Manuel Bunch: S · Tulsa · #10.
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Manuel Bunch
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. A two-star recruit with four seasons on the field at Tulsa since. A game that shows it: 9 tackles against SMU — Week 6, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
57 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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
2019 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-28@ No. 18 Michigan State | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-16@ San José State | 8 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-40vs Oklahoma State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 24-21vs Wyoming | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-43@ No. 24 SMU | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 17-45vs Navy | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-24@ No. 21 Cincinnati | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-42vs Memphis | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 26-38@ Tulane | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-31vs UCF | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-24vs Houston | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-24@ East Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 57 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
57tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL57 tackles · 2 for loss · 5 pass breakups.
4 seasons under Philip Montgomery — 19-30 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road6g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Philip Montgomery
Pass share
47.3%
444 pass / 494 run
Plays / game
78.2
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
493 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2019
57 tackles in 12 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Tulsa, 193 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Philip Montgomery.
