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Heisman / Players / Michai Boireau /Florida

Michai Boireau

DL · Florida · So · #93

Below the discourse floor — the honest stats-only state.

20 TACKLES · 2 SACKS

2026 TRANSFERTransferred Florida → Ole Miss for 2026

Where He Ended Up · Transfer

Transferred to Ole Miss

2025Florida
2026Ole Miss

DL · FLORIDA · SEC

Michai Boireau

  • 2
  • #93
  • 6-5 | 349 lb
  • Atlanta, GA

CFB Zeitgeist Score

39

Mid-pack in the position cohort. Carried by sacks at the 80th percentile.

Heisman Heat

#11693

<1% win probability

Fan Belief

Awaiting

Player-specific FI not yet ingested. Falls back to team mood below.

Respect Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

Reality Gap

Awaiting

Coming online with player-level FI.

ACCOLADE PROBABILITY

Heisman

<1%

TOP DEFENSE AWARD

Nagurski

CONSENSUS

All-American

Player Standing · 17 rungs

Tier 2 · Starter

R05 · Part-time starter

Part-time starter. Splitting first-team reps.

Not on team2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★★
#756 national
CFB
College
Florida
2024–2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

Identity & Role

The durable bio layer: position, size, hometown, and roster role.

PositionDL
Class2
Jersey93
Measurements6-5 | 349 lb
HometownAtlanta, GA
Primary teamFlorida

Recruiting Pedigree

How big the prospect was before college, and whether the later career arc beat that expectation.

Top pedigree 3-star No. 756 recruit
Composite rating 0.8753 HighSchool
Signed with Florida 2024
Origin Creekside Hampton, GA, USA
Class Profile Context
2024 3-star | 0.8753 No. 756 recruit | HighSchool | Florida

Transfer Arc

Portal movement changes role, context, and perception. This keeps that path in one place.

Portal moves 1 Programs changed on file
Latest destination Ole Miss 2026
Transfer stars 4-star CFBD transfer rating context
Eligibility Immediate Jan 6, 2026
Season Move Context
2026 Florida -> Ole Miss 4-star | 0.9200 | Immediate

Heisman Lens · 2024 Season · Final

Where the player landed at the end of the listed season — final nowcast rank, win/finalist/ballot probabilities, and the cleanest official Heisman placement on file.

HIGH CONFIDENCE· through week 16
Current nowcast#11693Latest modeled ballot order
Season forecast#11767Where the full season sim points
Win probability0.0%Chance to actually win the trophy
Finalist probability0.0%Chance to make the finalist tier
Ballot probability0.0%Chance to appear anywhere on a ballot
Best official finish--Best completed Heisman placement on file

Heisman Futures

Not yet listed on major futures markets.

No achievements unlocked yet this season.

Selector Grid · 2025

AP
FWAA
AFCA
WCFF
SN
SI

Selector recognition fills in once the major honors lists (AP, FWAA, AFCA, Walter Camp, Sporting News, SI) are scraped and ingested.

NIL · Recruiting · NFL Draft

Market value, pedigree & pro outcome

Recruit stars

★★★☆☆

to Florida

Composite

0.8753

#756 national

Today’s Hot-Take

The Hot-Take engine fires when this player’s percentile profile crosses a defensible threshold (top 10% in a cohort, 100+ snap sample). When it’s quiet, the model is honoring its “must be defensible” rule.

Anti-Take

PENDING

The contrarian read fires when the rules-engine detects a stat that complicates the Hot-Take. Quiet here means the model hasn’t found a defensible counter yet — not that one doesn’t exist.

The Room on Michai Boireau

Fan sentiment · Awaiting signal

The Room reads fan conversation around a player — who’s talking, what they believe, and how that shifts. It publishes once weekly volume rebuilds; for most players that’s in-season, when game-week chatter spikes.

Cohort divergence map

Cohort divergence reads how different fanbases talk about this player. Returns once weekly mentions clear the publish floor.

Rival Radar

How rival fanbases talk about Michai Boireau

No rival-bucket mentions in the current season.

Signature Story

Awaiting candidate metric

He hasn't written his page yet — we'll start filling it in when there are enough snaps to rank against his peers.

Signature Moment

No signature moment on the ledger yet.

Returns once this player puts together a multi-game body of work — single-game flashes alone don't clear the bar.

A 3-act season arc returns once this player has six or more games on the ledger.

Season Pace · Projection

Where the defensive totals stand

projecting to 13-game
Through 9g
20Tackles
2Tackles for loss
2Sacks
Per game
2Tackles
0.2Tackles for loss
0.2Sacks
Projected (13g)
29Tackles
2.9Tackles for loss
2.9Sacks

To hit 80-tackle season (currently 20): needs 15/game over remaining 4.

To hit 100-tackle season (currently 20): needs 20/game over remaining 4.

