Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Central Michigan
Michael Steinhauer
DL • 6'3" • 295 lbs • Chelsea, MI, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Michael Steinhauer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
9
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
10
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Central Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
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- Committed To
- Central Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Michael Steinhauer, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan. Michael Steinhauer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 9
- TFL
- 1
Quick Answers
Michael Steinhauer quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Central Michigan · DL
- Career Tackles
- 9
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 6 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan
- Top game
- Western Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Chelsea · Central Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Chelsea · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 55 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 5 tackles · DL 556th (top 78%) · Mid-American 331st (top 61%) · National 3,444th (top 60%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.6 |
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Michael Steinhauer played DL for Central Michigan. Across 5 tracked seasons, Michael Steinhauer recorded 9 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Central Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Central Michigan paired 1 primary output with 13.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2017 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Western Michigan
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Central Michigan
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Western Michigan
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Rhode Island: 0. Kansas: 0. Syracuse: 0. Western Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Rhode Island: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3
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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Western Michigan
Best efficiency game
8.3 vs Western Michigan
Career Arc
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Central Michigan
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20132014201520162017
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 1 | 13.4 | 10.1 | 1 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Central Michigan | 0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Western Michigan
Week 5 · L 10-49 · Conference game
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
71.4 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.
#2
vs UNLV
Week 3 · W 44-21
0
Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Western Michigan
Week 10 · W 35-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#4
@ Kansas
Week 2 · W 45-27
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Rhode Island
Week 1 · W 30-27
0
Havoc Plays
3.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Central Michigan
1 primary output · 13.4 efficiency · 10.1 usage
61.9
#2
2017 Regular Season · Central Michigan
37.6
0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Central Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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