Dylan Rosiek is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.
Rosiek carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Illinois linebacker corps. A game that shows it: 8 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Indiana — Week 4, 2025.
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
53 tackles. 3 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs No. 21 USC | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42@ Washington | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-6vs Maryland | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 29 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
Week 5 · 2025
W 34-32
vs USC
1 interception · 6 tackles · 3 solo tackles
Edged out USC at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
7%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
6%3 pass breakups53 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 interception.
4 seasons under Bret Bielema — 32-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 4.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Pass share
45.6%
372 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
62.8
13 games
Team sack rate
8.3%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #285 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #38 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
The No. 1,608 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big Ten as a senior.
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Bret Bielema.
