Senior safety on Northern Illinois's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 197 lb · Windsor, ON
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 2476 nationally · Signed with Northern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Northern Illinois's roster.
Cyrus Mcgarrell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. This is his third year in the same secondary at Northern Illinois. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Western Illinois, Week 1, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Thomas Hammock, all run-leaning offenses — 18-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #400 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 20 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 23 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 2 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 16–14
at Notre Dame
1 SOLO · 1 TOT
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 · Week-by-week
2024 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-15vs Western Illinois | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 16-14@ Notre Dame | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Bowling Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Derek Atwaters’s 2020 season.
Matches Derek on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Donovan McMillon's sophomore season at Florida (2022).
Matches Donovan on
Player DNA