Linebacker, Virginia, 2013–17
Micah Kiser
Lettered 2014–17 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 53
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 240 lb
- Hometown
- Baltimore, MD
- Born
- Jan 25, 1995
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Micah Kiser played linebacker at Virginia (2013–17). He won the 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy. The Los Angeles Rams took Kiser in round 5, No. 147 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
19tackles, career highvs. Virginia Tech, 20172sacks, career highthree times; last vs. UConn, 2017Honors
All-America: Sporting News 2017
Regional honors: Dudley Award 2017
Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.
Defense
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 6 of 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 9 of 12 | 43 | 44 | 87 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Virginia | 53 | ILB | ||
| 2014 | Virginia | 53 | ILB | ||
| 2015 | Virginia | 53 | ILB | ||
| 2016 | Virginia | 53 | ILB | ||
| 2017 | Virginia | 53 | ILB | 6′2″ | 240 |
As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.
Game by game
2017 Virginia 13 games, 143 tackles, 5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | vs. William & Mary | W 28–10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. Indiana | L 17–34 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. UConn | W 38–18 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | at Boise State | W 42–23 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Duke | W 28–21 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at North Carolina | W 20–14 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Boston College | L 10–41 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | at Pittsburgh | L 14–31 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Georgia Tech | W 40–36 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Louisville | L 21–38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 18 | at Miami | L 28–44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 24 | vs. Virginia Tech | L 0–10 | 19 | 5 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 28 ✦ | at Navy | L 7–49 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Virginia 12 games, 133 tackles, 6.5 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Richmond | L 20–37 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Oregon | L 26–44 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | atUConn | L 10–13 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | vs. Central Michigan | W 49–35 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 1 | atDuke | W 34–20 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 15 | vs.Pittsburgh | L 31–45 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 22 | vs.North Carolina | L 14–35 | 10 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 29 | vs.Louisville | L 25–32 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | at Wake Forest | L 20–27 | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.Miami | L 14–34 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | atGeorgia Tech | L 17–31 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | atVirginia Tech | L 10–52 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
Named to the 2018 Senior Bowl (South team) but didn’t play.
| Drill | Combine 2018 |
|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ |
| Weight | 238 lb |
| Arm length | 32″ |
| Hand size | 9⅜″ |
| 40-yard dash | 4.66 s |
| 10-yard split | 1.62 sW |
| Vertical jump | 35½″ |
| Broad jump | 10′1″ |
| 3-cone drill | 7.05 s |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.24 s |
Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
In the NFL
3 seasons, 18 games with a stat; latest team: Las Vegas Raiders.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Los Angeles Rams | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | 77 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Denver Broncos | 5 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| NFL career | 18 | 98 | 0 | 0 | |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0), matched to him by his draft pick and college (Player ids: DynastyProcess (GPL-3.0)). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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