Muhammed Jammeh

Senior safety for Northern Illinois. 2025: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

S · Northern Illinois · Sr. · #4

6′1″ · 201 lb · Detroit, MI

CFB Index 61 · #174 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Northern Illinois for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Tackles: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

1 PBU · 57 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 1 PBU, 7 tackles, vs Holy Cross

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Northern Illinois. 2025: 2 interceptions, 1 pass breakup, 57 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2021.

His career, year by year

Muhammed Jammeh

S · Northern Illinois · Sr · #4

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. He has spent five seasons in the Northern Illinois secondary. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 7, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

5 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 30-34 over that span.

2021Northern Illinois9-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, fast tempo

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

2023Northern Illinois7-6HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #174 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (85th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (84th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#449 / 2975 · 85th pct

Solo tackles#448 / 2975 · 84th pct

Interceptions#114 / 817 · 75th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road5g	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0

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 · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #174 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #174 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Mountain West

Based on 2025: #10 of 23 Mid-American Ss — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026

How the All-Mountain West estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player. The base rate was measured on players who stayed in the same conference; this estimate is not adjusted for the move to the Mountain West.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northern Illinois	57	32	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
2024	Northern Illinois	10	7	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2023	Northern Illinois	25	15	1.0	1.0	--	1	--
2022	Northern Illinois	24	8	0.0	0.0	1	1	--
2021	Northern Illinois	8	1	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		124	63	3.0	1.0	3	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 19–17

vs Holy Cross

1 PD · 4 SOLO · 7 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.

With D. Vuckovic — 40 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 54 LONG · D. Reynolds — 2 SOLO · 1 TD · 2 TOT

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 19-17vs Holy Cross	7	4	0.0	1	1
Wk 2	L 9-20@ Maryland	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 10-38@ Mississippi State	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 3-6vs San Diego State	5	2	1.0	1	0
Wk 6	L 14-25vs Miami (OH)	7	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan	9	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 9 tackles
Wk 8	L 21-48@ Ohio	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 21-7vs Ball State	6	4	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 45-3@ Massachusetts	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 19-35vs Western Michigan	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 31-35vs Kent State	3	2	0.0	—	0
Total		57	32	1.0	2	1