Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-17vs Sacramento State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 1 | L 21-27vs San José State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Eastern Michigan is 4-6.
Rated a two-star prospect, with four seasons of snaps at Eastern Michigan since. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Sacramento State — Week 1, 2026.
9 tackles · 0 sacks
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Similar players
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
In the game threads
vs Sacramento State, Aug 29Nice to see a Manning sacking someone rather than being the one sackedIndiana fan, r/CFB game threadWhere to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Eastern Michigan | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2025 | Eastern Michigan | 75 | 30 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | Eastern Michigan | 27 | 11 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| 2023 | Eastern Michigan | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 121 | 51 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log
Game by game
L 21-27 vs San José StateSept. 44 tkl0 TFL
4 tackles.
- FinalL 21-27
a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurry
W 28-17 vs Sacramento StateAug. 295 tkl0 TFL
5 tackles, including 1 pass broken up. Barry Manning hurried the quarterback twice.
- 5 tackles
- 1 pass broken up
- 2 QB hurries
- Fourth quarterbegan up 21-10
- 1st & 10○Broken up
- FinalW 28-17
a sackan interceptiona forced fumblea pass broken upa QB hurry
Signature game
Teams and coaches
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 19-28 over that span.
2023Eastern Michigan6-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning
2025Eastern Michigan4-8HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced
2026Eastern Michigan4-6HC: Chris Creighton · Pass-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 4.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
55.5%
356 pass / 285 run
Plays / game
64.1
10 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
405 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
9 tackles in 2 games
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #7 of 40 Mid-American DBs
How the All-MAC base rate is computed
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Starter
The No. 2,529 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American as a senior.
Five seasons at Eastern Michigan
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Eastern Michigan CreightonYear 5 · 2 games
- 2025 Eastern Michigan CreightonYear 4 · 12 games
- 2024 Eastern Michigan CreightonYear 3 · 7 games
- 2023 Eastern Michigan CreightonYear 2 · 4 games
- 2022 Eastern Michigan CreightonYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- High school TuckerTucker, GA · Class of 2022Two-star, No. 2,529 in the 2022 class.Also from Tucker: CJ Jackson (Vanderbilt), Djimon Mclendon (East Carolina) and Hasaan Sykes (Kentucky).
A stat line in 25 games over four seasons.
2022
- RecruitedTwo-star, out of Tucker
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coach2022–2026
Eastern Michigan
Played every college season under Chris Creighton.