Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ Cal Poly | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#7
Isaiah Paul
Senior cornerback on Western Michigan's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 180 lb · Los Angeles, CA
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Western Michigan)
Recruiting
2★
CB recruit
No. 249 nationally · Joined Western Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Western Michigan's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 2-star recruit to Western Michigan in 2024.
Isaiah Paul
2 stars out of high school, three seasons of real snaps at Central Washington since. The receipt: 5 tackles against Cal Poly — Week 1, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- recruiting profile
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with Western Michigan2-star out of Los Angeles Valley College
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★
CFB
College
Western Michigan
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Western Michigan
Played his entire career under Lance Taylor.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Western Michigan
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Lance Taylor — 17-12 over that span.
2024Western Michigan6-7HC: Lance Taylor · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2025Western Michigan10-4HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy
2026Central Washington1-1HC: Lance Taylor · Run-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 5.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Western Michigan | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Western Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Western Michigan | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Game log
The secondary · Western Michigan
- #3Tate Hallock67 tackles · 2025
- #8Jarvarius Sims61 tackles · 2025
- #18Micah Davis60 tackles · 2025
- #1Joshua Franklin53 tackles · 2025
- #7Isaiah Paul7 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Western Michigan team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology