Mike Caprara: LB · Pittsburgh · #30.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Mike Caprara
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. A two-star recruit with two seasons on the field at Pittsburgh since. One game to point at: 7 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Miami — Week 10, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Oct 24Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Pittsburgh | 37 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 | -- |
| 2015 | Pittsburgh | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 37 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 28-7vs Villanova | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-39vs Penn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 38-45@ Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 43-27vs Marshall | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 36-39vs No. 25 Virginia Tech | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-51@ Miami | 7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 43-42@ No. 3 Clemson | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 56-14vs Duke | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 76-61vs Syracuse | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 24-31vs Northwestern | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 17 | 5.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
37tackles this seasonTFL rate
14%5 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups37 tackles · 5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 16-10 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
37.7%
320 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
65.2
13 games
Team sack rate
2.9%
348 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2016
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Pittsburgh, 37 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2012–2016
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Paul Chryst → Pat Narduzzi. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
