Player Dossier

2014-2016

Nebraska

Michael Rose-Ivey

LB • 6'0" • Kansas City, MO, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Rose-Ivey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

37%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

42

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

41

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Nebraska

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Nebraska
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Player Story

Michael Rose-Ivey built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a linebacker from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 15, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Michael Rose-Ivey's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2012 · Rating 0.9032

Rockhurst · Kansas City, MO

Committed To
Nebraska
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2012

Michael Rose-Ivey, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · Nebraska. Michael Rose-Ivey shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
70
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Michael Rose-Ivey quick answers

Latest team and position
Nebraska · LB
Career Tackles
70
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 13 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · Nebraska
Top game
Iowa
Recruit profile
4-star · Rockhurst · Nebraska
High school pipeline
Rockhurst · 18 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
70 tackles · LB 187th (top 19%) · Big Ten 39th (top 7%) · National 332nd (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2014 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonNebraska136-0--062.7
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska13647.511-062.7

Related Context

Michael Rose-Ivey played LB for Nebraska. Across 3 tracked seasons, Michael Rose-Ivey recorded 70 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Nebraska.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

Nebraska paired 9.5 primary output with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 29.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Iowa

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · Nebraska

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

29.7

Usage

8.3

Consistency

51.6

Best Game by takeover score

Iowa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. Fresno State: 0. Wyoming: 1.5. Oregon: 1. Northwestern: 0.5. Illinois: 1. Indiana: 1. Purdue: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Ohio State: 1. Minnesota: 0. Maryland: 1. Iowa: 2.5

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. Tennessee: 6 by 25. Fresno State: 1 by 4.2. Wyoming: 5 by 35.8. Oregon: 6 by 35. Northwestern: 2 by 13.3. Illinois: 6 by 35. Indiana: 4 by 26.7. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Wisconsin: 8 by 33.3. Ohio State: 8 by 43.3. Minnesota: 4 by 16.7. Maryland: 6 by 35. Iowa: 10 by 66.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · -0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Iowa

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Iowa

Result
Fri 12/30@ TennesseeL 24-3863000
Fri 11/25@ Iowa10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-4010510.500
Sat 11/19vs MarylandW 28-763100
Sun 11/13vs MinnesotaW 24-1740000
Sun 11/6@ Ohio StateL 3-6284100
Sat 10/29@ WisconsinL 17-2386000
Sat 10/22vs PurdueW 27-1441000
Sat 10/15@ IndianaW 27-2241100
Sat 10/1vs IllinoisW 31-1661100
Sat 9/24@ NorthwesternW 24-13200.5000
Sat 9/17vs OregonW 35-3264100
Sat 9/10vs WyomingW 52-175210.500
Sun 9/4vs Fresno StateW 43-1010000

Player Story

Michael Rose-Ivey story

Michael Rose-Ivey built his college career from 2014 through 2016 as a linebacker from Kansas City, MO wearing No. 15, spending time with Nebraska. The clearest part of Michael Rose-Ivey's career was his defensive production: 70 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 13 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Nebraska. 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 Michael Rose-Ivey'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 Nebraska.

The arc is straightforward: Michael Rose-Ivey 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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    Nebraska

    2014-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2014201520162016
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2014 Regular SeasonNebraska0
2015 Regular SeasonNebraska00
2016 PostseasonNebraska9.529.78.39.5
2016 Regular SeasonNebraska9.529.78.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Iowa

Week 13 · L 10-40 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

@ Ohio State

Week 10 · L 3-62 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Wyoming

Week 2 · W 52-17

1.5

Havoc Plays

61.1 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 61.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Illinois

Week 5 · W 31-16 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

#5

vs Oregon

Week 3 · W 35-32

1

Havoc Plays

58.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · Nebraska

9.5 primary output · 29.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

62.7

#2

2016 Regular Season · Nebraska

62.7

9.5 primary · 29.7 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · Nebraska

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games