Mike Tyson

Former safety at Cincinnati. 2016: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

S · Cincinnati · #5

6′2″ · Norfolk, VA

Seattle — drafted 2017, Rd 6, Pick 3, #187 overall

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1299 nationally · Signed with Lake Taylor

Statement game3 INTat Purdue (FBS) · W 38-20

Top 0.1% interceptions game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Cincinnati. 2016: 5 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 46 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Lake Taylor in 2012.
Drafted round 6 by the Seattle in 2017.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Cincinnati, 46 tackles — drafted at #187 overall by Seattle.

His career

2012

Recruited3-star out of Lake Taylor

2013

Signed with Cincinnati3-star out of Hargrave Military Academy

2017

Drafted by Seattleround 6, pick 187

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1299 national

CFB

College

Cincinnati

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

R6 · #187

Seattle · 2017

Where He Ended Up · NFL

SeattleEntering 10th NFL season

#187Rd 6 · Pick 3

SeattleEntering 10th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Cincinnati4-8HC: Tommy Tuberville · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: interceptions (98th percentile). Strength: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Interceptions#12 / 763 · 98th pct

Passes defended#276 / 2668 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#701 / 2668 · 72nd pct

4.5

Solo tackles#748 / 2668 · 71st pct

Tackles#792 / 2668 · 70th pct

QB hurries#1174 / 2668 · 28th pct

Sacks#1331 / 2668 · 25th pct

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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

2016 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	3.7	0.5	0.0	0.7
Road4g	6.0	0.4	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.2	0.6	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+4g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Cincinnati	46	29	4.5	0.0	5	5	--
Career		46	29	4.5	0.0	5	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2016

W 28–7

vs UT Martin

1 TOT

Dominant 21-point win at home against UT Martin.

With H. Moore — 260 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 74.0 · 13 rush yds (5 car) · S. Geraci — 1 rec · 6 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week