Player Dossier

2022-2025

Arizona

Michael Dansby

DB • 5'11" • 181 lbs • Oakland, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Dansby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

93%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive back

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
San José State • Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Toledo

Player Story

Michael Dansby built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Arizona and San José State. The clearest part of Michael Dansby's career was his...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 7 · Pick 39
Overall
No. 255
NFL Team
Seattle Seahawks

Michael Dansby, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Arizona. Michael Dansby shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
84
TFL
3
Passes defended
23
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

Michael Dansby quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · DB
Career Tackles
84
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 34 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Arizona
Top game
Toledo
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 7 · Pick 39 · Seattle Seahawks
Latest roster
No. 25 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
19 tackles · DB 451st (top 47%) · Big 12 248th (top 34%) · National 2,148th (top 35%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State71310-3032.5
2023 PostseasonSan José State60-0-1041.9
2023 Regular SeasonSan José State61510-3241.9
2024 Regular SeasonSan José State12370.50-6040.3
2025 PostseasonArizona92-0-2055.1
2025 Regular SeasonArizona9170.50-8055.1

Related Context

Michael Dansby played DB for San José State and Arizona. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Dansby recorded 84 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2024 with San José State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Arizona paired 12.5 primary output with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 22.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San José State, Arizona.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: SMU

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Arizona

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

1.4

Efficiency

22.7

Usage

5.4

Consistency

52.7

Best Game by takeover score

SMU

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. SMU: 3. Hawai'i: 1. Weber State: 1. Kansas State: 1.5. Iowa State: 0. BYU: 1. Cincinnati: 1. Baylor: 2. Arizona State: 2

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 2 by 38.3. Hawai'i: 3 by 22.5. Weber State: 2 by 18.3. Kansas State: 3 by 27.5. Iowa State: 3 by 12.5. BYU: 0 by 10. Cincinnati: 1 by 14.2. Baylor: 3 by 32.5. Arizona State: 2 by 28.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.4 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

SMU

Best efficiency game

38.3 vs SMU

Result
Sat 1/3@ SMUSplash gameL 19-24220012
Sat 11/29@ Arizona StateSplash gameW 23-7220011
Sat 11/22vs BaylorSplash gameW 41-1732002
Sat 11/15@ CincinnatiW 30-2410001
Sun 10/12vs BYUL 27-3300001
Sat 9/27@ Iowa StateL 14-3933000
Sat 9/13vs Kansas StateW 23-17320.5001
Sun 9/7vs Weber StateW 48-322001
Sun 8/31vs Hawai'iW 40-632001

Player Story

Michael Dansby story

Michael Dansby built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a defensive back from Oakland, CA wearing No. 25, spending time with Arizona and San José State. The clearest part of Michael Dansby's career was his defensive production: 84 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 6 interceptions, and 23 passes defended across 34 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Dansby's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    San José State

    2022-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Arizona

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonSan José State514.92.6
2023 PostseasonSan José State620.44.51
2023 Regular SeasonSan José State620.44.50
2024 Regular SeasonSan José State8.519.92.82.5
2025 PostseasonArizona12.522.75.44
2025 Regular SeasonArizona12.522.75.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Toledo

Week 3 · L 17-21

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 23 SMU

Week 1 · L 19-24 · Postseason · Ranked opponent

3

Havoc Plays

68.9 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 68.9 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 60 Arizona State

Week 14 · W 23-7 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

#4

@ Colorado State

Week 7 · L 24-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Sacramento State

Week 1 · W 42-24

2

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Arizona

12.5 primary output · 22.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage

55.1

#2

2025 Regular Season · Arizona

55.1

12.5 primary · 22.7 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · San José State

41.9

6 primary · 20.4 efficiency · 4.5 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games