Stefan Claiborne: S · Western Michigan · #21.
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Stefan Claiborne
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Western Michigan. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Ohio — Week 12, 2019.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
51 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 51 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 56 | 41 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 4 |
| 2017 | Western Michigan | 64 | 44 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 |
| 2016 | Western Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 177 | 119 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-13vs Monmouth | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-51@ No. 19 Michigan State | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 57-10vs Georgia State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 33-52@ Syracuse | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-15vs Central Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 24-31@ Toledo | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 38-16vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 27-34@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 49-10vs Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-31vs Ball State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-34@ Ohio | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-17@ Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 20-23vs Western Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 51 | 30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%2 pass breakupsTackle volume
51tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL51 tackles · 2 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tim Lester
Pass share
45.4%
413 pass / 497 run
Plays / game
70.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
448 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Michigan, 177 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 42 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: P.J. Fleck → Tim Lester. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
