Usage / Role
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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Arizona
Michael Barton
LB • 6'1" • Concord, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
99
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
68
Reliable weekly contributor
lowhigh
Star Power
90
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- California • Arizona
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
Player Story
Michael Barton built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Concord, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Arizona and California. The clearest part of Michael Barton's career was his...
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- Committed To
- California
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Michael Barton, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Arizona. Michael Barton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 39.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 65
- TFL
- 8
- Sacks
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Michael Barton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Arizona · LB
- Career Tackles
- 65
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 11 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Arizona
- Top game
- Grambling
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · De La Salle · California
- High school pipeline
- De La Salle · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 65 tackles · LB 208th (top 21%) · Pac-12 34th (top 7%) · National 407th (top 8%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | California | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.8 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 10 | 65 | 8 | 3 | - | 1 | 0 | 71.7 |
Related Context
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Michael Barton played LB for California and Arizona. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Barton recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Arizona.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Arizona paired 12 primary output with 39.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 39.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across California, Arizona.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Grambling
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Arizona
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
1.2
Efficiency
39.1
Usage
11.5
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Grambling
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Grambling: 3. Hawai'i: 0. Washington: 0.5. UCLA: 0. Utah: 2. USC: 0. Stanford: 2. Colorado: 2.5. Oregon State: 0. Arizona State: 2
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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Grambling: 8 by 63.3. Hawai'i: 8 by 33.3. Washington: 6 by 30. UCLA: 4 by 16.7. Utah: 12 by 70. USC: 4 by 16.7. Stanford: 1 by 24.2. Colorado: 7 by 54.2. Oregon State: 7 by 29.2. Arizona State: 8 by 53.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 7 · -0.7 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
Grambling
Best efficiency game
70 vs Utah
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Arizona StateSplash game | W 56-35 | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sun 11/20 | @ Oregon State | L 17-42 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/13 | vs ColoradoSplash game | L 24-49 | 7 | 5 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/30 | vs StanfordSplash game | L 10-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs USC | L 14-48 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/9 | @ Utah10+ tackles · Splash game | L 23-36 | 12 | 7 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/2 | @ UCLA | L 24-45 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/25 | vs Washington | L 28-35 | 6 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Hawai'i | W 47-28 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/11 | vs GramblingSplash game | W 31-21 | 8 | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Michael Barton story
Michael Barton built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Concord, CA wearing No. 11, spending time with Arizona and California. The clearest part of Michael Barton's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 11 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Barton'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
California
2012-2015
Opening stop
- 2
Arizona
2016
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | California | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | California | 1 | 20 | — | 1 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Arizona | 12 | 39.1 | 11.5 | 11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Grambling
Week 2 · W 31-21
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
87.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Colorado
Week 11 · L 24-49 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#3
@ Utah
Week 6 · L 23-36 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#4
vs Arizona State
Week 13 · W 56-35 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
67.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.2 takeover score.
#5
vs San Diego State
Week 2 · W 35-7
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Arizona
12 primary output · 39.1 efficiency · 11.5 usage
71.7
#2
2015 Regular Season · California
42.8
1 primary · 20 efficiency · — usage
#3
2012 Regular Season · California
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
5
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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