Ben Boulware: LB · Clemson · #10.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Ben Boulware
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Three seasons in the Clemson linebacker corps to date. A game that shows it: 18 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Louisville — Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
116 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 11.5 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.
TigerNet Oct 31
Heavy Oct 29
The Clemson Insider Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-13@ Auburn | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-24vs Troy | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 26-7@ Georgia Tech | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-36vs No. 3 Louisville | 18 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 18 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 56-10@ Boston College | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-17vs NC State | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 37-34@ No. 12 Florida State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 54-0vs Syracuse | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 42-43vs Pittsburgh | 12 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 35-13@ Wake Forest | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-7vs South Carolina | 7 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | W 42-35vs No. 19 Virginia Tech | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 31-0vs No. 2 Ohio State | 5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs No. 1 Alabama | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 116 | 58 | 11.5 | 4.0 | 1 | 2 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 42-36
vs Louisville
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 18 tackles
Edged out Louisville at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
116tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%12 TFLSack rate
3%4 sacksPD rate
2%2 pass breakups116 tackles · 11.5 for loss · 4 sacks · 1 interception.
3 seasons under Dabo Swinney — 38-5 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 9.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 8.5 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 8.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dabo Swinney
Pass share
51.8%
625 pass / 582 run
Plays / game
80.5
15 games
Team sack rate
3.1%
655 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
116 tackles in 14 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Clemson, 116 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Dabo Swinney.
