Player Dossier

2021-2025

California

T.J. Bollers

DL • 6'2" • 305 lbs • Tiffin, IA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

T.J. Bollers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

14%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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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: 2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wisconsin • California
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UC Davis

Player Story

T.J. Bollers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Tiffin, IA wearing No. 88, spending time with California and Wisconsin. The clearest part of T.J. Bollers' career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.9325

Clear Creek Amana · Tiffin, IA

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

T.J. Bollers, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin. T.J. Bollers shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
3
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

T.J. Bollers quick answers

Latest team and position
California · DL
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 25 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin
Top game
UC Davis
Recruit profile
4-star · Clear Creek Amana · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Clear Creek Amana · 2 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 88 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
42 tackles · DL 45th (top 5%) · ACC 114th (top 15%) · National 869th (top 15%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin12-0--041.7
2023 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2024 PostseasonCalifornia121-0--039
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia12213.50.532039
2025 PostseasonCalifornia122-0--013.7
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia12400.50.5--013.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Wisconsin to CaliforniaP4 to P482.1Apr 15, 2024

T.J. Bollers played DL for Wisconsin and California. Across 5 tracked seasons, T.J. Bollers recorded 9 rushing yards and 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with California.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Wisconsin paired 0 primary output with 8.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 15.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, California.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Virginia

Loss with 1 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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2025 Postseason · California

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

15.4

Usage

3.1

Consistency

2.8

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. Hawai'i: 0. Oregon State: 0. Texas Southern: 0. Minnesota: 0. San Diego State: 0. Boston College: 0. Duke: 0. North Carolina: 0. Virginia Tech: 0. Virginia: 1. Stanford: 0. SMU: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 2 by 8.3. Oregon State: 4 by 16.7. Texas Southern: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. San Diego State: 4 by 16.7. Boston College: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 4 by 16.7. North Carolina: 3 by 12.5. Virginia Tech: 6 by 25. Virginia: 6 by 35. Stanford: 3 by 12.5. SMU: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 6 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.2 · Games = 6 · +0.2 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

Virginia

Best efficiency game

35 vs Virginia

Result
Thu 12/25@ Hawai'iL 31-3520000
Sun 11/30vs SMUW 38-3531000
Sun 11/23@ StanfordL 10-3131000
Sat 11/1vs VirginiaL 21-31600.500.500
Fri 10/24@ Virginia TechL 34-4262000
Sat 10/18vs North CarolinaW 21-1830000
Sun 10/5vs DukeL 21-4541000
Sat 9/27@ Boston CollegeW 28-2421000
Sun 9/21@ San Diego StateL 0-3442000
Sun 9/14vs MinnesotaW 27-1442000
Sat 9/6vs Texas SouthernW 35-311000
Sun 8/31@ Oregon StateW 34-1542000

Player Story

T.J. Bollers story

T.J. Bollers built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Tiffin, IA wearing No. 88, spending time with California and Wisconsin. The clearest part of T.J. Bollers' career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 25 career games in the available record. His career also includes 9 rushing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives T.J. Bollers' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wisconsin

    2021-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    California

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2021202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin0
2022 Regular SeasonWisconsin08.320
2023 Regular SeasonWisconsin00
2024 PostseasonCalifornia915.13.69
2024 Regular SeasonCalifornia915.13.60
2025 PostseasonCalifornia115.43.1-8
2025 Regular SeasonCalifornia115.43.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UC Davis

Week 1 · W 31-13

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

73 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73 takeover score.

#2

vs Miami

Week 6 · L 38-39 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 31 Virginia

Week 10 · L 21-31 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

72.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.

#4

@ Wake Forest

Week 11 · W 46-36 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

29.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Syracuse

Week 12 · L 25-33 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

27.3 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 27.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Wisconsin

0 primary output · 8.3 efficiency · 2 usage

41.7

#2

2024 Postseason · California

39

9 primary · 15.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · California

39

9 primary · 15.1 efficiency · 3.6 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games