Linebacker, UAB, 2018–23
Michael Fairbanks II
- Number
- No. 9
- Height
- 6′3″
- Weight
- 265 lb
- Class (2023)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Powder Springs, GA
Michael Fairbanks II played linebacker at UAB (2018–23).
Career highs
2sacks, career highvs. Florida Atlantic, 2023Team titles: Conference USA champions, 2020
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.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | UAB | 9 | LB | Yr 1 | ||
| 2020 | UAB | 9 | LB | Yr 2 | ||
| 2021 | UAB | 9 | LB | Yr 3 | ||
| 2022 | UAB | 9 | LB | Yr 4 | ||
| 2023 | UAB | 9 | LB | Sr. (Yr 5) | 6′3″ | 265 |
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
2023 UAB 12 games, 23 tackles, 3.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. North Carolina A&T | W 35–6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | at Georgia Southern | L 35–49 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Louisiana | L 21–41 | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Georgia | L 21–49 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Tulane | L 23–35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. South Florida | W 56–35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | at UTSA | L 20–41 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Memphis | L 21–45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 4 | vs. Florida Atlantic | W 45–42 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Navy | L 6–31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 18 | vs. Temple | W 34–24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | at North Texas | L 42–45 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2022 UAB 13 games, 37 tackles, 1.5 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vs. Alabama A&M | W 59–0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | at Liberty | L 14–21 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Georgia Southern | W 35–21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | at Rice | L 24–28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | vs. Middle Tennessee | W 41–14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | vs. Charlotte | W 34–20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Western Kentucky | L 17–20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 29 | atFlorida Atlantic | L 17–24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 5 | vs.UTSA | L 38–44 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 12 | vs.North Texas | W 41–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 19 | at LSU | L 10–41 | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | at Louisiana Tech | W 37–27 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 16 ✦ | vs. Miami (OH) | W 24–20 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
2021 UAB 10 games, 22 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | atNorth Texas | W 40–6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | atTulane | W 28–21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | vs.Florida Atlantic | W 31–14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | at Southern Miss | W 34–0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | vs.Rice | L 24–30 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 6 | vs.Louisiana Tech | W 52–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 13 | at Marshall | W 21–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 20 | atUTSA | L 31–34 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 26 | vs. UTEP | W 42–25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 18 ✦ | vs. BYU | W 31–28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 UAB 4 games, 3 tackles, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | vs. Central Arkansas | W 45–35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 10 | at Miami | L 14–31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 3 | vs.UTSA | W 21–13 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Oct 17 | vs.Western Kentucky | W 37–14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 UAB 2 games, 1 tackle
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5 | vs.Rice | W 35–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atSouthern Miss | L 2–37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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