Leo Musso: S · Wisconsin · #19.
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Leo Musso
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Rated a two-star prospect, with two seasons of snaps at Wisconsin since. On tape: 9 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Northwestern, Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
74 tackles. 1 pass defended. 5 interceptions. 3 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
2016 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 16-14vs No. 5 LSU | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 54-10vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-17vs Georgia State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-6@ No. 8 Michigan State | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-14@ No. 4 Michigan | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 23-30vs No. 2 Ohio State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-9@ Iowa | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 23-17vs No. 7 Nebraska | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 21-7@ Northwestern | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 48-3vs Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 49-20@ Purdue | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-17vs Minnesota | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-38vs No. 8 Penn State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-16vs No. 12 Western Michigan | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 74 | 50 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
74tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL74 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 5 interceptions.
2 seasons under Paul Chryst — 21-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Paul Chryst
Pass share
33.4%
323 pass / 643 run
Plays / game
69.0
14 games
Team sack rate
6.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
74 tackles in 14 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Wisconsin, 74 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Bret Bielema, Gary Andersen, and Paul Chryst. Multi-era developmental context.
