Swayze Bozeman: LB · Southern Miss · #28.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Swayze Bozeman
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for three head coaches at Southern Miss: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden and Will Hall. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against South Alabama — Week 8, 2023.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 51 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 3 |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 16 | 5 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 20 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Southern Miss | 42 | 13 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Southern Miss | 57 | 31 | 6.0 | 4.5 | -- |
| Career | 186 | 77 | 13.5 | 7.0 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 40-14vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | L 36-50vs Texas State | 9 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-17vs Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-55@ South Alabama | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 38-48@ App State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 24-7vs UL Monroe | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31@ Louisiana | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 20-41@ Mississippi State | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-35vs Troy | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 51 | 20 | 4.0 | 0.5 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%4 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups51 tackles · 4 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 7.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Will Hall
Pass share
43.0%
365 pass / 483 run
Plays / game
70.7
12 games
Team sack rate
8.1%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #364 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Southern Miss, 186 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2023
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Tim Billings, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.
