Player Dossier

2018-2021

Iowa State

Mike Rose

LB • 6'4" • 250 lbs • Brecksville, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mike Rose shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

86%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

82

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Iowa State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Kansas State

Player Story

Mike Rose built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Brecksville, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Mike Rose's career was his defensive production: 321...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.858

Brecksville-Broadview Heights · Broadview Heights, OH

Committed To
Iowa State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Mike Rose, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Iowa State. Mike Rose shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 45.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
321
TFL
41
Sacks
9.5
QB hurries
18
Passes defended
8
Touchdowns
1
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2021 · Iowa State · Player Highlight

Mike Rose college highlights at Iowa State.

Season
2021
Type
Player highlight

Quick Answers

Mike Rose quick answers

Latest team and position
Iowa State · LB
Career Tackles
321
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 49 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Iowa State
Top game
Kansas State
Recruit profile
3-star · Brecksville-Broadview Heights · Iowa State
High school pipeline
Brecksville-Broadview Heights · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
73 tackles · LB 162nd (top 13%) · Big 12 21st (top 5%) · National 240th (top 5%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 PostseasonIowa State137-02-063
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State136891.532163
2019 PostseasonIowa State138111-063.2
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State13698.52.523063.2
2020 PostseasonIowa State1260.50--076.8
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State1290101.562076.8
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State117312341068.2

Related Context

Mike Rose played LB for Iowa State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Mike Rose recorded 321 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Iowa State paired 25 primary output with 53.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 45.8 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: Oklahoma

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Iowa State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

1.8

Efficiency

45.8

Usage

11.9

Consistency

47.4

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Northern Iowa: 3.5. Iowa: 2. UNLV: 3. Baylor: 1.5. Kansas: 0.5. Kansas State: 0. Oklahoma State: 0. Texas: 0. Texas Tech: 0.5. Oklahoma: 5. TCU: 4

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Northern Iowa: 11 by 80.8. Iowa: 7 by 49.2. UNLV: 7 by 59.2. Baylor: 3 by 27.5. Kansas: 6 by 30. Kansas State: 9 by 37.5. Oklahoma State: 8 by 33.3. Texas: 5 by 20.8. Texas Tech: 5 by 25.8. Oklahoma: 6 by 75. TCU: 6 by 65

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.6 · Games = 7 · -0.7 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 4 · +0.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

80.8 vs Northern Iowa

Result
Fri 11/26vs TCUSplash gameW 48-1464201
Sat 11/20@ Oklahoma2+ sacks · Splash gameL 21-2865320
Sat 11/13@ Texas TechL 38-41540.5000
Sat 11/6vs TexasW 30-752000
Sat 10/23vs Oklahoma StateW 24-2182000
Sat 10/16@ Kansas StateW 33-2097000
Sat 10/2vs KansasW 59-7620.5000
Sat 9/25@ BaylorL 29-31321.5000
Sun 9/19@ UNLVSplash gameW 48-372210
Sat 9/11vs IowaSplash gameL 17-2771100
Sat 9/4vs Northern Iowa10+ tackles · Splash gameW 16-101151.5000

Player Story

Mike Rose story

Mike Rose built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Brecksville, OH wearing No. 23, spending time with Iowa State. The clearest part of Mike Rose's career was his defensive production: 321 tackles, 41 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 6 interceptions across 49 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with Iowa State. 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 Mike Rose'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 Iowa State.

The arc is straightforward: Mike Rose 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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    Iowa State

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2018201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 PostseasonIowa State17.537.59.9
2018 Regular SeasonIowa State17.537.59.90
2019 PostseasonIowa State2040.110.82.5
2019 Regular SeasonIowa State2040.110.80
2020 PostseasonIowa State2553.415.85
2020 Regular SeasonIowa State2553.415.80
2021 Regular SeasonIowa State2045.811.9-5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Kansas State

Week 12 · W 45-0 · Conference game

Win with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma

Week 12 · L 21-28 · Conference game

5

Havoc Plays

91.7 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 91.7 takeover score.

#3

vs Northern Iowa

Week 1 · W 29-26

4

Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Baylor

Week 10 · W 38-31 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

90.9 takeover

Win with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 90.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Baylor

Week 11 · W 28-14 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Iowa State

25 primary output · 53.4 efficiency · 15.8 usage

76.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Iowa State

76.8

25 primary · 53.4 efficiency · 15.8 usage

#3

2021 Regular Season · Iowa State

68.2

20 primary · 45.8 efficiency · 11.9 usage

Milestones

22

Impact games

22

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games