Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′1″ · 220 lb · Monrovia, CA
Brett Walsh: LB · Northwestern · #10.
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Brett Walsh
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. This is his second year in the same linebacker corps at Northwestern. One game to point at: 12 tackles against Nebraska — Week 10, 2017.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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 him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 67 | 36 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 37 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 104 | 57 | 6.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs Nevada | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-41@ Duke | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Bowling Green | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-33@ No. 10 Wisconsin | 11 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs No. 4 Penn State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-21@ Maryland | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-10vs Iowa | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-31vs No. 16 Michigan State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-24@ Nebraska | 12 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-7@ Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs Kentucky | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 36 | 4.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFLSack rate
1%1 sackPD rate
1%1 pass breakups67 tackles · 4 for loss · 1 sack.
2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 17-9 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
46.6%
460 pass / 528 run
Plays / game
76.0
13 games
Team sack rate
6.7%
522 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2017
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northwestern, 104 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
