Senior defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′0″ · 302 lb · Belleville, 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.
The numbers
sacks · 2025
0.5 TFL · 16 tackles · 3 hurries
Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, at Mississippi State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for Northern Illinois. 2025: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
Alvin Gulley Jr.
Wins his gap play after play. Yale to Northern Illinois — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Ohio, Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (2nd 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 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 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 rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #16 of 16 Mid-American DTs — 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 | 16 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 9-20@ Maryland | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-38@ Mississippi State | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-6vs San Diego State | 2 | 0 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ Ohio | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Ball State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-35vs Western Michigan | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 2 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 0.5 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 tackle · 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
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacob Tuioti’s 2025 season.
Matches Jacob on
Differs from Jacob on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Tullis's freshman season at Eastern Michigan (2023).
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Player DNA