Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Buffalo
Junior Poyser
DT • 6'2" • 310 lbs • Brampton, ON, Canada
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Junior Poyser shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
64
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
47
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
75
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Buffalo
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Junior Poyser built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Brampton, ON wearing No. 97, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Junior Poyser's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Buffalo
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Junior Poyser, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo. Junior Poyser shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 6
- Sacks
- 4
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Junior Poyser quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Buffalo · DT
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Williston Northampton School · Buffalo
- High school pipeline
- Williston Northampton School · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 97 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DT 47th (top 21%) · Mid-American 133rd (top 23%) · National 1,392nd (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 2 | - | 0 | 46.3 |
Related Context
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Junior Poyser played DT for Buffalo. Across 3 tracked seasons, Junior Poyser recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Buffalo.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Buffalo paired 11 primary output with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 21.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
21.4
Usage
5.8
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Central Michigan
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. St. Francis (PA): 0. Kent State: 3. Troy: 2. UConn: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Massachusetts: 1. Akron: 2. Bowling Green: 0. Central Michigan: 3. Miami (OH): 0. Ohio: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. St. Francis (PA): 2 by 8.3. Kent State: 2 by 38.3. Troy: 2 by 28.3. UConn: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Massachusetts: 4 by 26.7. Akron: 3 by 32.5. Bowling Green: 2 by 8.3. Central Michigan: 1 by 34.2. Miami (OH): 2 by 8.3. Ohio: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
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Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Central Michigan
Best efficiency game
38.3 vs Kent State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/28 | vs Ohio | L 26-31 | 4 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/20 | vs Miami (OH) | L 20-37 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 11/13 | @ Central MichiganSplash game | L 19-38 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Bowling Green | W 28-3 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | vs AkronSplash game | L 16-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Massachusetts | W 28-21 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 31-30 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs UConn | L 17-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs TroySplash game | L 17-21 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Kent StateSplash game | W 31-28 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs St. Francis (PA) | W 45-6 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Junior Poyser story
Junior Poyser built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive tackle from Brampton, ON wearing No. 97, spending time with Buffalo. The clearest part of Junior Poyser's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 6 tackles for loss, and 4 sacks across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Buffalo. 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 Junior Poyser's production has multiple signals. With 13 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Buffalo.
The arc is straightforward: Junior Poyser 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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Buffalo
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Buffalo | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2024 Regular Season | Buffalo | 1 | 14.2 | 3.5 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Buffalo | 11 | 21.4 | 5.8 | 10 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 100 Central Michigan
Week 12 · L 19-38 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
78.1 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 78.1 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 130 Kent State
Week 3 · W 31-28 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
72.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 72.8 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 117 Akron
Week 9 · L 16-24 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
57.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 57.8 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 87 Troy
Week 4 · L 17-21
2
Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Massachusetts
Week 3 · W 34-3
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Havoc Plays
47.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Buffalo
11 primary output · 21.4 efficiency · 5.8 usage
46.3
#2
2024 Regular Season · Buffalo
38.1
1 primary · 14.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Buffalo
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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