Career
2 seasons since 2014 · box-score totals, snap share estimated from play-by-play
| Season | Team | G | Snaps |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 so far |  Nebraska#15 · 5-2 | 1 | 9% |
| 2024 | Nebraska#39 · 7-6 | 4 | 13% |
Past seasons are summed from ESPN box scores; success rates and snap shares come from the play-by-play. Mario Buford's team rank is that season's final TDC rank. A dash means the stat wasn't recorded.
Game Log
Mario Buford's box score, game by game, from ESPN, with a 0–10 game score for each (hover it for how it works). Click a result for the full game
| Defense | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk | Opponent | Result | Game score | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Hur | PD | INT | TD |
| 1 |  Ohio | W 49–21 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2 |  Bowling Green | W 56–7 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · |
| 3 |  North Dakota | W 34–7 | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · |
| 4 | @ Michigan State | W 31–13 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 5 |  Maryland | W 48–23 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 6 |  Indiana | L 17–20 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 7 | @ Oregon | L 14–17 | — | no stats recorded | |||||||
| 2026 · 2 games | 4.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | · | · | ||
2026 Season Stats
FBS rank among qualifying players
| Defense | 2026 | FBS rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 1 | 4244th / 5408 |
| Solo | 1 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | — |
| Sacks | 0 | — |
| QB hurries | 1 | 629th / 1380 |
| Passes defended | 0 | — |
| Defensive TD | 0 | — |
Snaps by Game
Estimated snaps from a model trained on real NFL snap counts. Ranges in brackets are where the real number lands 80% of the time: wide for a single game, tighter over the season. How it works
| Game | Opp. plays | Est. snaps | Plays made | Snap share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 · North Dakota | 55 | ~38 (0–55) | 1 | 69% |
| Season | 416 | 38 (0–63) | 1 | 9% |
Position Room
19 DBs on the Nebraska roster, ordered by tkl
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | Dwayne McDougle III | DB | SR | 43 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Donovan Jones | DB | JR | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Jamir Conn | DB | SR | 26 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Andrew Marshall | DB | SR | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Victor Evans III | DB | SR | 19 | 2 | 0 | — | 5 |
| 28 | Caleb Benning | DB | JR | 19 | 2.5 | 0 | — | 2 |
| 16 | Danny Odem III | DB | FR | 9 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
| 21 | Rex Guthrie | DB | JR | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Justyn Rhett | DB | SR | 6 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 25 | Jeremiah Charles | DB | SR | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 30 | Jasin Shiggs | DB | JR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 36 | Rowdy Bauer | DB | JR | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 31 | Mario Buford | DB | JR | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| Larry Tarver Jr. | DB | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | ||
| 14 | Amare Sanders | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Kahmir Prescott | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Blye Hill | DB | SR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 29 | Braylen Prude | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
| 38 | Thomas D'Onofrio | DB | JR | — | — | — | — | — |
Stats, EPA and usage come from CollegeFootballData.com and refresh daily. FBS ranks only count players with enough volume for the stat to mean something. Qualifying for EPA takes —+ plays per team game. Nebraska depth chart →