Mike Sainristil

Former defensive back at Michigan. 2023: 6 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

DB · Michigan · Sr.

5′10″ · 182 lb · Everett, MA

CFB Index 98 · #1 of 339 cornersLow confidenceAll-AmericanWashington — drafted 2024, Rd 2, Pick 18, #50 overall

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 589 nationally · Signed with Everett

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive back at Michigan. 2023: 6 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Everett in 2019.
Drafted round 2 by the Washington in 2024.
Named All-America (ESPN) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Michigan, 90 tackles, an All-American season (2023) — drafted at #50 overall by Washington.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

The week the volume broke through — put up 62 yds at Michigan State.Michigan State · L 33-372021

20196 games

Recruited3-star out of Everett

202314 games

The role got bigger.

All-Americafirst · 2 selectors
All-Big Tenfirst

2024

Drafted by Washingtonround 2, pick 50

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#589 national

CFB

College

Michigan

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #50

Washington · 2024

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

4 honors · 2 categories

🥇

ALL-AMERICA

Named All-American (2023)

2 selectors honored him

🥈

ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

WashingtonEntering 3rd NFL season

#50Rd 2 · Pick 18

WashingtonEntering 3rd NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Jim Harbaugh — 51-11 over that span.

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2020Michigan2-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Pass-leaning

2021Michigan12-2HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

2022Michigan13-1HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy

2023Michigan15-0HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

98All-America level #1 of 339?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (100th percentile). Strength: passes defended (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#3 / 827 · 100th pct

Passes defended#158 / 2842 · 93rd pct

QB hurries#369 / 2842 · 83rd pct

Tackles for loss#543 / 2842 · 79th pct

5.0

Sacks#517 / 2842 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles#1034 / 2842 · 63rd pct

Solo tackles#1051 / 2842 · 62nd pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 14 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home9g	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.3
Road5g	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.6

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.8	0.4	0.1	0.4
Weeks 8+6g	2.3	0.2	0.2	0.5

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-American

Named to an All-America team by a recognized selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

98 · #1 of 339 corners

Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2023

AP—

FWAA—

AFCA—

WCFF—

SN1st

SI—

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Michigan	36	20	5.0	2.0	6	6	--
2022	Michigan	48	31	4.5	2.0	8	1	--
2021	Michigan	5	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	1
2020	Michigan	--	--	--	--	--	--	1
2019	Michigan	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	1
Career		90	57	9.5	4.0	14	7	3

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2023

W 30–24

vs Ohio State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. McCarthy — 148 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 94.5 · 17 rush yds (4 car) · T. Doman — 52 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 71 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 14 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-3vs East Carolina	1	1	0.0	0.0	1	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 2	W 35-7vs UNLV	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 31-6vs Bowling Green	3	3	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-7vs Rutgers	2	2	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 6	W 52-10@ Minnesota	2	0	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 52-7vs Indiana	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 49-0@ Michigan State	2	0	0.0	0.0	1	1
Wk 10	W 41-13vs Purdue	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 24-15@ Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 31-24@ Maryland	3	2	0.0	0.0	2	0
Wk 13	W 30-24vs Ohio State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	W 26-0@ Iowa	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	1
Bowl	W 27-20vs Alabama	6	4	1.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-13vs Washington	—	—	—	—	1	—
Total		36	20	5.0	2.0	6	6

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology