Garner Wallace is a defensive back at Northwestern who has not played in Northwestern's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Northwestern lists 23 defensive backs this season.
Northwestern is 6-2. Next: vs Iowa, Sat Nov 7.
Wallace moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Northwestern. A game that shows it: 8 tackles against Tulane — Week 1, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
45 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 45 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 62 | 39 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23@ Tulane | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs UCLA | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 22-21@ Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 19-0vs Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28@ Nebraska | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs No. 18 Michigan | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs Minnesota | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ Illinois | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 45 | 29 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
2%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
45tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%1 TFL45 tackles · 1 for loss · 0.5 sacks · 1 pass breakup.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
46.0%
378 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #370 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #59 of 77 Big Ten DBs
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%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
