#32

Mitch Leigber

Senior safety on Stanford's 2025 roster.

S · Stanford · Sr. · #32

6′1″ · 200 lb · Laguna Hills, CA

CFB Index 35 · #406 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Stanford for 2026

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 493 nationally · Signed with Stanford

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on Stanford's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

The full scouting read

Mitch Leigber

S · Stanford · Sr · #32

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Mitch Leigber has been at Stanford through three head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against BYU, Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo

2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced

2023Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Balanced

2024Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Run-leaning

2025Stanford4-8HC: Frank Reich · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #406 of 544?

Medium confidenceFading6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2975 · 63rd pct

3.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	3.4	0.6	0.0	0.2
Road6g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tavita Pritchard

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #406 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #406 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #17 of 25 ACC Ss

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Stanford	36	21	3.0	0.0	2	--	--
2024	Stanford	54	35	3.5	0.0	1	2	--
2023	Stanford	50	29	2.0	2.0	1	--	--
2022	Stanford	--	--	--	--	--	--	2
2021	Stanford	1	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		141	86	8.5	2.0	4	2	2

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Florida State

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Flintoft — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 48 AVG · C. Tabb — 118 rush yds (28 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 20-23@ Hawai'i	4	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 3-27@ BYU	6	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 3	W 30-20vs Boston College	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 20-48@ Virginia	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-34@ SMU	3	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 8	W 20-13vs Florida State	3	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 7-42@ Miami	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 20-35vs Pittsburgh	5	3	2.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 15-20@ North Carolina	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-10vs California	3	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 20-49vs Notre Dame	5	3	0.0	—	0
Total		36	21	3.0	—	2