Usage / Role
81%
Major defensive role
lowfeatured
Player Dossier
2020-2024Nebraska
Isaac Gifford
DB • 6'1" • 205 lbs • Lincoln, NE, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Isaac Gifford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back
lowelite
Reliability
83
Regular contributor with several takeover games
lowhigh
Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
202122232424
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Rutgers
Player Story
Isaac Gifford built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Lincoln, NE wearing No. 2, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Isaac Gifford's career was his defensive production:...
Read the story3★
- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Isaac Gifford, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Nebraska. Isaac Gifford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 28 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 240
- TFL
- 15.5
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 13
Quick Answers
Isaac Gifford quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Nebraska · DB
- Career Tackles
- 240
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 47 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Rutgers
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lincoln Southeast · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- Lincoln Southeast · 12 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 73 tackles · DB 38th (top 4%) · Big Ten 25th (top 4%) · National 221st (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.7 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 7 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 70 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 56.7 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 86 | 6.5 | 0.5 | - | 8 | 0 | 65.2 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 13 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 31.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 31.1 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Isaac Gifford
Isaac Gifford played DB for Nebraska. Across 5 tracked seasons, Isaac Gifford recorded 8 receiving yards and 240 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 16 primary output with 43.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 43.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 91.7th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
Filter the strongest season sample, inspect game-level shape, and then drop into the full log without losing the story of the year.
Season Explorer
Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.3
Efficiency
43.2
Usage
8.9
Consistency
43.7
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.
Active game
Hover over a point
Hover or select a game to keep its context visible here without the page shifting around.
Game-by-Game Trend
Follow how the selected stat changes from one game to the next. Spikes mark standout outings, while dips show quieter weeks.
Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Minnesota: 2. Colorado: 0. Northern Illinois: 1. Louisiana Tech: 2.5. Michigan: 0. Illinois: 3.5. Northwestern: 1.5. Purdue: 3. Michigan State: 1. Maryland: 0.5. Wisconsin: 0. Iowa: 1
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.
Low volumeHigh quality
High volumeHigh quality
Low volumeLower quality
High volumeLower quality
Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Minnesota: 5 by 40.8. Colorado: 8 by 33.3. Northern Illinois: 3 by 22.5. Louisiana Tech: 7 by 54.2. Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Illinois: 8 by 68.3. Northwestern: 7 by 44.2. Purdue: 10 by 71.7. Michigan State: 5 by 30.8. Maryland: 7 by 34.2. Wisconsin: 8 by 33.3. Iowa: 11 by 55.8
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins2.3 · Games = 5 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 7 · -1.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
71.7 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | vs Iowa10+ tackles | L 10-13 | 11 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | @ Wisconsin | L 17-24 | 8 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Maryland | L 10-13 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Michigan State | L 17-20 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Purdue10+ tackles · Splash game | W 31-14 | 10 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs Northwestern | W 17-9 | 7 | 3 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | @ IllinoisSplash game | W 20-7 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs Michigan | L 7-45 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Louisiana TechSplash game | W 28-14 | 7 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Northern Illinois | W 35-11 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Colorado | L 14-36 | 8 | 8 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | @ MinnesotaSplash game | L 10-13 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Isaac Gifford story
Isaac Gifford built his college career from 2020 through 2024 as a defensive back from Lincoln, NE wearing No. 2, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Isaac Gifford's career was his defensive production: 240 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 47 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Nebraska. 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 Isaac Gifford's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 8 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 47 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Nebraska.
The arc is straightforward: Isaac Gifford 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
Nebraska
2020-2024
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 4.2 | 0.7 | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 1 | 6.6 | 0.9 | 1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 11 | 33.5 | 6.8 | 10 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 16 | 43.2 | 8.9 | 5 |
| 2024 Postseason | Nebraska | 6 | 28 | 6.1 | -10 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 6 | 28 | 6.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Rutgers
Week 6 · W 14-7 · Conference game
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Purdue
Week 9 · W 31-14 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 9 · L 9-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 6 · W 20-7 · Conference game
3.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#5
vs Indiana
Week 5 · W 35-21 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
16 primary output · 43.2 efficiency · 8.9 usage
65.2
#2
2022 Regular Season · Nebraska
56.7
11 primary · 33.5 efficiency · 6.8 usage
#3
2020 Regular Season · Nebraska
36.7
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
4
10+ tackle games
Next best actions
Keep exploring Isaac Gifford
Move from the player story into the game log, career arc, team context, and video shelf.