Godwin Igwebuike: S · Northwestern · #16.
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Godwin Igwebuike
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the Northwestern secondary. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Big Ten. On tape: 14 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 2, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 9 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 1.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 78 | 51 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 2 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 108 | 78 | 6.0 | 0.0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2014 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 |
| Career | 186 | 129 | 7.5 | 0.0 | 16 | 7 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs Nevada | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-41@ Duke | 14 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Bowling Green | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-33@ No. 10 Wisconsin | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs No. 4 Penn State | 11 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-21@ Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-10vs Iowa | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-31vs No. 16 Michigan State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-24@ Nebraska | 9 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-0vs Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-7@ Illinois | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs Kentucky | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 78 | 51 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 9 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL78 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 22-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Road5g | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
46.6%
460 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
522 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 186 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
