Junior safety on Miami's 2021 roster.
6′3″ · 204 lb · Las Vegas, NV
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 59 nationally · Signed with USC
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Miami's roster.
Bubba Bolden
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. All-ACC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 10 tackles, 1 TFL against Michigan State — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Miami, 135 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC · 2ND TEAM
All-ACC 2nd team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Mark Richt, Manny Diaz, and Jess Simpson. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 7.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mario Cristobal
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-44vs Alabama | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 25-23vs App State | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-38vs Michigan State | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 69-0vs Central Connecticut | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-30vs Virginia | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 42-45@ North Carolina | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-30vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 26 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Cody Jones’s 2021 season.
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Differs from Cody on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Cody Jones's junior season at Massachusetts (2021).
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Player DNA