Micah Parsons: LB · Penn State · #11.
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Micah Parsons
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Second year in the same linebacker corps at Penn State. The first one came in 2019: All-Big Ten. On tape: 14 tackles against Michigan, Week 8, 2019.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
109 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 14 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Penn State | 109 | 52 | 14.0 | 5.0 | 5 |
| 2018 | Penn State | 83 | 48 | 5.0 | 1.5 | -- |
| Career | 192 | 100 | 19.0 | 6.5 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 79-7vs Idaho | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 2 | W 45-13vs Buffalo | 10 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 17-10vs Pittsburgh | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 59-0@ Maryland | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 35-7vs Purdue | 5 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-12@ No. 17 Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 28-21vs No. 16 Michigan | 14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 28-7@ Michigan State | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 26-31@ No. 13 Minnesota | 11 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs No. 24 Indiana | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-28@ No. 2 Ohio State | 10 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-6vs Rutgers | 10 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 53-39vs No. 15 Memphis | 14 | 7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 109 | 52 | 14.0 | 5.0 | — | 5 |
Bowl · 2019
W 53-39
vs Memphis · neutral site
2 sacks · 3 tackles for loss · 14 tackles
Edged out Memphis at a neutral site in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
109tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%14 TFLSack rate
5%5 sacksPD rate
5%5 pass breakups109 tackles · 14 for loss · 5 sacks.
2 seasons under James Franklin, all run-leaning offenses — 20-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 7.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 10.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
James Franklin
Pass share
42.3%
367 pass / 501 run
Plays / game
66.8
13 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
401 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 192 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #12 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2019)
Next stop · NFL
Dallas CowboysEntering 6th NFL season
Dallas CowboysEntering 6th NFL season
