Safety, Miami (from USC), 2017–21
Bubba Bolden
Lettered 2017 at USC (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 21
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 204 lb
- Class (2021)
- Junior
- Hometown
- Las Vegas, NV
- Born
- May 28, 1999
Bubba Bolden played safety at USC (2017) and Miami (2019–21).
Career highs
13tackles, career highvs. North Carolina, 2020Team titles: Pac-12 champions, 2017
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | USC | 21 | S | Yr 1 | ||
| 2019 | Miami | 21 | S | Yr 3 | ||
| 2020 | Miami | 21 | S | Yr 4 | ||
| 2021 | Miami | 21 | S | Jr. (Yr 5) | 6′3″ | 204 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2021 Miami 7 games, 42 tackles, 1 sack
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4 | vs. Alabama | L 13–44 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 11 | vs. App State | W 25–23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | vs. Michigan State | L 17–38 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | vs. Central Connecticut | W 69–0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Virginia | L 28–30 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | at North Carolina | L 42–45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs. NC State | W 31–30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2020 Miami 11 games, 74 tackles, 1 sack, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10 | vs. UAB | W 31–14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 19 | at Louisville | W 47–34 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Florida State | W 52–10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 10 | at Clemson | L 17–42 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Pittsburgh | W 31–19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 24 | vs.Virginia | W 19–14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 6 | atNC State | W 44–41 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 14 | at Virginia Tech | W 25–24 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 5 | at Duke | W 48–0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 12 | vs.North Carolina | L 26–62 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 29 ✦ | vs. Oklahoma State | L 34–37 | 9 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 Miami 5 games, 11 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs.Virginia Tech | L 35–42 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | vs.Virginia | W 17–9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | vs. Georgia Tech | L 21–28 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | atPittsburgh | W 16–12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2 | atFlorida State | W 27–10 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
2017 USC 5 games, 8 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 16 | vs. Texas | W 27–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Utah | W 28–27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Notre Dame | L 14–49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. UCLA | W 28–23 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 1 | vs. Stanford | W 31–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2022 | Combine or pro day 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′2⅛″ | |
| Weight | 209 lb | |
| Arm length | 31⅜″ | |
| Hand size | 9″ | |
| Wingspan | 76⅞″W | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.47 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.55 s | |
| Vertical jump | 31″W | |
| Broad jump | 9′8″ | |
| Bench press | 15 repsW | |
| 3-cone drill | 7.09 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.20 sW |
Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
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