#10

Makyle Sanders

Senior safety for North Texas. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

S · North Texas · Sr. · #10

6′0″ · 210 lb · Tyler, TX

CFB Index 62 · #158 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceNorth Texas 2021 alumnus

The story

4 safety for North Texas. 2021: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 44 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to North Texas in 2017.
Transferred from North Texas to North Texas in 2021.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2717 nationally · Signed with North Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Five seasons at North Texas, 172 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20175 games

Signed with North Texas2-star out of Tyler Lee

20209 games

All-Conference USAhonorable_mention

202111 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2717 national

CFB

College

North Texas

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-CONFERENCE USA

All-Conference USA mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2021

1 coach

2017–2021

Seth Littrell

North Texas

Played his entire career under Seth Littrell.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Seth Littrell — 32-30 over that span.

2017North Texas9-5HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2018North Texas9-4HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced, fast tempo

2019North Texas4-8HC: Seth Littrell · Balanced

2020North Texas4-6HC: Seth Littrell · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Texas6-7HC: Seth Littrell · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

62Quality starter #158 of 509?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#310 / 2743 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#722 / 2743 · 73rd pct

Tackles#771 / 2743 · 71st pct

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

3.0

Interceptions#320 / 824 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

Sacks#1435 / 2743 · 24th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Neal Brown

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

62 · #158 of 509 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #158 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	North Texas	44	27	3.0	4	1	--
2020	North Texas	68	44	1.5	1	2	--
2019	North Texas	38	21	3.0	3	1	--
2018	North Texas	13	4	0.5	--	--	--
2017	North Texas	9	7	0.0	--	--	--
Career		172	103	8.0	8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2021

W 44–14

vs Northwestern State

6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 TFL

Dominant 30-point win at home against Northwestern State.

With D. Torrey — 244 rush yds (25 car) · 3 TD · J. Ruder — 131 yds · 1 TD · 2 INT · QBR 23.4 · 23 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 44-14vs Northwestern State	6	3	2.0	1	1
Wk 2	L 12-35@ SMU	8	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 3	L 6-40vs UAB	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-24@ Louisiana Tech	3	3	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 35-48@ Missouri	5	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 21-49vs Marshall	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 26-35vs Liberty	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 30-24@ Rice	8	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 38-14@ Southern Miss	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 20-17vs UTEP	2	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	W 49-7@ Florida International	1	1	0.0	—	0
Total		44	27	3.0	1	4

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology