#46

Devin O'Rourke

Senior defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2022: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #46

6′6″ · 265 lb · Mokena, IL

CFB Index 65 · #80 of 278 interior linemenLow confidenceNorthwestern 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

SDE recruit

No. 296 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2022: 1.5 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 28 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Northwestern in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Northwestern, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2018

Signed with Northwestern4-star out of Lincoln-Way East

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#296 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

1 coach

2018

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

2020–2022

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 20-27 over that span.

2018Northwestern9-5HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2020Northwestern7-2HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Northwestern3-9HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

65Quality starter #80 of 278?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Production sits in the middle of the position cohort across the board.

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Sacks#711 / 2755 · 72nd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

Tackles#1395 / 2755 · 49th pct

Passes defended#1116 / 2755 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1494 / 2755 · 44th pct

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

2022 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Road4g	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.3	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

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

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

65 · #80 of 278 interior linemen

Former four-star. Now #80 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Northwestern	28	14	3.0	1.5	1	--	--
2021	Northwestern	4	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Northwestern	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2018	Northwestern	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		36	19	3.0	1.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 31–28

vs Nebraska

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

Edged out Nebraska at home in a shootout.

With R. Hilinski — 314 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.7 · 3 rush yds (2 car) · L. Akers — 40 AVG · 4 IN 20 · 49 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 31-28vs Nebraska	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 23-31vs Duke	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 24-31vs Southern Illinois	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 14-17vs Miami (OH)	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 7-17@ Penn State	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 7-42vs Wisconsin	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Maryland	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 9	L 13-33@ Iowa	3	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 7-21vs Ohio State	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 3-31@ Minnesota	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 3-41vs Illinois	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		28	14	3.0	1.5	—	1

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

Devin O'Rourke

2018

2022 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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