Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-38@ New Mexico | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 13-10vs Colgate | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#96
Quavion Bird
Sophomore defensive lineman on Central Michigan's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 300 lb · Lake Wales, FL · Bartow Senior H.S.
Returning to Central Michigan for 2026
The numbers
0
sacks · 2026
2 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 1 tackles, vs Colgate
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive lineman on Central Michigan's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2024.
Quavion Bird
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at Central Michigan behind him. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Colgate — Week 2, 2026.
2 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- recruiting profile
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with Central Michigan2-star out of Bartow
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Central Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Matt Drinkall, all run-heavy, slow tempo offenses — 8-7 over that span.
2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2026Central Michigan1-1HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Drinkall
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.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Central Michigan | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Central Michigan | 14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 13–10
vs Colgate
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With A. H Flores — 57 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 24.4 · 122 rush yds (22 car) · 1 TD · D. Duley — 32 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 37 LONG
Game log
How he plays
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Central Michigan
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Central Michigan
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -5 net (12 in / 17 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #95
DNA match
Player DNA
Nose Anchor
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Fears’s 2025 season.
Matches Elijah on
Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate
Differs from Elijah on
Height (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Fears's freshman season at Georgia Southern (2025).
91%match
Matches Elijah on
Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Quavion Bird
Background
CAREER Has seen action in 12 career games with seven starts at defensive tackle … Has started seven consecutive games heading into the 2026 season … Has made 14 tackles (four solo) in two-year career at Central Michigan. 2025 As a redshirt freshman defensive lineman, saw action in 12 games with s...
The defensive line · Central Michigan
- #5Korver Demma9 tackles for loss · 2025
- #1JJ Douglas2 tackles for loss · 2025
- Daniel Bennett0 tackles for loss · 2025
- #96Quavion Bird0 tackles for loss · 2025
- #95Joey VanWetzinga0 tackles for loss · 2025
15 more on the roster · Central Michigan team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology