6′3″ · 290 lb · Palatine, IL · William Fremd
Will McCabe: DT · Western Michigan · #93.
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Will McCabe
Wins his gap play after play. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Western Michigan. On tape: 7 tackles against Toledo, Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
42 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 42 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 47 | 22 | 4.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-13vs Monmouth | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-51@ No. 19 Michigan State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 57-10vs Georgia State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-52@ Syracuse | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-15vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Toledo | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 38-16vs Miami (OH) | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-31vs Ball State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-34@ Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-17@ Northern Illinois | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-23vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 19 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
6%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
0%0 hurries42 tackles · 2.5 for loss.
2 seasons under Tim Lester, all run-leaning offenses — 14-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
45.4%
413 pass / 497 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
448 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
42 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Western Michigan, 47 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tim Lester.
