Player Dossier

2018-2021

Indiana

Micah McFadden

LB • 6'2" • 232 lbs • Tampa, FL, USA

High-volume tacklerDown-to-down presence

Micah McFadden shows a high-volume tackler profile with 51.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

85

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

91

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Indiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Player Story

Micah McFadden built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 47, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Micah McFadden's career was his defensive production: 216...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8114

Plant · Tampa, FL

Committed To
Indiana
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2022
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 3
Overall
No. 146
NFL Team
New York Giants

Micah McFadden, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana. Micah McFadden shows a high-volume tackler profile with 51.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
216
TFL
36
Sacks
14
QB hurries
15
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Micah McFadden quick answers

Latest team and position
Indiana · LB
Career Tackles
216
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 6 entries · 42 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Michigan State
Recruit profile
3-star · Plant · Indiana
High school pipeline
Plant · 44 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2022 · Round 5 · Pick 3 · New York Giants
Latest roster
No. 47 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
77 tackles · LB 143rd (top 12%) · Big Ten 25th (top 4%) · National 205th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana920102-016.6
2019 PostseasonIndiana13510--053.2
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana135581.551053.2
2020 PostseasonIndiana8621--074.6
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana8538.553-074.6
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana127715.56.553078.9

Related Context

Micah McFadden played LB for Indiana. Across 4 tracked seasons, Micah McFadden recorded 216 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Indiana paired 30 primary output with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 51.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2021 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

2.5

Efficiency

51.7

Usage

20

Consistency

63.8

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 1. Idaho: 4. Cincinnati: 1. Western Kentucky: 3. Penn State: 4.5. Michigan State: 5. Ohio State: 4. Maryland: 3. Michigan: 3. Rutgers: 0. Minnesota: 1.5. Purdue: 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. Iowa: 3 by 22.5. Idaho: 3 by 52.5. Cincinnati: 1 by 14.2. Western Kentucky: 12 by 80. Penn State: 8 by 78.3. Michigan State: 9 by 87.5. Ohio State: 6 by 65. Maryland: 8 by 63.3. Michigan: 5 by 50.8. Rutgers: 7 by 29.2. Minnesota: 8 by 48.3. Purdue: 7 by 29.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins3.5 · Games = 2 · +1.2 vs Losses
Losses2.3 · Games = 10 · -1.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Michigan State

Best efficiency game

87.5 vs Michigan State

Result
Sat 11/27@ PurdueL 7-4476000
Sat 11/20vs MinnesotaL 14-35860.5001
Sat 11/13vs RutgersL 3-3876000
Sat 11/6@ MichiganSplash gameL 7-2951110
Sat 10/30@ MarylandSplash gameL 35-3885210
Sat 10/23vs Ohio StateSplash gameL 7-5465310
Sat 10/16vs Michigan StateSplash gameL 15-20942.501.501
Sat 10/2@ Penn StateSplash gameL 0-24831.5000
Sun 9/26@ Western Kentucky10+ tackles · Splash gameW 33-31128111
Sat 9/18vs CincinnatiL 24-3811100
Sat 9/11vs IdahoSplash gameW 56-1432210
Sat 9/4@ IowaL 6-3432100

Player Story

Micah McFadden story

Micah McFadden built his college career from 2018 through 2021 as a linebacker from Tampa, FL wearing No. 47, spending time with Indiana. The clearest part of Micah McFadden's career was his defensive production: 216 tackles, 36 tackles for loss, 14 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 42 career games in the available record. That gives Micah McFadden's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Indiana

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

201820192019202020202021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonIndiana312.63.9
2019 PostseasonIndiana18.533.19.815.5
2019 Regular SeasonIndiana18.533.19.80
2020 PostseasonIndiana21.557.618.93
2020 Regular SeasonIndiana21.557.618.90
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana3051.7208.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan State

Week 11 · W 24-0 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Michigan State

Week 7 · L 15-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

95.8 takeover

Loss with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5 disruption/tackle impact with 95.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 5 · L 0-24 · Conference game

4.5

Havoc Plays

89.4 takeover

Loss with 4.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4.5 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Penn State

Week 12 · L 27-34 · Conference game

5.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Loss with 5.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Wisconsin

Week 14 · W 14-6 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

85.8 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Indiana

30 primary output · 51.7 efficiency · 20 usage

78.9

#2

2020 Postseason · Indiana

74.6

21.5 primary · 57.6 efficiency · 18.9 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Indiana

74.6

21.5 primary · 57.6 efficiency · 18.9 usage

Milestones

17

Impact games

17

Splash games

4

10+ tackle games