Senior defensive lineman on Arkansas State's 2023 roster.
6′1″ · 318 lb · Louisville, KY
The story
4 defensive lineman on Arkansas State's roster.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearMicah Bland
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 6 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Marshall — Week 13, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Arkansas State — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Blake Anderson → Butch Jones. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (1st percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Butch Jones
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Arkansas State | 25 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Louisville | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-73@ Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 3-37vs Memphis | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 3-37@ Troy | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 34-24@ UL Monroe | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 77-31vs Texas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-35@ Marshall | 6 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Bowl | L 19-21@ Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Hakeem Ajijolaiya’s 2023 season.
Matches Hakeem on
Differs from Hakeem on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Hakeem Ajijolaiya's junior season at Houston (2023).
Matches Hakeem on
Player DNA