Michael Owusu: DE · Vanderbilt · #88.
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Michael Owusu
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Played for two head coaches at Vanderbilt: Derek Mason and Clark Lea. A game that shows it: 3 tackles against Ole Miss — Week 6, 2022.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Vanderbilt | 16 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Vanderbilt | 43 | 22 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 2 |
| 2020 | Vanderbilt | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2019 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Vanderbilt | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 78 | 41 | 13.0 | 2.5 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 63-10@ Hawai'i | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 42-31vs Elon | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 25-45vs No. 23 Wake Forest | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-28@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-52vs No. 9 Ole Miss | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-55@ No. 1 Georgia | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Kentucky | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-24vs Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-56vs No. 9 Tennessee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 10 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Week 11 · 2022
W 24-21
at Kentucky
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 1 tackle
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
6%1 sackTFL rate
19%3 TFL16 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Pass share
44.1%
346 pass / 438 run
Plays / game
65.3
12 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
336 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #358 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Vanderbilt, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 32 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Derek Mason → Clark Lea. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
