Sean Folliard: LB · Northern Illinois · #40.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Sean Folliard
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Rated a two-star prospect, with three seasons of snaps at Northern Illinois since. On tape: 17 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Ball State, Week 5, 2016.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
81 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Northern Illinois | 81 | 46 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2015 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 81 | 46 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 1 |
There is no official box score for these seasons, so this sack count comes from the play-by-play.
Each sack is credited to the player named on the play, and a sack shared by two players counts as half for each. We checked the same method against the official box scores for 2016 to 2019: it lands within half a sack for about 9 in 10 players. Tackles and passes defended are not shown for these seasons because the same check does not hold for them. Source: SportsDataverse play data.
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 34-40@ Wyoming | 6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-48@ South Florida | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-42vs San Diego State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-28vs Western Illinois | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 31-24@ Ball State | 17 | 11 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 17 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 30-45@ Western Michigan | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-34vs Central Michigan | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 44-7vs Buffalo | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-20vs Bowling Green | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-31vs Toledo | 8 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-21@ Kent State | 6 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 81 | 46 | 7.0 | 2.0 | — | 3 |
Week 5 · 2016
W 31-24
at Ball State
1 sack · 2.5 tackles for loss · 17 tackles
A close one, won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
81tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%7 TFLSack rate
2%2 sacksPD rate
4%3 pass breakups81 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks.
3 seasons under Rod Carey — 24-16 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 9.0 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
42.8%
402 pass / 538 run
Plays / game
78.3
12 games
Team sack rate
1.5%
392 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2016
81 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northern Illinois, 81 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2016
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rod Carey.
