Mikhail Seiken

Junior defensive back on Air Force's 2026 roster.

DB · Air Force · Jr. · #4

5′11″ · 190 lb · Takoma Park, MD · Montgomery Blair

CFB Index 26 · #473 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Air Force for 2026

Next upSat Sep 26 · 12 am ETat NevadaMackay Stadium

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Grades highest in speed and play recognition.

The full scouting read

The story

3 defensive back on Air Force's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Mikhail Seiken

DB · Air Force · Jr · #4

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The receipt: 9 tackles against Navy — Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Air Force4-8HC: Troy Calhoun · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

26Below cohort / limited sample #473 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#649 / 2975 · 77th pct

Tackles#1194 / 2975 · 59th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
Road5g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Troy Calhoun

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

26 · #473 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #36 of 42 Mountain West DBs

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Air Force	33	27	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		33	27	1.0	0.0	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 49–13

vs Bucknell

2 SOLO · 2 TOT

Dominant 36-point win at home against Bucknell.

With C. Harris — 66 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · J. Johnson — 112 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 80.1 · 5 rush yds (3 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 49-13vs Bucknell	2	2	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 30-49@ Utah State	2	1	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 35-44vs Hawai'i	1	1	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 31-34@ Navy	9	6	0.0	—	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 7	L 48-51@ UNLV	4	4	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 24-21vs Wyoming	4	4	1.0	—
Wk 10	L 17-20vs Army	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 11	W 26-16@ San José State	3	3	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 16-26@ UConn	3	2	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 3-20vs New Mexico	2	2	0.0	—
Total		33	27	1.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

33Tackles

27Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

33 tackles. 0 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.

2026 Outlook

Air Force

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Air Force

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -4 net (0 in / 4 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Air Force · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #137 · 2026 recruiting class #136

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jasiah Wagoner’s 2025 season.

Jasiah Wagoner

82%match

California · 2025

Zamari Stevenson

Wake Forest · 2024

81%

Isaiah Young

California · 2022

79%

Michael Richard Jr.

Louisiana Tech · 2024

78%

Aiden Walker

Nevada · 2025

77%

Matches Jasiah on

Class year

PD rate

Tackle volume

Differs from Jasiah on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to CJ Young's freshman season at Kent State (2024).

CJ Young

86%match

Kent State · 2024

All-MAC

Ma'Khi Jones

Duke · 2025

78%

Boo Carter

Tennessee · 2024

77%

Eric McClain

Ball State · 2024

77%

Kameron Howard

Charlotte · 2023

76%

Matches CJ on

Class year

Tackle volume

Weight

Player DNA

Players who play like Mikhail Seiken

Jasiah Wagoner

California · 2025

82%

Background

2025 – Played in 11 games, nine starts … recorded two turnovers (FR, FF) … three tackles vs. UConn … three tackles vs. Army … four tackles and a TFL vs. Wyoming … career-high nine tackles at Navy ... also had a fumble recovery … two tackles at Utah State … first-career game played/start vs. Buckn...

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The secondary · Air Force

#5Roger Jones Jr.DB · Jr.76 tackles · 2025
#2Korey JohnsonDB · Jr.34 tackles · 2025
#4Mikhail SeikenDB · Jr.33 tackles · 2025
#7Nick BeckwithDB · Jr.23 tackles · 2025
#19Houston HendrixDB · Sr.11 tackles · 2025

21 more on the roster · Air Force team page

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