Aaron Casey: LB · Indiana · #44.
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Aaron Casey
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Five seasons in the Indiana linebacker corps to date. First career honor, 2023: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Akron — Week 4, 2023.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
108 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 20 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Daily Hoosier Oct 28
The Herald-Times Oct 21
USA Today Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23vs No. 3 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@ No. 2 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@ No. 10 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 |
Week 10 · 2023
W 20-14
vs Wisconsin
2 sacks · 4 tackles for loss · 9 tackles
A close one, won by 6 at home.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
108tackles this seasonTFL rate
19%20 TFLSack rate
6%6 sacksPD rate
3%3 pass breakups108 tackles · 20 for loss · 6.5 sacks.
5 seasons under Tom Allen — 23-34 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 10.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Tom Allen
Pass share
46.0%
366 pass / 429 run
Plays / game
66.2
12 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
First team in his league at the position.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #19 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Indiana, 238 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 1ST TEAM
All-Big Ten 1st team (2023)
Weekly recognition
2 weekly honors (2023)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
1 coachPlayed every college season under Tom Allen.
