Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025North Carolina
Mikai Gbayor
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Irvington, NJ, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Mikai Gbayor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
36
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Nebraska • North Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Indiana
Player Story
Mikai Gbayor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Irvington, NJ wearing No. 4, spending time with Nebraska and North Carolina. The clearest part of Mikai Gbayor's career was his...
Read the storyMikai Gbayor, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska. Mikai Gbayor shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 109
- TFL
- 11.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 3
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
Mikai Gbayor quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Carolina · LB
- Career Tackles
- 109
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
- Top game
- Indiana
- High school pipeline
- Cardinal Mooney · 8 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 4 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 36 tackles · LB 418th (top 33%) · ACC 154th (top 20%) · National 1,087th (top 18%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 10 | 24 | 3 | 0.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 28.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 12 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 64.7 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Carolina | 9 | 36 | 2.5 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 25.4 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Carolina to Florida State | P4 to P4 | 86.3 | Jan 15, 2026 |
| 2025 | Missouri to North Carolina | P4 to P4 | 85.6 | Apr 16, 2025 |
Mikai Gbayor played LB for Nebraska and North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Mikai Gbayor recorded 109 tackles and 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Nebraska.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Nebraska paired 13 primary output with 27.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, North Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Richmond
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.4
Efficiency
20.6
Usage
5.2
Consistency
11.1
Best Game by takeover score
Richmond
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. Charlotte: 1. Richmond: 2. Clemson: 0. California: 0. Virginia: 0.5. Wake Forest: 0. Duke: 0. NC State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. TCU: 4 by 16.7. Charlotte: 6 by 35. Richmond: 6 by 45. Clemson: 2 by 8.3. California: 1 by 4.2. Virginia: 6 by 30. Wake Forest: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.5 · Games = 2 · +1.4 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -1.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Richmond
Best efficiency game
45 vs Richmond
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ NC State | L 19-42 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Duke | L 25-32 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Wake Forest | L 12-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs Virginia | L 16-17 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ California | L 18-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Clemson | L 10-38 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs RichmondSplash game | W 41-6 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Charlotte | W 20-3 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Tue 9/2 | vs TCU | L 14-48 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Mikai Gbayor story
Mikai Gbayor built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Irvington, NJ wearing No. 4, spending time with Nebraska and North Carolina. The clearest part of Mikai Gbayor's career was his defensive production: 109 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Mikai Gbayor's 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
Nebraska
2021-2024
Opening stop
- 2
North Carolina
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20212022202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Nebraska | 4.5 | 14.5 | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Nebraska | 13 | 27.9 | 8.9 | 8.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | North Carolina | 3.5 | 20.6 | 5.2 | -9.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Indiana
Week 8 · L 7-56 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
82.2 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 82.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Richmond
Week 3 · W 41-6
2
Havoc Plays
81.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Wisconsin
Week 13 · W 44-25 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#4
@ Colorado
Week 2 · L 14-36
1
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#5
vs UTEP
Week 1 · W 40-7
1.5
Havoc Plays
61.9 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Nebraska
13 primary output · 27.9 efficiency · 8.9 usage
64.7
#2
2023 Regular Season · Nebraska
28.4
4.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2025 Regular Season · North Carolina
25.4
3.5 primary · 20.6 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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