Buffalo · L 31-34
No tackles.
Coppess has tackles in 8 of Miami (OH)’s 9 games: none against Buffalo.
Eli Coppess
Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Miami (OH). One game to point at: 5 tackles against Pittsburgh — Week 1, 2026.
16 tackles · 0 sacks
Play style
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
His game this year: coverage — 3 passes defended in the 8 games with play by play.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Miami (OH) | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2025 | Miami (OH) | 17 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 3 |
| 2024 | Miami (OH) | 15 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Miami (OH) | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 49 | 28 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-59@ Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 45-7vs Holy Cross | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-35@ Cincinnati | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-21vs UConn | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 20-24vs Bowling Green | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 20-19@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-14vs Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-27@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Ratings of the games shown run from -25 to +8 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
16tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
19%3 pass breakups16 tackles.
4 seasons under Chuck Martin — 32-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 2.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chuck Martin
Pass share
43.0%
229 pass / 303 run
Plays / game
59.1
9 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
279 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2026
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #460 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-MAC
Based on 2025: #30 of 55 Mid-American LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,571 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Mid-American as a redshirt senior.
2026 is in progress.
A stat line in 25 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2026
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chuck Martin.
