Michael McMorris

Senior cornerback on Navy's 2021 roster.

CB · Navy · Sr. · #5

5′9″ · 173 lb · Buford, GA

CFB Index 71 · #68 of 321 cornersLow confidenceNavy 2021 alumnus

The story

4 cornerback on Navy's roster.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Navy in 2018.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 3503 nationally · Signed with Navy

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Four seasons at Navy, 155 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20187 games

Signed with Navy2-star out of Buford

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#3503 national

CFB

College

Navy

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Ken Niumatalolo

Navy

Played his entire career under Ken Niumatalolo.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Ken Niumatalolo — 21-27 over that span.

2018Navy3-10HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2019Navy11-2HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

2020Navy3-7HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2021Navy4-8HC: Ken Niumatalolo · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #68 of 321?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#136 / 2743 · 94th pct

Solo tackles#558 / 2743 · 79th pct

Tackles#604 / 2743 · 78th pct

Sacks#529 / 2743 · 78th pct

2.0

Tackles for loss#1047 / 2743 · 58th pct

3.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th 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	4.7	0.2	0.2	0.5
Road6g	3.7	0.3	0.2	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.8	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	0.2	0.2	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #68 of 321 corners

Two-star recruit. Now #68 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Navy	50	31	3.0	2.0	6	--	--
2020	Navy	38	24	1.5	0.0	6	--	--
2019	Navy	47	31	2.5	0.0	9	1	--
2018	Navy	20	12	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		155	98	8.0	2.0	21	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2021

W 20–17

at Tulsa

1 PD · 2 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With R. Riethman — 42 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 47 LONG · C. Acie — 80 rush yds (3 car)

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 7-49vs Marshall	6	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 3-23vs Air Force	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-28@ Houston	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 34-30vs UCF	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 24-31vs SMU	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-35@ Memphis	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 20-27vs Cincinnati	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	W 20-17@ Tulsa	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	L 6-34@ Notre Dame	6	6	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 35-38vs East Carolina	8	5	0.0	0.0	—	1	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 13	W 38-14@ Temple	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 17-13@ Army	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	2
Total		50	31	3.0	2.0	—	6

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

Michael McMorris

20187 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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