Bryce Gallagher: LB · Northwestern · #32.
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Bryce Gallagher
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Northwestern. All-Big Ten in 2023 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 19 tackles against Rutgers, Week 1, 2023.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
113 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Northwestern | 113 | 42 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 100 | 58 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | Northwestern | 90 | 54 | 5.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 309 | 158 | 15.0 | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
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 7-24@ Rutgers | 19 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-7vs UTEP | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-38@ No. 21 Duke | 13 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 13-41vs No. 6 Penn State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 23-20vs Howard | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 9-17@ Nebraska | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 33-27vs Maryland | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-10vs Iowa | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 24-10@ Wisconsin | 10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-15vs Purdue | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-43@ Illinois | 8 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 14-7vs Utah | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 113 | 42 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
113tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
2%2 pass breakups113 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 11.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 9.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
46.4%
384 pass / 443 run
Plays / game
63.6
13 games
Team sack rate
12.0%
426 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
113 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Five seasons at Northwestern, 309 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
