6′0″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA · Greater Atlanta Christian School
Micah Abernathy: DB · Tennessee · #22.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Micah Abernathy
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Micah Abernathy has been at Tennessee through two head coaches in four seasons. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Vanderbilt — Week 13, 2018.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 him by name this season.
Sports Illustrated Oct 21
Bleacher Report Oct 19
Knoxville News Sentinel Oct 14Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-40vs No. 17 West Virginia | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 59-3vs East Tennessee State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 24-0vs UTEP | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-47vs Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 12-38@ No. 2 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-7vs No. 12 Kentucky | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-50vs Missouri | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-38@ Vanderbilt | 9 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 38 | 22 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%3 TFL38 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 6.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 6.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeremy Pruitt
Pass share
42.4%
297 pass / 403 run
Plays / game
58.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
331 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tennessee, 188 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He has a stat line in 34 games over 4 seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Butch Jones → Jeremy Pruitt. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
