Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024SMU
Mike Lockhart
DT • 6'4" • 317 lbs • Birmingham, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mike Lockhart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
35
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
27
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
55
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Georgia Tech • West Virginia • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Player Story
Mike Lockhart built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 9, spending time with Georgia Tech, SMU, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Mike Lockhart's...
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- Committed To
- Arizona
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Mike Lockhart, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia. Mike Lockhart shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 83
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Mike Lockhart quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DT
- Career Tackles
- 83
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 48 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Del Valle · Arizona
- High school pipeline
- Del Valle · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 9 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 22 tackles · DT 78th (top 34%) · ACC 240th (top 32%) · National 1,903rd (top 32%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 23.2 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 7 | 17 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 20.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 18.8 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11 | 21 | 9 | 2.5 | - | - | 0 | 58.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 11 | 22 | 1.5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 28.3 |
Related Context
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Mike Lockhart played DT for Georgia Tech, West Virginia, and SMU. Across 6 tracked seasons, Mike Lockhart recorded 83 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with West Virginia.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
West Virginia paired 11.5 primary output with 18.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Georgia Tech, West Virginia, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
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2024 Regular Season · SMU
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
14.3
Usage
3.3
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Houston Christian: 0. Nevada: 1. TCU: 1. Florida State: 0. Louisville: 0. Stanford: 0.5. Duke: 2. Pittsburgh: 0. Boston College: 2. Virginia: 0. California: 0
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.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Houston Christian: 1 by 4.2. Nevada: 0 by 10. TCU: 3 by 22.5. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 2 by 8.3. Stanford: 4 by 21.7. Duke: 4 by 36.7. Pittsburgh: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 24.2. Virginia: 3 by 12.5. California: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
First Half0.4 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.8 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs First Half
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Boston College
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Duke
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs California | W 38-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Virginia | W 33-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/16 | vs Boston CollegeSplash game | W 38-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/3 | vs Pittsburgh | W 48-25 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/27 | @ DukeSplash game | W 28-27 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 10/20 | @ Stanford | W 40-10 | 4 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Louisville | W 34-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/29 | vs Florida State | W 42-16 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | vs TCU | W 66-42 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 9/1 | vs Houston Christian | W 59-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/25 | @ Nevada | W 29-24 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Lockhart story
Mike Lockhart built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive tackle from Birmingham, AL wearing No. 9, spending time with Georgia Tech, SMU, and West Virginia. The clearest part of Mike Lockhart's career was his defensive production: 83 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 48 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with West Virginia. 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 Lockhart's production has multiple signals. With 48 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Georgia Tech, SMU, and West Virginia.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Lockhart 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
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Georgia Tech
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
West Virginia
2022-2023
Peak year stop
- 3
SMU
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
201920202021202220232024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 1 | 7.1 | 3.3 | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 2.5 | 13.7 | 3.9 | 1.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Georgia Tech | 2 | 9.6 | 4.4 | -0.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | West Virginia | 3 | 7.7 | 1.7 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | West Virginia | 11.5 | 18.4 | 6.4 | 8.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | SMU | 6.5 | 14.3 | 3.3 | -5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Cincinnati
Week 12 · W 42-21 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
vs Georgia
Week 13 · L 0-45
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#3
vs Boston College
Week 12 · W 38-28 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#4
vs Pittsburgh
Week 3 · W 17-6
1.5
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
#5
@ TCU
Week 5 · W 24-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
64.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · West Virginia
11.5 primary output · 18.4 efficiency · 6.4 usage
58.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · SMU
28.3
6.5 primary · 14.3 efficiency · 3.3 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Georgia Tech
23.2
1 primary · 7.1 efficiency · 3.3 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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