Last confirmed: Buffalo, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 227 lb · Cleveland, OH · St Peter Chanel
Ishmael Hargrove: LB · Buffalo · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ishmael Hargrove
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Buffalo behind him. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Western Michigan — Week 6, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ Minnesota | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-21@ Army | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 33-10vs Colgate | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 27-13@ Kent State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 68-71vs Western Michigan | 10 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-14vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-24@ Miami (OH) | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-21@ Akron | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 40-24@ Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-24vs Ohio | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 39 | 17 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 13 · 2017
W 31-24
vs Ohio
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
39tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups39 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Lance Leipold, all balanced offenses — 8-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Leipold
Pass share
49.0%
400 pass / 417 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
3.9%
433 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Buffalo, 142 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Quinn, Alex Wood, and Lance Leipold. Multi-era developmental context.
