Mac Uihlein is a linebacker at Northwestern who has not played in Northwestern's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Northwestern lists 17 linebackers this season.
Northwestern is 6-2. Next: vs Iowa, Sat Nov 7.
Uihlein ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for two head coaches in four seasons at Northwestern. The first one came in 2025: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Michigan — Week 12, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
89 tackles. 0 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 4 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 89 | 52 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | 4 |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 84 | 49 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 201 | 121 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 3-23@ Tulane | 9 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-34vs No. 4 Oregon | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs UCLA | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 42-7vs UL Monroe | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 22-21@ Penn State | 10 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 19-0vs Purdue | 7 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-28@ Nebraska | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 22-24vs No. 18 Michigan | 10 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 38-35vs Minnesota | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 13-20@ Illinois | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-7vs Central Michigan | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 89 | 52 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
89tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups89 tackles · 4 for loss · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 8.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
46.0%
378 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
63.2
13 games
Team sack rate
3.5%
376 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
89 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #71 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #12 of 72 Big Ten LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
