Last confirmed: Michigan, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · Matthews, NC · Butler
Channing Stribling: CB · Michigan · #8.
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Channing Stribling
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. This is his second year in the same secondary at Michigan. A game that shows it: 5 tackles against Indiana — Week 12, 2016.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 12 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 3 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 him by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-3vs Hawai'i | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 51-14vs UCF | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-28vs Colorado | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 49-10vs Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 5 | W 14-7vs No. 8 Wisconsin | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 41-8vs Illinois | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | W 32-23@ Michigan State | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 59-3vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 13-14@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10vs Indiana | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-30@ No. 2 Ohio State | 4 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 32-33@ No. 10 Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 29 | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 12 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 14-7
vs Wisconsin
2 interceptions · 2 tackles · 2 pass breakups
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
41%12 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
29tackles this season29 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 12 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
2 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 20-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road3g | 4.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
39.7%
370 pass / 563 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
393 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan, 29 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
