Player Dossier

2017-2021

North Carolina

Kyler McMichael

DB • 6'0" • 210 lbs • Atlanta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Kyler McMichael shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

16%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

34

Developing production for a defensive back

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Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

51

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · North Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Clemson • North Carolina
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Notre Dame

Player Story

Kyler McMichael built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and North Carolina. The clearest part of Kyler McMichael's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.972

Greater Atlanta Christian School · Norcross, GA

Committed To
Clemson
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Kyler McMichael, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · North Carolina. Kyler McMichael shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
46
TFL
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
7

Quick Answers

Kyler McMichael quick answers

Latest team and position
North Carolina · DB
Career Tackles
46
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 17 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · North Carolina
Top game
Notre Dame
Recruit profile
4-star · Greater Atlanta Christian School · Clemson
High school pipeline
Greater Atlanta Christian School · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 1 · Junior
2021 Tackles rank
17 tackles · DB 464th (top 51%) · ACC 240th (top 37%) · National 2,220th (top 38%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 Regular SeasonClemson00-0--0-
2018 Regular SeasonClemson23-0--038.6
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00-0--0-
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina75-0--053.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina721-016053.5
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina81710-1023.7

Related Context

Kyler McMichael played DB for Clemson and North Carolina. Across 5 tracked seasons, Kyler McMichael recorded 46 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2020 with North Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

North Carolina paired 7 primary output with 25.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2021 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Clemson, North Carolina.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wofford

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · North Carolina

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

12.6

Usage

3.2

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

Wofford

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Virginia Tech: 0. Georgia State: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Duke: 0. Miami: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Wofford: 1. NC State: 0

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. Virginia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 2 by 18.3. Georgia Tech: 5 by 20.8. Duke: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2. Pittsburgh: 4 by 26.7. Wofford: 1 by 14.2. NC State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 4 · -0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Wofford

Best efficiency game

26.7 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 11/27@ NC StateL 30-3421000
Sat 11/20vs WoffordW 34-14110010
Fri 11/12@ PittsburghL 23-3041001
Sat 10/16vs MiamiW 45-4211000
Sat 10/2vs DukeW 38-711000
Sat 9/25@ Georgia TechL 22-4554000
Sat 9/11vs Georgia StateW 59-1722100
Fri 9/3@ Virginia TechL 10-1710000

Player Story

Kyler McMichael story

Kyler McMichael built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive back from Atlanta, GA wearing No. 1, spending time with Clemson and North Carolina. The clearest part of Kyler McMichael's career was his defensive production: 46 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, 1 interception, and 7 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2020 with North Carolina. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Kyler McMichael's production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Clemson and North Carolina.

The arc is straightforward: Kyler McMichael moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Clemson

    2017-2018

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    North Carolina

    2019-2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201720182019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 Regular SeasonClemson0
2018 Regular SeasonClemson06.31.20
2019 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina00
2020 PostseasonNorth Carolina725.547
2020 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina725.540
2021 Regular SeasonNorth Carolina312.63.2-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Notre Dame

Week 13 · L 17-31

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Wofford

Week 12 · W 34-14

1

Havoc Plays

60.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Georgia State

Week 2 · W 59-17

1

Havoc Plays

59.2 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 59.2 takeover score.

#4

vs Virginia Tech

Week 6 · W 56-45 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Pittsburgh

Week 11 · L 23-30 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · North Carolina

7 primary output · 25.5 efficiency · 4 usage

53.5

#2

2020 Regular Season · North Carolina

53.5

7 primary · 25.5 efficiency · 4 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Clemson

38.6

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games