Boobie Hobbs: DB · Utah · #1.
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Boobie Hobbs
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons in the Utah secondary to date. A game that shows it: 4 tackles against Colorado — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 1 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.
The Salt Lake Tribune Nov 2
KJZZ Oct 29The Salt Lake Tribune Oct 27
KUTV Oct 23Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 37-16vs North Dakota | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 19-13@ BYU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 54-16vs San José State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-24@ Arizona | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-23vs Stanford | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 7 | L 27-28@ No. 13 USC | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-30vs Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 20-41@ Oregon | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 48-17vs UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-33@ No. 16 Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-13vs Colorado | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 30-14vs West Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 1 · 2017
W 37-16
vs North Dakota
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 1 pass breakup
Dominant 21-point win at home against North Dakota.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
17%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%1 TFL29 tackles · 1 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Kyle Whittingham — 35-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road5g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Pass share
45.5%
427 pass / 512 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
484 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Utah, 32 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kyle Whittingham.
