#37

Otis Kearney

Defensive back on Central Michigan's 2017 roster.

DB · Central Michigan · #37

6′0″ · Toms River, NJ

Central Michigan 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1846 nationally · Signed with Central Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back on Central Michigan's roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Central Michigan in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Central Michigan, 52 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2014

Signed with Central Michigan3-star out of Toms River South

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1846 national

CFB

College

Central Michigan

2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2016Central Michigan6-7HC: John Bonamego · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (81st percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#488 / 2668 · 81st pct

Tackles#631 / 2668 · 76th pct

Passes defended#754 / 2668 · 65th pct

Tackles for loss#884 / 2668 · 65th pct

3.5

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
Home4g	5.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road6g	4.8	0.5	0.0	0.3

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Matt Drinkall

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	Central Michigan	52	36	3.5	0.0	2	--	--
Career		52	36	3.5	0.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2016

W 30–27

at Oklahoma State

2 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.

With C. Rush — 368 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 73.9 · -4 rush yds (6 car) · C. Mojsiejenko — 43 AVG · 46 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-3vs Presbyterian	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 30-27@ Oklahoma State	2	2	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 44-21vs UNLV	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 35-49@ Virginia	4	4	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 10-49vs Western Michigan	10	9	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 6	W 24-21vs Ball State	10	4	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-31@ Toledo	2	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-37@ Miami (OH)	5	3	1.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 21-26@ Eastern Michigan	8	4	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-55@ Tulsa	8	6	0.0	—	0
Total		52	36	3.5	—	2

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology