Makari Paige
Makari Paige
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Four seasons at Michigan, two different head coaches: Jim Harbaugh and Sherrone Moore. The receipt: 6 tackles against Illinois — Week 8, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan, 113 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kyle Whittingham
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2024
W 13–10
at Ohio State
1 PD · 3 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to De'Rickey Wright’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Bryan Addison's graduate season at UCLA (2024).
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