Devin O'Rourke: DL · Northwestern · #46.
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Devin O'Rourke
Wins the gap play after play. Fourth year in the Northwestern defensive front. On tape: 5 tackles against Maryland, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
28 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| 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@ No. 11 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 No. 2 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%3 TFLSack rate
5%2 sacksHurry rate
7%2 hurries28 tackles · 3 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 20-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
47.7%
417 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
72.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
440 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #80 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
