Junior defensive back for North Carolina. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 17 tackles.
6′0″ · 210 lb · Atlanta, GA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 56 nationally · Signed with Clemson
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back for North Carolina. 2021: 1 interception, 1 pass breakup, 17 tackles.
Kyler McMichael
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Kyler McMichael has played for two head coaches across three seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Georgia Tech, Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Carolina, 46 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Larry Fedora → Mack Brown. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (20th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #500 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Carolina | 17 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | North Carolina | 26 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Clemson | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 46 | 35 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2021
W 45–42
vs Miami
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Edged out Miami at home in a shootout.
With S. Howell — 154 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 84.0 · 98 rush yds (17 car) · 2 TD · B. Kiernan — 48 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 56 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-17@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-17vs Georgia State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 22-45@ Georgia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 38-7vs Duke | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 45-42vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 23-30@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-14vs Wofford | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 30-34@ NC State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 1 passes defended. 1 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Jayden Curry’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Anthony Crenshaw's junior season at Delaware (2025).
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Player DNA