Former linebacker at Northern Illinois. 2024: 9 tackles.
6′0″ · 217 lb · Palatine, IL
The story
Former linebacker at Northern Illinois. 2024: 9 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJoey Rattin
This is his third year in the same linebacker corps at Northern Illinois. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Bowling Green, Week 7, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 17 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2022–2024
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Thomas Hammock, all run-leaning offenses — 18-20 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 16–14
at Notre Dame
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.
With E. Hampton — 198 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 87.1 · 21 rush yds (5 car) · A. Brown — 99 rush yds (20 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 54-15vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 16-14@ Notre Dame | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 17-7@ Bowling Green | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-13vs Toledo | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 29-16vs Akron | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-20@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 28-20@ Fresno State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 9 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |