#44

Christian Fuhrman

Former linebacker at Northern Illinois. 2024: 61 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

LB · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #44

6′1″ · 235 lb · Mesa, AZ

CFB Index 47 · #311 of 571 LBsHigh confidenceNorthern Illinois 2024 — college career complete

The story

Former linebacker at Northern Illinois. 2024: 61 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss.

Signed with Southeast Missouri State in 2022.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

LB recruit

Joined Southeast Missouri State

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

One season at Northern Illinois, 61 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2022

Signed with Southeast Missouri Stateout of Garden City C.C.

202413 games

The role got bigger.

Entered the portal

2025

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

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2022 class

CFB

College

Northern Illinois

2024

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #311 of 571?

High confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (87th percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#355 / 2892 · 87th pct

Solo tackles#613 / 2892 · 78th pct

Tackles for loss#900 / 2892 · 66th pct

3.5

QB hurries#941 / 2892 · 57th pct

Passes defended#1155 / 2892 · 49th pct

Interceptions#314 / 862 · 32nd pct

Sacks#1455 / 2892 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2024 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
Road7g	4.7	0.1	0.0	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	5.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.7	0.1	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #311 of 571 LBs

Unranked recruit. Now #311 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northern Illinois	61	28	3.5	0.0	1	1	--
Career		61	28	3.5	0.0	1	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024

W 16–14

at Notre Dame

5 SOLO · 9 TOT · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 54-15vs Western Illinois	4	1	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 16-14@ Notre Dame	9	5	0.0	1	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 4	L 20-23vs Buffalo	6	4	2.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 17-24@ NC State	3	0	0.5	—	1
Wk 6	W 34-20vs Massachusetts	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 17-7@ Bowling Green	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-13vs Toledo	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 23-25@ Ball State	5	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-28@ Western Michigan	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 29-16vs Akron	5	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 9-20@ Miami (OH)	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 24-16vs Central Michigan	3	2	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 28-20@ Fresno State	7	5	0.0	—	0
Total		61	28	3.5	1	1

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology