Chris Bergin: LB · Northwestern · #28.
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Chris Bergin
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. A two-star recruit with five seasons on the field at Northwestern since. All-Big Ten in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 16 tackles against Minnesota — Week 9, 2021.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
132 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northwestern | 132 | 84 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 78 | 40 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 86 | 40 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 2 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 46 | 24 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 12 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 354 | 196 | 16.5 | 2.5 | 7 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs Michigan State | 10 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-6vs Indiana State | 8 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-30@ Duke | 13 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Ohio | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-56@ Nebraska | 8 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-7vs Rutgers | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-33@ No. 6 Michigan | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 16 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 14-41vs Minnesota | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-17vs No. 19 Iowa | 10 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-35@ No. 20 Wisconsin | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-32vs Purdue | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-47@ Illinois | 15 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 132 | 84 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
132tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups132 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 interception.
5 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 32-28 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 11.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 12.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 10.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 11.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
45.1%
365 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
67.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
132 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #181 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Northwestern, 354 tackles — the college career is complete.
Recruited as a two-star, and honored since.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
