Mike Sainristil with the Washington Commanders, 2024
With the Washington Commanders, 2024. Photo: All-Pro Reels, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Defensive back, Michigan, 2019–⁠23

Mike Sainristil

Lettered 2019 (school media guide)

Height
5′10″
Weight
182 lb
Class (2023)
Senior
Hometown
Everett, MA
Born
Oct 3, 2000, in Port-au-Prince

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Mike Sainristil played defensive back at Michigan (2019–⁠23). The Washington Commanders took Sainristil in round 2, No. 50 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
48
Tackles, 2022 (Michigan, 13–⁠1)
National rank
No. 5
In FBS in interceptions, 2023
Drafted
No. 50
Round 2, 2024 NFL Draft (Washington Commanders)

Career highs

8tackles, career highvs. Maryland, 20222interceptions, career highat Maryland, 2023

Honors

Team titles: Big Ten champions, 2021, 2022 and 2023; National champions, 2023

All-America: Sporting News 2023; ESPN 2023; Fox Sports 2023

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2019Michigan1100000
2021Michigan5500000
2022Michigan48314.52182
2023Michigan362052663
Career90579.547145

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2019Michigan814518.1135
2020Michigan78211.7223
2021Michigan2130514.5251
Career3653214.8551

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

SeasonTeamPosClassHtWt
2019MichiganDBYr 1
2020MichiganDBYr 2
2021MichiganDBYr 3
2022MichiganDBYr 4
2023MichiganDBSr. (Yr 5)5′10″182

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 Michigan 14 games, 36 tackles, 2 sacks, 6 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.East CarolinaW 30–⁠3110010
Sep 9vs.UNLVW 35–⁠7520001
Sep 16vs.Bowling GreenW 31–⁠6332100
Sep 23vs.RutgersW 31–⁠7220010
Oct 7atMinnesotaW 52–⁠10200.5001
Oct 14vs.IndianaW 52–⁠7310001
Oct 21atMichigan StateW 49–⁠0200011
Nov 4vs.PurdueW 41–⁠13310.5000
Nov 11atPenn StateW 24–⁠15100000
Nov 18atMarylandW 31–⁠24320020
Nov 25vs.Ohio StateW 30–⁠24320001
Dec 2vs.IowaW 26–⁠0221101
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 27–⁠20641000
Jan 8 ✦vs.WashingtonW 34–⁠13––––1–
2022 Michigan 13 games, 48 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 3vs.Colorado StateW 51–⁠7331100
Sep 10vs.Hawai’iW 56–⁠10110000
Sep 17vs.UConnW 59–⁠0321000
Sep 24vs.MarylandW 34–⁠27862101
Oct 1atIowaW 27–⁠14410000
Oct 8atIndianaW 31–⁠10410002
Oct 15vs.Penn StateW 41–⁠17110001
Oct 29vs.Michigan StateW 29–⁠7210001
Nov 5atRutgersW 52–⁠17520.5000
Nov 12vs.NebraskaW 34–⁠3530000
Nov 19vs.IllinoisW 19–⁠17540000
Nov 26atOhio StateW 45–⁠23760002
Dec 31 ✦vs.TCUL 45–⁠51000011
2021 Michigan 14 games, 21 catches, 305 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 4vs.Western MichiganW 47–⁠14––––––
Sep 11vs.WashingtonW 31–⁠10110000
Sep 18vs.Northern IllinoisW 63–⁠10––––––
Sep 25vs.RutgersW 20–⁠13––––––
Oct 2atWisconsinW 38–⁠17––––––
Oct 9atNebraskaW 32–⁠29––––––
Oct 23vs.NorthwesternW 33–⁠7110000
Oct 30atMichigan StateL 33–⁠37110000
Nov 6vs.IndianaW 29–⁠7110000
Nov 13atPenn StateW 21–⁠17––––––
Nov 20atMarylandW 59–⁠18––––––
Nov 27vs.Ohio StateW 42–⁠27––––––
Dec 4vs.IowaW 42–⁠3––––––
Dec 31 ✦vs.GeorgiaL 11–⁠34110000
2020 Michigan 5 games, 7 catches, 82 yards, 2 TD
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Oct 24atMinnesotaW 49–⁠24––––––
Oct 31vs.Michigan StateL 24–⁠27––––––
Nov 14vs.WisconsinL 11–⁠49––––––
Nov 21atRutgersW 48–⁠42––––––
Nov 28vs.Penn StateL 17–⁠27––––––
2019 Michigan 6 games, 8 catches, 145 yards, 1 TD
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 28vs.RutgersW 52–⁠0––––––
Oct 5vs.IowaW 10–⁠3––––––
Oct 26vs.Notre DameW 45–⁠14––––––
Nov 16vs.Michigan StateW 44–⁠10––––––
Nov 23atIndianaW 39–⁠14110000
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaL 16–⁠35––––––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2024Combine or pro day 2024
Height5′9⅜″
Weight182 lb
Arm length30⅞″
Hand size8½″
Wingspan74½″W
40-yard dash4.47 s
10-yard split1.51 s
Vertical jump40″
Broad jump10′11″
Bench press14 reps
3-cone drill6.99 s
20-yard shuttle4.01 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

3 seasons, 38 games with a stat; latest team: Washington Commanders.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2024Washington Commanders178502
2025Washington Commanders178404
2026 (so far)Washington Commanders41600
NFL career3818506

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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