Senior defensive lineman on Rutgers's 2021 roster.
6′4″ · 254 lb · Union, NJ
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 1477 nationally · Signed with Rutgers
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Rutgers's roster.
Mike Tverdov
Wins his gap play after play. Mike Tverdov has been at Rutgers through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Michigan — Week 4, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Rutgers, 8 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Chris Ash, Nunzio Campanile, and Greg Schiano. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (13th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2021 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2021
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2021
W 45–13
vs Delaware
1 TFL · 1 SOLO · 1 TOT
Dominant 32-point win at home against Delaware.
With N. Vedral — 323 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 90.4 · 15 rush yds (5 car) · A. Cruickshank — 10 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 61-14vs Temple | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-13vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 13-20@ Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 13-52vs Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 13-31vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-21@ Northwestern | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 20-14@ Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 38-3@ Indiana | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28@ Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
10 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2021 production profile sits closest to Willie Baker’s 2021 season.
Matches Willie on
Differs from Willie on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Zukudo Igwenagu's senior season at Massachusetts (2022).
Matches Zukudo on
Player DNA