Makyle Sanders: S · North Texas · #10.
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Makyle Sanders
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Came to North Texas by way of North Texas. The first career honor came in 2020: All-Conference USA. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Rice — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 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 this player by name this season.
University of North Texas Athletics Oct 20
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | North Texas | 44 | 27 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2020 | North Texas | 68 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | North Texas | 38 | 21 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| 2018 | North Texas | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | North Texas | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 172 | 103 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 8 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 44-14vs Northwestern State | 6 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 12-35@ SMU | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 6-40vs UAB | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 17-24@ Louisiana Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 35-48@ Missouri | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-49vs Marshall | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 26-35vs Liberty | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 30-24@ Rice | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-14@ Southern Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-17vs UTEP | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-7@ Florida International | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 27 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Week 1 · 2021
W 44-14
1 interception · 2 tackles for loss · 6 tackles
Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
44tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%3 TFL44 tackles · 3 for loss · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Seth Littrell — 32-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 4.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Seth Littrell
Pass share
38.4%
393 pass / 631 run
Plays / game
85.3
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2021
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at North Texas, 172 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA
All-Conference USA mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Seth Littrell.
