David Long: DB · Michigan · #22.
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David Long
Erases the deep middle of the field. Second year in the same secondary at Michigan. The first career honor came in 2018: All-Big Ten. On tape: 3 tackles against Northwestern, Week 5, 2018.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
17 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ No. 12 Notre Dame | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 49-3vs Western Michigan | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-20vs SMU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-10vs Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ Northwestern | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-21vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-13vs No. 15 Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 21-7@ No. 24 Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 42-7vs No. 14 Penn State | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-7@ Rutgers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 31-20vs Indiana | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 39-62@ No. 10 Ohio State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | L 15-41vs No. 10 Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Week 10 · 2018
W 42-7
vs Penn State
1 interception · 15 interception return yards
Dominant 35-point win at home against Penn State.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
29%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL17 tackles · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Jim Harbaugh, all run-heavy offenses — 18-8 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Pass share
38.6%
340 pass / 540 run
Plays / game
67.7
13 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
370 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2018
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Michigan, 37 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2018) — drafted at #79 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2018)
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Jim Harbaugh.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 8th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 8th NFL season
