#37

Mac Uihlein

Senior linebacker for Northwestern. 2025: 89 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

LB · Northwestern · Sr. · #37

6′1″ · 230 lb · Lake Forest, IL

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The numbers

89

tackles · 2025

4 TFL

Best game: 8 tackles, 1 INT, vs Oregon

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Northwestern. 2025: 89 tackles, 4 tackles for loss.

  • Signed as a 4-star recruit to Northwestern in 2021.
  • 84 tackles in 2024. Then 89 in 2025.
His career, year by year

How he plays

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.

Solo tackles: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

Mac Uihlein

LB · Northwestern · Sr · #37

Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Mac Uihlein has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Northwestern. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Michigan — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

  • positional archetype classification
  • head-coach lineage
  • recognition record
  • game log

The linebacker corps · Northwestern

  1. #37Mac UihleinLB · Sr.89 tackles · 2025
  2. #33Braydon BrusLB · Sr.81 tackles · 2025
  3. #2Kobie McKinzieLB · Sr.32 tackles · 2025
  4. #14Yanni KarlaftisLB · Sr.11 tackles · 2025
  5. #34Payton RothLB · Jr.8 tackles · 2025

12 more on the roster · Northwestern team page

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