#44

Aaron Casey

Senior linebacker for Indiana. 2023: 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

LB · Indiana · Sr. · #44

6′2″ · 235 lb · Douglasville, GA

CFB Index 89 · #19 of 577 LBsHigh confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamIndiana 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OLB recruit

No. 1062 nationally · Signed with Indiana

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Indiana. 2023: 108 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Indiana in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Indiana, 238 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2018

Signed with Indiana3-star out of Alexander

202312 games

All-Big Tenfirst

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1062 national

CFB

College

Indiana

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM

All-Big Ten 1st team (2023)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

1 coach

2019–2023

Tom Allen

Indiana

Played his entire career under Tom Allen.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Tom Allen — 23-34 over that span.

2019Indiana8-5HC: Tom Allen · Balanced

2020Indiana6-2HC: Tom Allen · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Indiana2-10HC: Tom Allen · Pass-heavy, slow tempo

2022Indiana4-8HC: Tom Allen · Pass-leaning

2023Indiana3-9HC: Tom Allen · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

89All-Conference level #19 of 577?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (100th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#3 / 2842 · 100th pct

Tackles for loss#3 / 2842 · 100th pct

20.0

Tackles#29 / 2842 · 99th pct

108

Sacks#65 / 2842 · 98th pct

6.5

Passes defended#512 / 2842 · 78th pct

QB hurries#902 / 2842 · 58th pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2023 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	10.0	1.5	0.6	0.1
Road5g	7.6	1.9	0.5	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.3	1.3	0.5	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	9.7	2.0	0.6	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Curt Cignetti

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

89 · #19 of 577 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #19 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Indiana	108	77	20.0	6.5	3	--	--
2022	Indiana	85	48	10.5	1.5	2	--	--
2021	Indiana	25	13	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Indiana	15	11	3.0	1.0	--	--	--
2019	Indiana	5	4	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
Career		238	153	36.0	10.0	5	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 20–14

vs Wisconsin

9 TOT · 7 SOLO · 2 SACKS

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With J. Evans — 44 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · B. Sorsby — 186 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.7 · 8 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 3-23vs Ohio State	11	9	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 41-7vs Indiana State	7	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 14-21vs Louisville	10	5	3.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 4	W 29-27vs Akron	13	10	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 13 tackles
Wk 5	L 17-44@ Maryland	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 7-52@ Michigan	7	5	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-31vs Rutgers	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 24-33@ Penn State	10	7	1.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 10	W 20-14vs Wisconsin	9	7	4.0	2.0	—	0	2 sacks
Wk 11	L 45-48@ Illinois	8	6	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 21-24vs Michigan State	11	8	1.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 31-35@ Purdue	11	9	4.0	1.0	—	0	4.0 TFL
Total		108	77	20.0	6.5	—	3