Player Dossier

2017-2021

Nevada

Mikeal Bradford

DB • 5'10" • 175 lbs • Compton, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Mikeal Bradford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

28%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

27

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

27

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Nevada

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Nevada
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: San Diego State

Player Story

Mikeal Bradford built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Compton, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Mikeal Bradford's career was his defensive...

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Mikeal Bradford, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Nevada. Mikeal Bradford shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
41
TFL
0.5
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Mikeal Bradford quick answers

Latest team and position
Nevada · DB
Career Tackles
41
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 10 games
Best season
2021 Postseason · Nevada
Top game
San Diego State
Latest roster
No. 26 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
12 tackles · DB 522nd (top 57%) · Mountain West 231st (top 43%) · National 2,584th (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonNevada00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonNevada00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonNevada00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonNevada62-0--031.7
2020 Regular SeasonNevada627-0-1031.7
2021 PostseasonNevada410.50--047.2
2021 Regular SeasonNevada411-0-1047.2

Related Context

Mikeal Bradford played DB for Nevada. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mikeal Bradford recorded 41 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with Nevada.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason

Nevada paired 1.5 primary output with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Postseason · Nevada

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

16.3

Usage

4.1

Consistency

38.9

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0.5. Boise State: 0. Hawai'i: 0. Fresno State: 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.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 1 by 9.2. Boise State: 4 by 16.7. Hawai'i: 5 by 20.8. Fresno State: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 2 · +0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Hawai'i

Result
Mon 12/27vs Western MichiganL 24-52100.5000
Sat 10/23@ Fresno StateL 32-3422001
Sun 10/17vs Hawai'iW 34-1755000
Sat 10/2@ Boise StateW 41-3144000

Player Story

Mikeal Bradford story

Mikeal Bradford built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Compton, CA wearing No. 26, spending time with Nevada. The clearest part of Mikeal Bradford's career was his defensive production: 41 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, and 2 passes defended across 10 career games in the available record. That gives Mikeal Bradford's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Nevada

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201820192020202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonNevada0
2018 Regular SeasonNevada00
2019 Regular SeasonNevada00
2020 PostseasonNevada121.83.91
2020 Regular SeasonNevada121.83.90
2021 PostseasonNevada1.516.34.10.5
2021 Regular SeasonNevada1.516.34.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs San Diego State

Week 12 · W 26-21 · Conference game

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

56.9 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Fresno State

Week 8 · L 32-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

44.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.2 takeover score.

#3

@ San José State

Week 15 · L 20-30 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

40.8 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 40.8 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Michigan

Week 1 · L 24-52 · Postseason

0.5

Havoc Plays

39.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 39.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Hawai'i

Week 7 · W 34-17 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

20.3 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Postseason · Nevada

1.5 primary output · 16.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

47.2

#2

2021 Regular Season · Nevada

47.2

1.5 primary · 16.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage

#3

2020 Postseason · Nevada

31.7

1 primary · 21.8 efficiency · 3.9 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games