To hit 6-sack season (currently 2): needs 1/game over remaining 4.

To hit 10-sack season (currently 2): needs 2/game over remaining 4.

Why this is a rare defensive case

The fast read on the thing that makes this player more than a generic stat line.

Michai Boireau is trying to climb the steepest award hill in college football: a defensive candidacy. The hook is the disruption profile on Florida's defense, with 2.0 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, and 1 interceptions through the current loaded season. For a defender, the question is never just production; it is whether elite disruption and team context can become nationally undeniable.

Current place #11693 0.0% win | 0.0% finalist
Role load -- Role share still loading
Profile quirk Defensive rarity 2.0 sacks | 2.0 TFL

2025 Season · Final

Traditional stats first. Advanced context underneath.

Last season

DEF season snapshot

2025 season snapshot | final

2025 season snapshot | finalData: CFBD player stats + local Heisman modelPeer context: same position + same level
Total tackles 20 7 solo | #1998/4942 (60th pct)
TFL 2.0 Backfield disruption | #1443/4972 (71st pct)
Sacks 2.0 Pass-rush finish | #491/4972 (90th pct)
Player identity What kind of player is this?

30-second read

What kind of player is this?

High-disruption defender against FBS defenders.

High-disruption defender

2025 Season · Final

2025 season snapshot | final

Tackling & Disruption

TOT
20 60th
SOLO
7 48th
TFL
2.0 71st
SACK
2.0 90th

Coverage & Takeaways

INT
1 65th

Game Log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD
WkOppTKLSOLOTFLSACKINTPDNote
Wk 1W 55-0vs Long Island University100.00.00
Wk 2L 16-18vs South Florida410.00.00Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 6W 29-21vs Texas211.01.00
Wk 7L 17-34@ Texas A&M100.00.00
Wk 8W 23-21vs Mississippi State100.00.010
Wk 10L 20-24vs Georgia311.01.00
Wk 11L 7-38@ Kentucky320.00.00
Wk 12L 24-34@ Ole Miss420.00.00
Wk 14W 40-21vs Florida State100.00.00
Total2072.02.010
Season-by-season tables Career rows + per-season box score

Traditional history

Traditional Stats

Season rows up top, career context at the bottom.

Season rows Career row

Season context · Team result + system

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning
2025Florida4-8HC: Billy Napier · Balanced
SeasonTeam
2025Florida2072.02.0--1--
2024Florida1570.00.0------
Career2 loaded seasons35142.02.0--1--
Advanced layer Usage, value, and context

Advanced metrics second

Advanced Metrics

Usage, value, and opponent-adjusted context.

Usage Value Context
Disruption stats

TFL, sacks, and QB hurries are grouped together because defensive Heisman cases are usually built on visible havoc, not on tackle counts alone.

Coverage splash

Pass breakups, interceptions, and forced fumbles matter because national awards voters respond to plays that change possessions and highlight reels.

Peer percentile

Every percentile is compared against players at the same position and level, so an FBS quarterback is judged against FBS quarterbacks, not the whole sport.

Traditional first

The top tables stick to the stats fans already know from broadcasts and box scores. Advanced context is pushed underneath instead of replacing the basics.

INT 1 0 pick-six TD | #308/869 (65th pct)
Pass breakups 0 Coverage disruption
QB pressures 0 Quarterback hurries
Open full stat explorer
0 metrics visible Showing all metrics
Group Metric Value Rank Pct Why it matters
Defense Total tackles 20 #1998/4942 60th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense TFL 2.0 #1443/4972 71st pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Sacks 2.0 #491/4972 90th pct Disruptionvs FBS DEF
Defense Interceptions 1 #308/869 65th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense Solo tackles 7 #2403/4584 48th pct Volumevs FBS DEF
Defense INT return avg 5.0 #432/578 25th pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF
Defense INT return yards 5 #459/578 21st pct Takeawaysvs FBS DEF

Player Standing

Universal 17-step ladder. Tier pills below; accolade streams nested.

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION

On-team2-deepStartingRecognizedEliteApex

AWAITING CLASSIFICATION · Rung None of 16

Why he’s here

Standing classification populates when honors, Heisman, and roster signals all align.

What moves him up

What moves him down

Accolade streams

StatusAwaiting tracker

The Lombardi award tracker integrates per-week probability once a dedicated scraper for this award lands. Confirmed past winners and finalists for this player will surface here.

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Win/Loss · Season halves

Home vs Road

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Home6g2.00.30.30.0
Road3g2.70.00.00.0

Win vs Loss

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Wins4g1.20.20.20.0
Losses5g3.00.20.20.0

First half vs Second half

TKL/gTFL/gSACK/gPD/g
Weeks 1-74g2.00.20.20.0
Weeks 8+5g2.40.20.20.0

Pocket and defense-quality (clean vs. pressure) splits are coming soon.

