#41

Boise Ross

Cornerback on Buffalo's 2016 roster.

CB · Buffalo · #41

6′0″ · Bethlehem, PA

Buffalo 2016 alumnus

The story

2016 cornerback on Buffalo's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Buffalo in 2013.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

CB recruit

No. 2384 nationally · Signed with Buffalo

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Buffalo, 36 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Buffalo2-star out of Pius X

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2384 national

CFB

College

Buffalo

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

2 coaches

2014

Alex Wood

Buffalo

2015–2016

Lance Leipold

Buffalo

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Alex Wood → Lance Leipold. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2014Buffalo5-6HC: Alex Wood · Run-leaning

2015Buffalo5-7HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

2016Buffalo2-10HC: Lance Leipold · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#134 / 2668 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#908 / 2668 · 65th pct

Tackles#1119 / 2668 · 57th pct

Tackles for loss#1166 / 2668 · 53rd pct

2.5

Forced fumbles#77 / 736 · 45th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

0.0

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home3g	6.0	0.2	0.0	0.3
Road6g	3.0	0.3	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	5.0	0.3	0.0	0.6
Weeks 8+4g	2.8	0.2	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Pete Lembo

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Buffalo	36	25	2.5	0.0	7	--	--
2015	Buffalo	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
2014	Buffalo	--	--	--	--	--	1	--
Career		36	25	2.5	0.0	7	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 3	L 14-38@ Nevada	5	3	0.0	—	2
Wk 4	W 23-20vs Army	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-35@ Boston College	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 20-44vs Kent State	8	7	0.5	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 7	L 21-31vs Ball State	8	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	L 7-44@ Northern Illinois	4	4	0.0	—	3
Wk 10	L 10-34@ Ohio	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 0-38@ Western Michigan	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 19-27@ Bowling Green	4	4	1.0	—	0
Total		36	25	2.5	—	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2013

2016 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays