Last confirmed: Western Michigan, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 200 lb · Huntertown, IN
Justin Tranquill: S · Western Michigan · #2.
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Justin Tranquill
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Justin Tranquill has been at Western Michigan through two head coaches in four seasons. On tape: 14 tackles against Michigan State, Week 2, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
83 tackles. 3 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 2.5 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 83 | 44 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 3 | 2 |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 82 | 58 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 13 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 89 | 63 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 267 | 172 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-13vs Monmouth | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-51@ No. 19 Michigan State | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 57-10vs Georgia State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-52@ Syracuse | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-15vs Central Michigan | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Toledo | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-16vs Miami (OH) | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-31vs Ball State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-34@ Ohio | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-17@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-23vs Western Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 83 | 44 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
83tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFL83 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 7.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
45.4%
413 pass / 497 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
448 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
83 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Michigan, 267 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
