Ben Bolton is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Tennessee.
Bolton is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Tennessee. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against New Mexico State — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-26vs Syracuse | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 31-11@ Florida | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-30vs Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
18tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups18 tackles.
4 seasons under Josh Heupel — 38-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
47.3%
437 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #75 of 76 SEC LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Josh Heupel.
