Junior linebacker for Western Michigan. 2020: 3 tackles.
6′2″ · 240 lb · Saint Johns, MI
Recruiting
TE recruit
No. 1678 nationally · Signed with Western Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Western Michigan. 2020: 3 tackles.
Tanner Motz
Third year in the Western Michigan linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 14, 2020.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Western Michigan, 15 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Tim Lester.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Tim Lester, all run-leaning offenses — 18-14 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2020 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lance Taylor
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2020
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Western Michigan | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Western Michigan | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Western Michigan | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 10 | W 58-13@ Akron | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 41-38vs Toledo | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-53vs Eastern Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |