Last confirmed: Arizona, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Concord, CA · De La Salle
Michael Barton: LB · Arizona · #11.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Michael Barton
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. He has played for two head coaches at two programs in two seasons: Sonny Dykes and Rich Rodriguez. A game that shows it: 12 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Utah — Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 8 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arizona | 65 | 47 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | 1 |
| 2015 | California | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 65 | 47 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 31-21vs Grambling | 8 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 47-28vs Hawai'i | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-35vs No. 9 Washington | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-45@ UCLA | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-36@ No. 24 Utah | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-48vs USC | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-34vs Stanford | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-49vs No. 16 Colorado | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-42@ Oregon State | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-35vs Arizona State | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 65 | 47 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
65tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
5%3 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups65 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 7.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
37.7%
303 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
67.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.1%
283 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons, at California and Arizona, 65 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Jeff Tedford, Sonny Dykes and Rich Rodriguez.
