Last confirmed: Michigan, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 242 lb · Trotwood, OH · Trotwood-Madison
Mike McCray: LB · Michigan · #9.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mike McCray
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at Michigan. On tape: 11 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Air Force, Week 3, 2017.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 16.5 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
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 33-17@ No. 17 Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | 4.0 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 36-14vs Cincinnati | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 29-13vs Air Force | 11 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 28-10@ Purdue | 7 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-14vs Michigan State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 27-20@ Indiana | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-42@ No. 2 Penn State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-14vs Rutgers | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 33-10vs Minnesota | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-10@ Maryland | 4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-24@ No. 5 Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-31vs No. 8 Ohio State | 10 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 19-26@ South Carolina | 9 | 7 | 4.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 49 | 16.5 | 4.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%16 TFLSack rate
6%4 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups79 tackles · 16.5 for loss · 4.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Jim Harbaugh, all run-heavy offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 7.3 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.8 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
39.8%
346 pass / 523 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.1%
385 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2017
79 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan, 151 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brady Hoke → Jim Harbaugh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
