Last confirmed: USC, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · Antioch, CA · De La Salle
Michael Hutchings: ILB · USC · #19.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Michael Hutchings
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Michael Hutchings has been at USC through two head coaches in two seasons. On tape: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Washington, Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
66 tackles. 2 passes 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.
On3 Oct 21
Yahoo Sports Oct 16
Sports Illustrated Oct 13Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-52@ No. 1 Alabama | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Utah State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-27@ No. 7 Stanford | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 27-31@ No. 24 Utah | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-20vs Arizona State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 21-17vs No. 21 Colorado | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 48-14@ Arizona | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 45-24vs California | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Oregon | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 26-13@ No. 4 Washington | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 36-14@ UCLA | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-27vs Notre Dame | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 52-49@ No. 5 Penn State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 66 | 34 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
66tackles this seasonTFL rate
12%8 TFLSack rate
5%3 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups66 tackles · 8 for loss · 3 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 5.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Pass share
48.1%
460 pass / 496 run
Plays / game
73.5
13 games
Team sack rate
2.5%
481 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at USC, 66 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Lane Kiffin, Ed Orgeron, Steve Sarkisian, and Clay Helton. Multi-era developmental context.
