Last confirmed: Kentucky, 2018. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′0″ · 200 lb · Cincinnati, OH · Winton Woods
Mike Edwards: S · Kentucky · #7.
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Mike Edwards
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his fourth year in the same secondary at Kentucky. One game to point at: 11 tackles against Georgia — Week 10, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
82 tackles. 6 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 9 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-20vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-16@ No. 25 Florida | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-10vs Murray State | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 28-7vs No. 14 Mississippi State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-10vs South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-20@ Texas A&M | 9 | 7 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 14-7vs Vanderbilt | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 15-14@ Missouri | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-34vs No. 6 Georgia | 11 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Tennessee | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-23vs Middle Tennessee | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 56-10@ Louisville | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 27-24@ No. 13 Penn State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 82 | 56 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
7%6 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
82tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%9 TFL82 tackles · 9 for loss · 6 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
4 seasons under Mark Stoops — 29-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 7.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
36.0%
295 pass / 524 run
Plays / game
63.0
13 games
Team sack rate
9.2%
337 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
82 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Kentucky, 278 tackles — drafted at #99 overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Mark Stoops.
Where he ended up · NFL
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 8th NFL season
Tampa Bay BuccaneersEntering 8th NFL season
