#21

Will Boler

Senior safety on UAB's 2022 roster.

S · UAB · Sr. · #21

6′0″ · 215 lb · Opelika, AL

CFB Index 39 · #334 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceUAB 2022 alumnus

The story

4 safety on UAB's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to UAB in 2017.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3925 nationally · Signed with UAB

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at UAB, 194 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2017

Signed with UAB2-star out of Opelika

20208 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202112 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3925 national

CFB

College

UAB

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

2 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2021

Bill Clark

UAB

2022

Bryant Vincent

UAB

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Bill Clark → Bryant Vincent. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018UAB11-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2019UAB9-5HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2020UAB6-3HC: Bill Clark · Run-leaning

2021UAB9-4HC: Bill Clark · Run-heavy

2022UAB7-6HC: Bryant Vincent · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

39Below cohort / limited sample #334 of 493?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (85th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#354 / 2755 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#747 / 2755 · 72nd pct

Tackles#973 / 2755 · 64th pct

QB hurries#823 / 2755 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1576 / 2755 · 39th pct

1.5

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th 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

2022 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.3
Road4g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.4	0.3	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Alex Mortensen

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

39 · #334 of 493 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #334 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	UAB	37	25	1.5	0.0	4	--	--
2021	UAB	60	28	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2020	UAB	35	25	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	UAB	59	36	3.0	0.5	9	2	--
2018	UAB	3	3	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		194	117	6.5	0.5	15	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 59–0

vs Alabama A&M

1 TOT

Dominant 59-point win at home against Alabama A&M.

With D. Hopkins — 191 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 56.7 · -6 rush yds (2 car) · 1 TD · J. Brown Jr. — 114 rush yds (10 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 59-0vs Alabama A&M	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-21@ Liberty	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 35-21vs Georgia Southern	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 41-14vs Middle Tennessee	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 34-20vs Charlotte	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-20@ Western Kentucky	7	7	1.0	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 10	L 38-44vs UTSA	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 41-21vs North Texas	3	1	0.5	—	1
Wk 12	L 10-41@ LSU	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 37-27@ Louisiana Tech	4	4	0.0	—	0
Total		37	25	1.5	—	4

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