Mike Danna

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2019: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

DL · Michigan · Sr. · #4

6′2″ · 261 lb · Detroit, MI

Kansas City — drafted 2020, Rd 5, Pick 32, #177 overall

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 2034 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Michigan. 2019: 3 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 38 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2015.
Drafted round 5 by the Kansas City in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Michigan, 17 sacks — drafted at #177 overall by Kansas City.

His career

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

2015

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of De La Salle Collegiate

2020

Drafted by Kansas Cityround 5, pick 177

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#2034 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2016–2019

NFL

NFL Draft

R5 · #177

Kansas City · 2020

Coaching lineage · 2016–2019

1 coach

2016–2019

Jim Harbaugh

Michigan

Played his entire career under Jim Harbaugh.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

Kansas CityEntering 7th NFL season

#177Rd 5 · Pick 32

Kansas CityEntering 7th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2019 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2017Central Michigan8-5HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

2018Central Michigan1-11HC: John Bonamego · Run-leaning

2019Michigan9-4HC: Jim Harbaugh · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (86th percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#322 / 2688 · 86th pct

3.0

QB hurries#478 / 2688 · 77th pct

Tackles#1042 / 2688 · 60th pct

Tackles for loss#1061 / 2688 · 57th pct

3.0

Solo tackles#1173 / 2688 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1690 / 2688 · 19th 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

2019 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.3	0.3	0.3	0.0
Road5g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.5	0.3	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kyle Whittingham

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

Awards

Player standing · 2019

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2019	Michigan	38	20	3.0	3.0	--	--	--
2018	Central Michigan	65	36	14.0	8.5	1	--	--
2017	Central Michigan	54	31	8.5	4.0	--	--	--
2016	Central Michigan	31	24	4.5	1.5	--	--	--
Career		188	111	30.0	17.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2019

W 45–14

vs Notre Dame

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 31-point win at home against Notre Dame.

With W. Hart — 41 AVG · 57 LONG · 6 NO · H. Haskins — 149 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week