Emmanuel Forbes: CB · Mississippi State · #13.
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Emmanuel Forbes
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Three seasons in the Mississippi State secondary to date. All-America (Consensus) in 2022 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
39 tackles. 10 passes defended. 6 interceptions. 1 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 this player by name this season.
The Clarion-Ledger Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 39 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 6 |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 59 | 45 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 45 | 23 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
| Career | 143 | 88 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 21 | 13 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-23vs Memphis | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 39-17@ Arizona | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 3 | L 16-31@ LSU | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 45-14vs Bowling Green | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 42-24vs No. 17 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 40-17vs Arkansas | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 17-27@ No. 22 Kentucky | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-30@ No. 6 Alabama | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 19-45vs No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-7vs East Tennessee State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 24-22@ No. 20 Ole Miss | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 39 | 20 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 10 |
Week 6 · 2022
W 40-17
vs Arkansas
1 interception · 6 tackles · 2 pass breakups
Dominant 23-point win at home against Arkansas.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
26%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
6interceptionsTackle volume
39tackles this season39 tackles · 1 for loss · 10 pass breakups · 6 interceptions.
3 seasons under Mike Leach — 20-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Leach
Pass share
68.4%
628 pass / 290 run
Plays / game
70.6
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
658 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy.
Player standing · 2022
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #5 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2022
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Three seasons at Mississippi State, 143 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2022) — drafted at #16 overall by the Washington Commanders.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2022)
5 first-team selectors
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2022)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mike Leach.
Next stop · NFL
Washington CommandersEntering 4th NFL season
Washington CommandersEntering 4th NFL season
