Chris Weber: LB · Nebraska · #49.
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Chris Weber
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Second year in the Nebraska linebacker corps. On tape: 15 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Ohio State, Week 7, 2017.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
87 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 8 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 43-36vs Arkansas State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-42@ Oregon | 10 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 17-21vs Northern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-17vs Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 28-6@ Illinois | 9 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 17-38vs No. 9 Wisconsin | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-56vs No. 9 Ohio State | 15 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 15 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 25-24@ Purdue | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | L 24-31vs Northwestern | 11 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-54@ Minnesota | 5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 44-56@ No. 13 Penn State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-56vs Iowa | 7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 87 | 39 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
87tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%8 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
6%5 pass breakups87 tackles · 8 for loss · 1 sack · 1 interception.
2 seasons under Mike Riley — 13-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Riley
Pass share
55.8%
459 pass / 364 run
Plays / game
68.6
12 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
494 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2017
87 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Nebraska, 104 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bo Pelini → Mike Riley. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
