2018 Football Roster
Mike Danna
- Position:
- DL
- Class:
- Junior
- Height:
- 6-2
- Weight:
- 257
- Hometown:
- Detroit, Mich.
- High School:
- Warren De La Salle Collegiate
2018: Earned the Chippewas’ Herb Deromedi Most Valuable Player Award … named to the 2018 Pro Football Focus All-American First Team as a lineman … named to All-Mid-American Conference First Team defense … started all 12 games … ranked third among the Chippewas with 66 tackles, 37 of them solos … lead the team in tackles-for-loss with 15, totaling 90 yards … made 10 tackles vs Toledo (11/23), two of them solos … made five tackles-for-loss for a total of 38 yards vs Maine (10/22) … recorded one fumble recovery for a touchdown vs Eastern Michigan (11/3) and Toledo
2017: Appeared in all 13 games, with three starts … made 54 tackles, including 31 solos … ranked second on the team with 8.5 tackles-for-loss … recorded four sacks and five quarterback hurries … made a career-high 10 tackles at Syracuse (9/16) … posted two sacks among nine tackles at Ball State (10/21) … forced a fumble at Ohio (10/7) … recorded a sack vs. Wyoming in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl (12/22).
2016: Appeared in all 13 games, making one start … recorded 31 total tackles, including 4.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks … fourth on team in tackles for loss … recorded two solo tackles and a sack versus Presbyterian (9/1) … career-high five tackles (three solo) and half a sack against UNLV (9/17) … three solo tackles against Western Michigan (10/1) … four solo stops at Northern Illinois (10/15) … four tackles at Toledo (10/22) … three solo stops and forced a fumble against Kent State (10/29) … four total tackles against Tulsa in the Miami Beach Bowl (12/19).
2015: Redshirted.High School: Ranked No. 15 on the Detroit Free Press Fab 50 and the Detroit News Blue Chip list … named to the Detroit Free Press, Detroit News and MLive Dream Teams in 2014 … earned All-State special mention from The Associated Press in 2014 … named to the 2014 Detroit News All-Metro East first team … selected first team All-Macomb County by the Macomb Daily in 2014 … led his team to the 2014 Division 2 state title … school records for tackles-for-a-loss (20) and sacks (10) in a single season in 2014 … also tallied 52 tackles in just nine games as a senior … two-year starter and varsity letterwinner in football … had a 3.2 grade-point average … parents are Cynthia and Vaughn Danna … high school coach is Paul Verska.
