Last confirmed: Colorado, 2019. No 2026 box-score games on record.
5′11″ · 205 lb · Sugarland, TX
Mikial Onu: S · Colorado · #2.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mikial Onu
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against Oregon — Week 7, 2019.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
61 tackles. 3 passes defended. 4 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 20Yahoo Sports Oct 15
FootballScoop Oct 4
Bleacher Report Oct 4Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-31vs Colorado State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-31vs No. 25 Nebraska | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-30vs Air Force | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 34-31@ No. 24 Arizona State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 30-35vs Arizona | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-45@ No. 13 Oregon | 9 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-41@ Washington State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 31-35vs USC | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-31@ UCLA | 7 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-13vs Stanford | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-14vs Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 61 | 44 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
61tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL61 tackles · 1 for loss · 3 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 7.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mel Tucker
Pass share
49.0%
410 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
5.0%
443 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
61 tackles in 11 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons, at SMU and Colorado, 249 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2019
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Chad Morris, Sonny Dykes and Mel Tucker.
