Player Dossier

2017-2023

Southern Miss

Swayze Bozeman

LB • 6'3" • 224 lbs • Flora, MS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Swayze Bozeman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

50%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

71

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA

Player Story

Swayze Bozeman built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a linebacker from Flora, MS wearing No. 28, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Swayze Bozeman's career was his defensive...

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Swayze Bozeman, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Swayze Bozeman shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
186
TFL
13.5
Sacks
7
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Swayze Bozeman quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · LB
Career Tackles
186
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 34 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
UTSA
Latest roster
No. 28 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
51 tackles · LB 278th (top 23%) · Sun Belt 76th (top 12%) · National 581st (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00-0--0-
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss1280.50.5--053.5
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss12495.54--053.5
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss6420.50-1026.5
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss420-0--049.7
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss316321-061.7
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss95140.5-3051.1

Related Context

Swayze Bozeman played LB for Southern Miss. Across 7 tracked seasons, Swayze Bozeman recorded 186 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Southern Miss.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 6 primary output with 42.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Alabama

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2023 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

31.9

Usage

7.7

Consistency

36.9

Best Game by takeover score

South Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Alcorn State: 2. Texas State: 1.5. Old Dominion: 0. South Alabama: 2. App State: 0. UL Monroe: 0.5. Louisiana: 0.5. Mississippi State: 1. Troy: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Alcorn State: 1 by 24.2. Texas State: 9 by 52.5. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. South Alabama: 12 by 70. App State: 5 by 20.8. UL Monroe: 3 by 17.5. Louisiana: 8 by 38.3. Mississippi State: 4 by 26.7. Troy: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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Wins1 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Alabama

Best efficiency game

70 vs South Alabama

Result
Sat 11/25vs TroyL 17-3562000
Sat 11/18@ Mississippi StateL 20-4142100
Fri 11/10@ LouisianaW 34-31840.5000
Sat 11/4vs UL MonroeW 24-7300.5000
Sat 10/28@ App StateL 38-4851000
Tue 10/17@ South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameL 3-55128101
Sat 10/7vs Old DominionL 13-1731000
Sat 9/30vs Texas StateL 36-509210.500
Sat 9/2vs Alcorn StateSplash gameW 40-1410002

Player Story

Swayze Bozeman story

Swayze Bozeman built his college career from 2017 through 2023 as a linebacker from Flora, MS wearing No. 28, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Swayze Bozeman's career was his defensive production: 186 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, and 4 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2019 with Southern Miss. 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 Swayze Bozeman's production has multiple signals. With 34 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Southern Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Swayze Bozeman 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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    Southern Miss

    2017-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20172018201920192020202120222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss0
2018 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss00
2019 PostseasonSouthern Miss10.528.57.410.5
2019 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss10.528.57.40
2020 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss1.531.75.9-9
2021 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss020.93.4-1.5
2022 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss642.2106
2023 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss7.531.97.71.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ UTSA

Week 12 · W 36-17 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

93.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 93.9 takeover score.

#2

@ South Alabama

Week 8 · L 3-55 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

90 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 90 takeover score.

#3

vs Northwestern State

Week 3 · W 64-10

3.5

Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Texas State

Week 5 · L 36-50 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

75.8 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 75.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Miami

Week 2 · L 7-30

2.5

Havoc Plays

73.8 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Southern Miss

6 primary output · 42.2 efficiency · 10 usage

61.7

#2

2019 Postseason · Southern Miss

53.5

10.5 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Southern Miss

53.5

10.5 primary · 28.5 efficiency · 7.4 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

7

Splash games

3

10+ tackle games