#47

Micah McFadden

Former linebacker at Indiana. 2021: 77 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

LB · Indiana · Sr. · #47

6′2″ · 232 lb · Tampa, FL

CFB Index 89 · #17 of 578 LBsHigh confidenceAll-ConferenceNew York — drafted 2022, Rd 5, Pick 3, #146 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1985 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former linebacker at Indiana. 2021: 77 tackles, 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2018.
Drafted round 5 by the New York in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Indiana, 216 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #146 overall by New York.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20189 games

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Plant

20207 games

All-Big Tenfirst

202112 games

All-Big Tensecond

2022

Drafted by New Yorkround 5, pick 146

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1985 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #146

New York · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

🎖

ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM

All-Big Ten 2nd team (2021)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

#146Rd 5 · Pick 3

New YorkEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Tom Allen — 21-24 over that span.

2018Indiana5-7HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

89All-Conference level #17 of 578?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (99th percentile). Strength: sacks (97th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles for loss#32 / 2743 · 99th pct

15.5

Sacks#83 / 2743 · 97th pct

6.5

Solo tackles#122 / 2743 · 95th pct

QB hurries#138 / 2743 · 94th pct

Tackles#200 / 2743 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#481 / 2743 · 78th pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.7	1.5	0.6	0.3
Road6g	7.2	1.1	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.0	1.5	0.6	0.3
Weeks 8+6g	6.8	1.1	0.5	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #17 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Indiana	77	49	15.5	6.5	3	--	--
2020	Indiana	59	45	10.5	6.0	--	2	--
2019	Indiana	60	41	9.0	1.5	1	2	--
2018	Indiana	20	14	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		216	149	36.0	14.0	4	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2021

W 33–31

at Western Kentucky

1 PD · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS

Edged out Western Kentucky on the road in a shootout.

With M. Penix Jr. — 373 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.3 · -17 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Carr — 109 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 6-34@ Iowa	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 56-14vs Idaho	3	2	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 24-38vs Cincinnati	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 33-31@ Western Kentucky	12	8	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 12 tackles
Wk 5	L 0-24@ Penn State	8	3	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 15-20vs Michigan State	9	4	2.5	1.5	—	1	2.5 TFL
Wk 8	L 7-54vs Ohio State	6	5	3.0	1.0	—	0	3.0 TFL
Wk 9	L 35-38@ Maryland	8	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 7-29@ Michigan	5	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 3-38vs Rutgers	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 14-35vs Minnesota	8	6	0.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 7-44@ Purdue	7	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		77	49	15.5	6.5	—	3

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology