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Reginald Pearson

Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #94

6′3″ · 310 lb · Montgomery, AL

CFB Index 58 · #109 of 285 interior linemenLow confidenceNorthwestern 2024 — college career complete

Recruiting

3★

DL recruit

No. 99 nationally · Joined Bethune-Cookman

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. 2024: 1.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 21 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Bethune-Cookman in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Northwestern, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2021

Signed with Bethune-Cookman3-star out of Georgia Military College

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#99 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2023–2024

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2024 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under David Braun — 12-13 over that span.

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

58Quality starter #109 of 285?

Low confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#714 / 2892 · 73rd pct

1.5

Tackles for loss#779 / 2892 · 71st pct

4.0

Solo tackles#1627 / 2892 · 42nd pct

Tackles#1913 / 2892 · 33rd pct

QB hurries#1536 / 2892 · 23rd pct

Passes defended#1817 / 2892 · 19th pct

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

2024 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.3	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.5	0.1	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2024

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

58 · #109 of 285 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #109 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2024	Northwestern	21	13	4.0	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Northwestern	12	7	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		33	20	5.0	2.5	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2024 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 13-6vs Miami (OH)	1	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	L 20-26vs Duke	4	3	1.0	1.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	L 5-24@ Washington	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 24-41vs Indiana	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 7	W 37-10@ Maryland	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	L 14-40@ Iowa	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 26-20@ Purdue	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 12	L 7-31vs Ohio State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	L 6-50@ Michigan	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 14	L 28-38vs Illinois	4	2	1.0	0.0	—
Total		21	13	4.0	1.5	—

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

Reginald Pearson

2021

2024 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

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