rd (top 50%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 5 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 29 |
Related Context
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Michael Boykin played DL for Louisville. Across 2 tracked seasons, Michael Boykin recorded 8 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Louisville paired 1.5 primary output with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 9.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2018 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Southern Miss
Game with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Louisville
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.3
Efficiency
9.7
Usage
6.7
Consistency
13.3
Best Game by takeover score
Southern Miss
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Liberty: 0. Southern Miss: 4
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.
Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.
Split Comparison
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First Half0 · Games = 1 · -4 vs Second Half
Second Half4 · Games = 1 · +4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Southern Miss
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs Southern Miss
Career Arc
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- 1
Louisville
2017-2018
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2018 Regular Season | Louisville | 1.5 | 9.7 | 6.7 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Southern Miss
Week 10
Game with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
78.4 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 78.4 takeover score.
#2
@ Clemson
Week 10 · L 16-77 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
vs Florida State
Week 5 · L 24-28 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
38.1 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38.1 takeover score.
#4
@ Boston College
Week 7 · L 20-38 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
8.6 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.6 takeover score.
#5
@ Liberty
Week 5
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Louisville
1.5 primary output · 9.7 efficiency · 6.7 usage
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#2
2017 Regular Season · Louisville
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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