Player Dossier

2013-2016

USC

Michael Hutchings

ILB • 6'1" • Antioch, CA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Michael Hutchings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 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

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · USC

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
USC
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Player Story

Michael Hutchings built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an inside linebacker from Antioch, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Michael Hutchings' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2013 · Rating 0.9506

De La Salle · Concord, CA

Committed To
USC
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2013

Michael Hutchings, ILB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Postseason · USC. Michael Hutchings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
66
TFL
8
Sacks
3
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Michael Hutchings quick answers

Latest team and position
USC · ILB
Career Tackles
66
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 14 games
Best season
2016 Postseason · USC
Top game
Alabama
Recruit profile
4-star · De La Salle · USC
High school pipeline
De La Salle · 45 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 19 · Class 2016
2016 Tackles rank
66 tackles · ILB 16th (top 25%) · Pac-12 32nd (top 6%) · National 390th (top 7%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2013 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2014 Regular SeasonUSC10-0--042.4
2015 Regular SeasonUSC00-0--0-
2016 PostseasonUSC13220-1059.8
2016 Regular SeasonUSC13646311059.8

Related Context

Michael Hutchings played ILB for USC. Across 4 tracked seasons, Michael Hutchings recorded 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with USC.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2016 Postseason

USC paired 14 primary output with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 31.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2016 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Alabama

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Postseason · USC

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

31.9

Usage

9.2

Consistency

30.9

Best Game by takeover score

Alabama

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Penn State: 3. Alabama: 4. Utah State: 1. Stanford: 0. Utah: 0. Arizona State: 0.5. Colorado: 1. Arizona: 1. California: 0. Oregon: 0. Washington: 0.5. UCLA: 0. Notre Dame: 3

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Penn State: 2 by 38.3. Alabama: 5 by 60.8. Utah State: 5 by 30.8. Stanford: 7 by 29.2. Utah: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 4 by 21.7. Colorado: 6 by 35. Arizona: 4 by 26.7. California: 6 by 25. Oregon: 5 by 20.8. Washington: 9 by 42.5. UCLA: 2 by 8.3. Notre Dame: 5 by 50.8

Split Comparison

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

Wins1 · Games = 10 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Alabama

Best efficiency game

60.8 vs Alabama

Result
Mon 1/2@ Penn StateSplash gameW 52-4922201
Sat 11/26vs Notre DameSplash gameW 45-2752110
Sun 11/20@ UCLAW 36-1420000
Sun 11/13@ WashingtonW 26-13940.5000
Sat 11/5vs OregonW 45-2053000
Fri 10/28vs CaliforniaW 45-2462000
Sat 10/15@ ArizonaW 48-1444100
Sat 10/8vs ColoradoW 21-17620.500.500
Sun 10/2vs Arizona StateW 41-20410.5000
Sat 9/24@ UtahL 27-3163000
Sun 9/18@ StanfordL 10-2775000
Sat 9/10vs Utah StateW 45-753001
Sun 9/4@ AlabamaSplash gameL 6-52532.501.500

Player Story

Michael Hutchings story

Michael Hutchings built his college career from 2013 through 2016 as an inside linebacker from Antioch, CA wearing No. 19, spending time with USC. The clearest part of Michael Hutchings' career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Michael Hutchings' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    USC

    2013-2016

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2013 Regular SeasonUSC0
2014 Regular SeasonUSC1201
2015 Regular SeasonUSC0-1
2016 PostseasonUSC1431.99.214
2016 Regular SeasonUSC1431.99.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Alabama

Week 1 · L 6-52

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Notre Dame

Week 13 · W 45-27

3

Havoc Plays

75.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 75.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Penn State

Week 1 · W 52-49 · Postseason

3

Havoc Plays

71.1 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Fresno State

Week 1 · W 52-13

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Havoc Plays

60 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.

#5

@ Arizona

Week 7 · W 48-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

50.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2016 Postseason · USC

14 primary output · 31.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

59.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · USC

59.8

14 primary · 31.9 efficiency · 9.2 usage

#3

2014 Regular Season · USC

42.4

1 primary · 20 efficiency · usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games