#15

Izayah Green-May

Senior defensive end for Northern Illinois. 2022: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

DE · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #15

6′6″ · 242 lb · Bolingbrook, IL

CFB Index 59 · #143 of 387 edge rushersMedium confidenceNorthern Illinois 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 502 nationally · Signed with Wisconsin

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for Northern Illinois. 2022: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Wisconsin in 2017.
Transferred from Wisconsin to Northern Illinois in 2022.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

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

2017

Signed with Wisconsin3-star out of Bolingbrook

202212 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#502 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2019–2022

1 coach

2019

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

2021–2022

Thomas Hammock

Northern Illinois

Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Wisconsin10-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2021Wisconsin9-4HC: Paul Chryst · Run-heavy

2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #143 of 387?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (90th percentile). Strength: sacks (86th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#199 / 2755 · 90th pct

Sacks#341 / 2755 · 86th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#761 / 2755 · 70th pct

4.0

Passes defended#744 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles#1304 / 2755 · 52nd pct

Solo tackles#1413 / 2755 · 47th pct

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Road6g	2.8	0.7	0.5	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.2	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games 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

59 · #143 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #143 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Northern Illinois	30	15	4.0	3.0	2	--	--
2021	Wisconsin	3	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2019	Wisconsin	5	3	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		38	19	5.0	4.0	2	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2022

W 34–27

vs Eastern Illinois

1 TOT · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With R. Lombardi — 192 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.2 · H. Waylee — 83 rush yds (14 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-27vs Eastern Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 35-38@ Tulsa	4	4	2.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 28-38vs Vanderbilt	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 23-31@ Kentucky	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 38-44@ Ball State	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	L 32-52vs Toledo	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 39-10@ Eastern Michigan	3	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-24@ Ohio	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 22-35vs Central Michigan	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 11	W 24-21@ Western Michigan	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 23-29vs Miami (OH)	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	L 12-44vs Akron	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		30	15	4.0	3.0	—	2

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