Player Dossier

2022-2025

Tennessee

Ben Bolton

LB • 6'3" • 233 lbs • Memphis, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben Bolton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Usage Score

2

Efficiency

9.5

Consistency

6.7

Season Value

29.6

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
6
Program Path
Tennessee
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Ben Bolton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · Tennessee. Ben Bolton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.5 disruption score.

Ben Bolton played LB for Tennessee. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben Bolton recorded 28 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Tennessee.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Tennessee paired 0 primary output with 8.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Illinois

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 · Tennessee

Games

10

Havoc Plays / G

0.2

Efficiency

9.5

Usage

2

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 1. Syracuse: 0. East Tennessee State: 0. Georgia: 0. UAB: 0. Mississippi State: 0. Arkansas: 1. Alabama: 0. New Mexico State: 0. Florida: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Illinois: 2 by 18.3. Syracuse: 3 by 12.5. East Tennessee State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 1 by 4.2. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 0 by 10. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. New Mexico State: 5 by 20.8. Florida: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

10 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Illinois

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs New Mexico State

Result
Tue 12/30@ IllinoisL 28-3020000
Sun 11/23@ FloridaW 31-1131000
Sat 11/15vs New Mexico StateW 42-950000
Sat 10/18@ AlabamaL 20-3710000
Sat 10/11vs ArkansasW 34-3100000
Sat 9/27@ Mississippi StateW 41-3410000
Sat 9/20vs UABW 56-2410000
Sat 9/13vs GeorgiaL 41-4410000
Sat 9/6vs East Tennessee StateW 72-1710000
Sat 8/30vs SyracuseW 45-2631000

Career Arc

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    Tennessee

    2022-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202220232024202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee04.20.6
2023 Regular SeasonTennessee08.41.30
2024 PostseasonTennessee06.91.40
2024 Regular SeasonTennessee06.91.40
2025 PostseasonTennessee29.522
2025 Regular SeasonTennessee29.520

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

Illinois

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Primary metric

1 disruption/tackle impact with 41.5 takeover score.

#2

Arkansas

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 37.5 takeover score.

#3

New Mexico State

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 7.9 takeover score.

#4

Florida

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 5.1 takeover score.

#5

UTSA

0

Primary metric

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Regular Season · Tennessee

0 primary output · 8.4 efficiency · 1.3 usage

36.6

#2

2024 Postseason · Tennessee

36.1

0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Tennessee

36.1

0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit context is not available for this player in the current dataset.

Career Facts

1

Career teams

6

Seasons tracked

28

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 6 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.