Otis Kearney: DB · Central Michigan · #37.
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Otis Kearney
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. On tape: 10 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Ball State, Week 6, 2016.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
52 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Central Michigan | 52 | 36 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| Career | 52 | 36 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
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 49-3vs Presbyterian | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 30-27@ No. 22 Oklahoma State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-21vs UNLV | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 35-49@ Virginia | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-49vs Western Michigan | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 24-21vs Ball State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-31@ Toledo | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 17-37@ Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-26@ Eastern Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 10-55vs Tulsa | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 36 | 3.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
52tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFL52 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 5.0 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Bonamego
Pass share
54.0%
471 pass / 402 run
Plays / game
67.2
13 games
Team sack rate
6.8%
512 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Central Michigan, 52 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Dan Enos → John Bonamego. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
