Former defensive end at App State. 2024: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′6″ · 275 lb · Flint, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 418 nationally · Signed with Michigan State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive end at App State. 2024: 4 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
Michael Fletcher
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Michael Fletcher has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 4 tackles against Georgia Southern — Week 14, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at App State, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Shawn Clark.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (95th percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dowell Loggains
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Former four-star. Now #328 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | App State | 16 | 9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | App State | 22 | 10 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Michigan State | 13 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Michigan State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Michigan State | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 69 | 31 | 13.0 | 12.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2024
W 34–20
2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 2 SACKS
With J. Aguilar — 216 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.7 · 4 rush yds (5 car) · M. Jackson — 5 rec · 162 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-10vs East Tennessee State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 14-48vs South Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 37-52@ Marshall | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-34@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-26vs Georgia State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 28-20vs Old Dominion | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 34-20vs James Madison | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 14 | L 20-29@ Georgia Southern | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 9 | 4.0 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Player DNA
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Michael Fletcher’s 2023 season.
Matches Michael on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Xavier Ross's graduate season at Oklahoma State (2024).
Matches Xavier on
Differs from Xavier on
Player DNA