Matt Milano: LB · Boston College · #28.
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Matt Milano
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Boston College. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Virginia Tech — Week 3, 2016.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 12 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.
Atlantic Coast Conference Oct 22
Sports Illustrated Oct 22
247Sports Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Boston College | 59 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Boston College | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 59 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 2 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-17vs Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 26-7@ Massachusetts | 8 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 0-49@ Virginia Tech | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 42-10vs Wagner | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-3vs Buffalo | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 10-56vs No. 3 Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-28vs Syracuse | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-14@ NC State | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-52vs No. 5 Louisville | 7 | 6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 11 | L 7-45@ No. 20 Florida State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-0vs UConn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 17-14@ Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
 Bowl | W 36-30vs Maryland | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 42 | 12.0 | 6.5 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
20%12 TFLSack rate
11%6 sacksPD rate
3%2 pass breakups59 tackles · 12 for loss · 6.5 sacks · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Steve Addazio — 10-15 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.1 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Addazio
Pass share
34.8%
296 pass / 555 run
Plays / game
65.5
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Boston College, 59 tackles — drafted at #163 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Steve Addazio.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo BillsEntering 10th NFL season
Buffalo BillsEntering 10th NFL season
