Leon Lowery is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Illinois.
Lowery fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The six seasons span three programs and four head coaches: Dino Babers, Nunzio Campanile, Luke Fickell and Bret Bielema. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Western Michigan — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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 · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Western Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-19@ Duke | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 38-0vs Western Michigan | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-63@ No. 19 Indiana | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 34-32vs No. 21 USC | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 43-27@ Purdue | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 16-34vs No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 25-42@ Washington | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-6vs Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-27@ Wisconsin | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 20-13vs Northwestern | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
 Bowl | W 30-28vs Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 11 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Week 3 · 2025
W 38-0
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
Dominant 38-point win at home against Western Michigan.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
20tackles this seasonTFL rate
15%3 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups20 tackles · 3 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #383 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #48 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. 1,448 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the Big Ten as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 3 schools: Dino Babers, Luke Fickell and Bret Bielema.
