Micah McFadden: LB · Indiana · #47.
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Micah McFadden
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Indiana. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-Big Ten again in 2021. On tape: 12 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Western Kentucky, Week 4, 2021.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 15.5 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 Hoosier Oct 28
The Herald-Times Oct 21
USA Today Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 6-34@ No. 18 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 No. 8 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@ No. 4 Penn State | 8 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 15-20vs No. 10 Michigan State | 9 | 4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | L 7-54vs No. 5 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@ No. 9 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
20%16 TFLSack rate
8%6 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups77 tackles · 15.5 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Tom Allen — 21-24 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
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
Head Coach
Tom Allen
Pass share
63.7%
390 pass / 222 run
Plays / game
51.0
12 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
430 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2021
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #17 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Indiana, 216 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — drafted at #146 overall by the New York Giants.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2021)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2020)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tom Allen.
Next stop · NFL
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
New York GiantsEntering 5th NFL season
