Michael Coats Jr. is a cornerback who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at West Virginia.
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Played for three head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Ken Wilson, Jeff Choate and Rich Rodriguez. The first one came in 2024: All-Mountain West. On tape: 5 tackles against Pittsburgh, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 7 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | West Virginia | 30 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 7 | -- |
| 2024 | Nevada | 41 | 29 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 10 | 4 |
| 2023 | Nevada | 13 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 84 | 61 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 20 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 10-17@ Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 31-24vs Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | L 10-41@ Kansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-48vs Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-38@ No. 23 BYU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 13-45@ UCF | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 17-23vs TCU | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-35@ No. 22 Houston | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 29-22vs Colorado | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | |
| Wk 12 | L 23-25@ Arizona State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 0-49vs No. 7 Texas Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 7 |
Week 11 · 2025
W 29-22
vs Colorado
1 tackle for loss · 4 tackles · 3 pass breakups
A close one, won by 7 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
23%7 pass breakupsTackle volume
30tackles this season30 tackles · 2 for loss · 7 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rich Rodriguez
Pass share
38.7%
327 pass / 517 run
Plays / game
70.3
12 games
Team sack rate
7.9%
369 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #222 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big 12
Based on 2025: #16 of 29 Big 12 CBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A stat line in 31 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST · 1ST TEAM
All-Mountain West 1st team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Ken Wilson, Jeff Choate and Rich Rodriguez.