Savant · Box-rate percentiles

Where this profile ranks vs the DL cohort

39Mid-pack
7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (16th).

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct
2.0defe
Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct
2.0defe
Tackles#1998 / 2975 · 32nd pct
20defe
Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct
1inte
QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct
0defe
Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct
0defe
Solo tackles#2397 / 2975 · 17th pct
7defe

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Advanced Savant · DL · 2024

Percentile Card

Advanced opponent-adjusted percentile bars are coming soon for this player.

P4G5All FBS
EPA / dropback
awaiting
CPOE
awaiting
Success rate
awaiting
Explosive rate (20+)
awaiting
aDOT
awaiting
Deep-ball accuracy
awaiting
Pressure-to-sack
awaiting
3rd-down EPA
awaiting
Red-zone TD rate
awaiting
Play-action EPA
awaiting
Scramble EPA
awaiting
Turnover-worthy play rate
awaiting

Advanced Savant

Opponent-adjusted advanced metrics with a cohort filter.

Advanced opponent-adjusted metrics are coming soon for this player. Selected cohort: P4.

Peer Comparator · Fingerprint match

Three closest profiles by box-rate percentile

3 peers · 7 metrics
Michai BoireauFloridaMichael MontgomerySouthern Miss· 54% simTyler MartinMassachusetts· 54% simJonJon VaughnsUCLA· 53% sim
Sacks
80
Boireau
89
Montgomery
24
Martin
63
Vaughns
Tackles for loss
47
Boireau
85
Montgomery
63
Martin
85
Vaughns
Tackles
32
Boireau
99
Montgomery
98
Martin
99
Vaughns
Interceptions
31
Boireau
75
Montgomery
31
Martin
QB hurries
22
Boireau
22
Montgomery
22
Martin
22
Vaughns
Passes defended
18
Boireau
67
Montgomery
67
Martin
48
Vaughns
Solo tackles
17
Boireau
82
Montgomery
87
Martin
96
Vaughns

Closest peers by overall box-score percentile profile at the same position.

Player DNA

The Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack; controls his gap and stacks blocks.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nnamdi Ogboko’s 2025 season.

Nnamdi Ogboko

78%match

Georgia · 2025

#2

Travis Jones

UConn · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 12
71%
#3

Jarrod Clark

Coastal Carolina · 2021

71%
#4

Justin Rogers

Kentucky · 2021

71%
#5

Anthony Booker Jr.

Maryland · 2022

70%

Matches Nnamdi on

Sack rate
TFL rate
Weight

Differs from Nnamdi on

Class year (higher)
Height (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Siale Taupaki's sophomore season at UCLA (2025).

Siale Taupaki

69%match

UCLA · 2025

#2

Justin Rogers

Kentucky · 2021

68%
#3

Kenneth Grant

Michigan · 2023

All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 13
66%
#4

Eyan Thomas

Maryland · 2025

65%
#5

Derrick Harmon

Michigan State · 2022

All-Big TenNFL Rd 1 · Pk 21
63%

Matches Siale on

Weight
TFL rate
Height

Differs from Siale on

Class year (lower)

Supporting Cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2025 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Pass share

49.4%

372 pass / 381 run

Plays / game

62.8

12 games

OL sack rate (allowed)

7.1%

311 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025

1 coach
2024
Billy Napier
Florida
2025
Billy Napier
Florida

Played his entire career under Billy Napier.

Bio · Recruiting · Transfer · Roster

Off-field context — switch tabs to drill into recruit profile, transfer arc, or roster timeline.

HometownAtlanta, GA
Height6'5"
Weight349 lb
Class2
PositionDL
Jersey93

Trophy Case · Detail

Every honor on the ledger, broken out by stream and selector.

Honors

No formal honors on the ledger yet

All-America, all-conference, player-of-the-week, watch-list, and postseason awards land here when they're earned. The absence is the signal: most players never collect formal honors, and that's its own kind of context.

Honors Timeline

Season-end distinction and week-by-week recognition on one timeline.

Season Honor Scope Team / Selector Context
No formal honors on the ledger yet. All-America, all-conference, weekly awards, watch lists, and postseason trophies land here when they’re earned.

Heisman By Year

Modeled rank and official finish by season.

Season Team Role Latest Model Forecast Win Finalist Official Finish Points Context
2024 Florida DL2 #11693 #11767 0.0% 0.0% -- -- W16 snapshot | SEC

Roster Timeline

Team, conference, and class by season.

Season Team Conference Pos Class Bio
2025 Florida SEC DL 2 No. 93 | 6-5 | 349 lb | Atlanta, GA
2024 Florida SEC DL 2 No. 93 | 6-5 | 349 lb | Atlanta, GA