Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2009-2012Illinois
Michael Buchanan
DL • 6'6" • Homewood, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Buchanan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
63
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Player Story
Michael Buchanan built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive lineman from Homewood, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Michael Buchanan's career was his defensive...
Read the storyNFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2013
- Selection
- Round 7 · Pick 20
- Overall
- No. 226
- NFL Team
- New England Patriots
Michael Buchanan, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2012 Regular Season · Illinois. Michael Buchanan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 20 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Michael Buchanan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DL
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 1 games
- Best season
- 2012 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- NFL Draft
- 2013 · Round 7 · Pick 20 · New England Patriots
- Latest roster
- No. 99 · Class 2012
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2010 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2012 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
Related Context
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Michael Buchanan is listed as a DL for Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2012 Regular Season
Illinois paired 1 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2012 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2012 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2012 Regular Season · Illinois
Games
1
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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All Games1 · Games = 1
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
20 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 9/1 | vs Western Michigan | W 24-7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Player Story
Michael Buchanan story
Michael Buchanan built his college career from 2009 through 2012 as a defensive lineman from Homewood, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Michael Buchanan's career was his defensive production: 1 interception across 1 career game in the available record. That gives Michael Buchanan's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Illinois
2009-2012
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2009201020112012
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2010 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2011 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2012 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 1 · W 24-7
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2012 Regular Season · Illinois
1 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2009 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2010 Regular Season · Illinois
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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