Player Dossier

2018-2022

Notre Dame

Bo Bauer

LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Harborcreek, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Bo Bauer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Notre Dame

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Notre Dame
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Player Story

Bo Bauer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Harborcreek, PA wearing No. 52, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Bo Bauer's career was his defensive production: 120...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.9015

Cathedral Prep · Erie, PA

Committed To
Notre Dame
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Bo Bauer, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Notre Dame. Bo Bauer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 8.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
120
TFL
11.5
Sacks
2.5
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
6

Quick Answers

Bo Bauer quick answers

Latest team and position
Notre Dame · LB
Career Tackles
120
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 8 entries · 46 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Notre Dame
Top game
Virginia
Recruit profile
4-star · Cathedral Prep · Notre Dame
High school pipeline
Red Bank Catholic · 13 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 52 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
9 tackles · LB 737th (top 60%) · FBS Independents 154th (top 48%) · National 2,784th (top 48%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame510-0--039.4
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame111-0--013.2
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame112720--013.2
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame121-0--043.2
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame12254.5131043.2
2021 PostseasonNotre Dame132-0--053.9
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame13454.51.525053.9
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame590.50--09

Related Context

Bo Bauer played LB for Notre Dame. Across 5 tracked seasons, Bo Bauer recorded 120 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Notre Dame.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Notre Dame paired 14 primary output with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 25.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2022 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Win with 4 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 Postseason · Notre Dame

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

25.8

Usage

4.9

Consistency

48.9

Best Game by takeover score

Virginia

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Oklahoma State: 0. Florida State: 1. Toledo: 1. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 1. Cincinnati: 0.5. Virginia Tech: 0. USC: 3. North Carolina: 1. Navy: 0. Virginia: 4. Georgia Tech: 2.5. Stanford: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Oklahoma State: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 1 by 14.2. Toledo: 4 by 26.7. Purdue: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 0 by 10. Cincinnati: 2 by 13.3. Virginia Tech: 2 by 8.3. USC: 7 by 59.2. North Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 9 by 77.5. Georgia Tech: 9 by 62.5. Stanford: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.2 · Games = 11 · +1.0 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · -1.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Virginia

Best efficiency game

77.5 vs Virginia

Result
Sat 1/1vs Oklahoma StateL 35-3721000
Sun 11/28@ StanfordW 45-1410000
Sat 11/20vs Georgia TechSplash gameW 55-0951.5000
Sun 11/14@ VirginiaSplash gameW 28-3941.501.501
Sat 11/6vs NavyW 34-631000
Sat 10/30vs North CarolinaW 44-3421001
Sat 10/23vs USCSplash gameW 31-16741011
Sat 10/9@ Virginia TechW 32-2921000
Sat 10/2vs CincinnatiL 13-24200.5000
Sat 9/25@ WisconsinW 41-1300001
Sat 9/18vs PurdueW 27-1353000
Sat 9/11vs ToledoW 32-2942001
Sun 9/5@ Florida StateW 41-3811000

Player Story

Bo Bauer story

Bo Bauer built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a linebacker from Harborcreek, PA wearing No. 52, spending time with Notre Dame. The clearest part of Bo Bauer's career was his defensive production: 120 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Bo Bauer'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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    Notre Dame

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20182019201920202020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonNotre Dame08.41.2
2019 PostseasonNotre Dame212.42.42
2019 Regular SeasonNotre Dame212.42.40
2020 PostseasonNotre Dame10.517.85.38.5
2020 Regular SeasonNotre Dame10.517.85.30
2021 PostseasonNotre Dame1425.84.93.5
2021 Regular SeasonNotre Dame1425.84.90
2022 Regular SeasonNotre Dame0.58.52.1-13.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Virginia

Week 11 · W 28-3

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs Florida State

Week 6 · W 42-26

3

Havoc Plays

82.2 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.

#3

vs USC

Week 8 · W 31-16

3

Havoc Plays

78.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Georgia Tech

Week 12 · W 55-0

2.5

Havoc Plays

72.8 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Syracuse

Week 14 · W 45-21

2

Havoc Plays

70.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Notre Dame

14 primary output · 25.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage

53.9

#2

2021 Regular Season · Notre Dame

53.9

14 primary · 25.8 efficiency · 4.9 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Notre Dame

43.2

10.5 primary · 17.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

6

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games