Tyler Lancaster

Defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2017: 2 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · #1

6′4″ · 315 lb · Romeoville, IL

Northwestern 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

OC recruit

No. 427 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2017: 2 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 40 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

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

His career

2013

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Plainfield

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#427 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 17-9 over that span.

2016Northwestern7-6HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2017Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: qb hurries (86th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#146 / 2682 · 94th pct

10.5

QB hurries#294 / 2682 · 86th pct

Sacks#473 / 2682 · 79th pct

2.0

Tackles#943 / 2682 · 64th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

Solo tackles#1586 / 2682 · 39th 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

2017 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	2.8	0.7	0.2	0.1
Road5g	3.6	1.0	0.1	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.1	0.7	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.0	0.9	0.2	0.2

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 · 2017

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Northwestern	40	14	10.5	2.0	1	--	--
2016	Northwestern	28	14	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		68	28	14.0	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2017

W 39–31

vs Michigan State

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

Edged out Michigan State at home in a shootout.

With C. Thorson — 356 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 85.0 · 11 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · H. Niswander — 37 AVG · 45 LONG · 6 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week