Micah McFadden

Has played in 47 regular-season games with 35 starts in three seasons with the Giants...Has recorded 262 tackles (156 solo), 26 tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hits, 6 passes defensed, 5 fumble recoveries, 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, and 2 forced fumbles.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

• Has played in 47 regular-season games with 35 starts in three seasons with the Giants...Has recorded 262 tackles (156 solo), 26 tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hits, 6 passes defensed, 5 fumble recoveries, 5.0 sacks, 1 interception, and 2 forced fumbles.
• In 2024, started all 14 games in which he played…Finished with a team-leading and career-high 107 tackles (60 solo) and tallied 8 tackles for loss, 6 quarterback hits, a career-high 3.0 sacks, 1 pass defensed, 1 forced fumble and 1 fumble recovery.
• In 2023, played in 16 games with 14 starts…Finished 3rd on the team with 97 tackles (61 solo)…Led the Giants and tied Tampa Bay's Antoine Winfield, Jr. for the NFL lead with 4 defensive fumble recoveries…Tied Kayvon Thibodeaux for the team lead with 12 tackles for loss…Also had 5 passes defensed, 1 interception and 1.0 sack.
• As a rookie in 2022, played in all 17 regular-season games with seven starts…Finished with 58 tackles (35 solo), 2.0 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 2 quarterback hits and 1 forced fumble.

NOTES TO KNOW

• Recorded 11 tackles and 5 tackles for loss vs. New Orleans (12/8/2024) to become the 2nd Giant since 1999 (when tackles for loss were first recorded) to total 5 in a game, joining Michael Strahan (vs. Washington, 12/7/2003).

COLLEGE

• Played in 45 games with 31 starts for Indiana…In his last three seasons, he was selected, in order, honorable mention, first-team and second-team All-Big Ten…McFadden's career totals include 216 tackles (149 solo), 37 tackles for loss, 14.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 8 passes defensed, 3 forced fumbles…Led the Hoosiers in tackles in each of his last three seasons.
• In 2021, started all 12 games at middle linebacker and paced the team with career-best totals of 77 stops, 15.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks and 2 forced fumbles…Team captain…Second-team All-Big Ten…Honored as Indiana's Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player.
• In 2020, played in all eight games with seven starts…Team captain…First-team All-Big Ten…Honored as Indiana's Anthony Thompson Most Valuable Player…Led the team with 58 tackles (44 solo), 6.0 sacks, and 10.5 stops for loss…Added 2 interceptions...Topped the Big Ten in sacks, tied for 2nd in solo stops and 3rd in tackles for loss.
• In 2019, played in 13 games with 12 starts at middle linebacker…Honorable-mention All-Big Ten…Academic All-Big Ten selection…IU's Most Outstanding Defensive Player of the Year…Led the team with 61 tackles, 10 for loss, and 2 interceptions (tied for the team lead)...Posted 1.5 sacks.

OFF-THE-FIELD ACTIVITY

• Attended The Giants Foundation Golf Classic which raised more than $400,000 for The Giants Foundation… Distributed backpacks to young families ahead of the start of the school year at the Boys and Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic… After the team practice in Germany prior to the Sunday game, met with the 120 students that participated in the NFL Flag clinic… Met with members from the Wounded Warriors Project during their visit to the Quest Diagnostics Training Center to watch practice and enjoy a day with the Giants.

PERSONAL

• SPEA management major…Parents are Deborah and Douglas McFadden.
• As a senior at Plant High School in Tampa, named the 2017 FACA Player of the Year and first-team All-Western Conference…As a senior, posted a program record 211 tackles (124 solo), 39 for loss, 7.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, and 2 fumble recoveries…Rushed for 4 touchdowns...Owns the school single-game tackles record (23)...Plant reached the 2016 7A state championship game and reached the semis in 2017.
• As a junior, earned first-team all-state, all-county, and all-conference honors…Collected 116 stops, 45 for loss, 14 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 1 fumble recovery, 1 interception, and 4 pass breakups.

MAIN TRANSACTIONS

• Originally a 5th-round (146th pick overall) draft choice by the Giants in 2022.