Micah Kiser: ILB · Virginia · #53.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Micah Kiser
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two seasons in the Virginia linebacker corps to date. The first one came in 2017: Campbell. One game to point at: 19 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Virginia Tech — Week 13, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
143 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 9.5 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.
The Daily Progress Oct 16Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-10vs William & Mary | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-34vs Indiana | 14 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 3 | W 38-18vs UConn | 15 | 7 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 42-23@ Boise State | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-21vs Duke | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 20-14@ North Carolina | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-41vs Boston College | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-31@ Pittsburgh | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-36vs Georgia Tech | 18 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-38@ Louisville | 9 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-44@ No. 2 Miami | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-10vs No. 24 Virginia Tech | 19 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 19 tackles |
 Bowl | L 7-49@ Navy | 11 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 143 | 50 | 9.5 | 5.0 | — | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
143tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%10 TFLSack rate
3%5 sacksPD rate
3%4 pass breakups143 tackles · 9.5 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under Bronco Mendenhall, all pass-leaning offenses — 8-17 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 12.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 |
| Road6g | 8.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 10.6 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bronco Mendenhall
Pass share
57.8%
518 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
68.9
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
551 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
143 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Virginia, 276 tackles — drafted at #147 overall by the Los Angeles Rams.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
National awards
Campbell
2017 season
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike London → Bronco Mendenhall. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles RamsEntering 9th NFL season
Los Angeles RamsEntering 9th NFL season
