Senior defensive end for Northern Illinois. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.
6′6″ · 257 lb · Crestwood, IL
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
QB hurries: 99th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
sacks · 2025
3 TFL · 33 tackles · 11 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Holy Cross
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Northern Illinois. 2025: 2 sacks, 3 tackles for loss, 33 tackles.
Roy Williams
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come. Fourth year in the Northern Illinois defensive front, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2024: All-MAC. One game to point at: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Eastern Michigan — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 21-29 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #12 of 13 Mid-American DEs — his program moves to the Mountain West for 2026
22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 33 | 17 | 3.0 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 38 | 23 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 24 | 14 | 5.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 96 | 54 | 15.0 | 12.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 19–17
vs Holy Cross
1 QB HUR · 1 TFL · 1 SACKS
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 · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 19-17vs Holy Cross | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 9-20@ Maryland | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-38@ Mississippi State | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-6vs San Diego State | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-25vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-16@ Eastern Michigan | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ Ohio | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 17 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
33 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.
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive end · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #126 · 2026 recruiting class #82
Player DNA
Collapses the pocket even when the sack doesn't come.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Isaac Smith’s 2024 season.
Matches Isaac on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Joshua Robinson's senior season at Georgia Tech (2024).
Matches Joshua on
Player DNA