#90

Carmine Bastone

Senior defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DL · Northwestern · Sr. · #90

6′2″ · 290 lb · Saint Charles, IL

CFB Index 47 · #227 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Northwestern for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 7:30 pm ETvs ColoradoLanny and Sharon Martin StadiumNorthwestern by 3.5

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 24 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 4 tackles, vs Western Illinois

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Northwestern. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Disrupts the pocket from the interior.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

Carmine Bastone

DL · Northwestern · Sr · #90

Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Carmine Bastone has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Northwestern. The receipt: 4 tackles, 1 TFL against Michigan — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Northwestern1-11HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

2023Northwestern8-5HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

2024Northwestern4-8HC: David Braun · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Northwestern7-6HC: David Braun · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

47Rotational starter #227 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: sacks (85th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st 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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.0	0.4	0.4	0.1
Road4g	2.5	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.2	0.5	0.2	0.0

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 · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

47 · #227 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #37 of 69 Big Ten DLs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Northwestern	24	10	4.0	2.5	1	--	--
2024	Northwestern	9	6	1.5	1.5	--	--	--
2023	Northwestern	23	12	3.5	2.0	--	--	--
2022	Northwestern	3	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		59	31	9.0	6.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025

W 22–21

at Penn State

1 TOT · 1 QB HUR

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With P. Stone — 163 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 73.3 · -8 rush yds (5 car) · L. Akers — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 49 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 3-23@ Tulane	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 42-7vs Western Illinois	4	3	1.5	1.5	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 3	L 14-34vs Oregon	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 6	W 42-7vs UL Monroe	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 22-21@ Penn State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 19-0vs Purdue	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-28@ Nebraska	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 22-24vs Michigan	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-35vs Minnesota	0	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 13-20@ Illinois	3	1	1.5	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 34-7vs Central Michigan	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		24	10	4.0	2.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

24Tackles

10Solo

4TFL

2.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

24 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 21.5 sacks
Week 31 PD
Week 121 sack

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

Northwestern

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Northwestern

Returning around him

2 Northwestern players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +9 net (17 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52

DNA match

Player DNA

3-Tech Penetrator

Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jelani Davis’s 2025 season.

Jelani Davis

92%match

Kent State · 2025

Jacob Holmes

Fresno State · 2024

88%

Dominique Ratcliff

Texas State · 2024

85%

Carmine Bastone

Northwestern · 2023

85%

Matches Jelani on

Class year

Height

Hurry rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Dominique Ratcliff's senior season at Texas State (2024).

Dominique Ratcliff

87%match

Texas State · 2024

Jacob Holmes

Virginia · 2025

86%

Hale Motu'apuaka

Utah State · 2023

84%

J.R. Singleton

Iowa State · 2024

81%

Jacques Bristol

Central Michigan · 2023

All-MAC

81%

Matches Dominique on

TFL rate

Weight

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Carmine Bastone

Jelani Davis

Kent State · 2025

92%

Jacob Holmes

Fresno State · 2024

90%

Taylor Burton

Memphis · 2025

88%

Hale Motu'apuaka

Utah State · 2023

87%

Peyton Price

Eastern Michigan · 2024

87%

The defensive line · Northwestern

#47Michael KilbaneDL · Sr.7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#90Carmine BastoneDL · Sr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#24Jamaal JohnsonDL · Sr.1.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#95Najee StoryDL · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025
#52Richie HagartyDL · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

22 more on the roster · Northwestern team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology