Safety, Cornell, 2025–26
Tommy MacPherson
- Number
- No. 8
- Height
- 6′2″
- Weight
- 184 lb
- Class (2026)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Glenview, IL
Tommy MacPherson plays safety for Cornell. Last time out, against Lehigh: 3 tackles. MacPherson leads Cornell in tackles and interceptions this season.
2026 so far
37 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
Last game: 3 tackles vs. Lehigh, W 48–38
Next game: at Brown, Oct 24
Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.
Career highs
11tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Harvard, 20262interceptions, career highvs. Yale, 2026Defense
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
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
2026 Cornell 5 games, 37 tackles, 1 sack, 3 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | at Colgate | L 7–20 | 11 | 8 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 26 | vs. Yale | W 38–25 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 3 | at Georgetown | W 35–14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 10 | vs. Harvard | L 29–41 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 17 | vs. Lehigh | W 48–38 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 Cornell 2 games, 1 INT
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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