Sophomore safety for Illinois. 2025: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 15 tackles.
6′2″ · 190 lb · Portage, IN · Andrean
The numbers
interceptions · 2025
2 PBU · 15 tackles
Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, at Ohio
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 safety for Illinois. 2025: 2 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 15 tackles.
How he plays
Erases the deep middle of the field.
Interceptions: 75th percentile.
The full scouting readJames Finley
Erases the deep middle of the field. He got to Illinois by way of Northern Illinois. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Kent State — Week 14, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Illinois
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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 · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
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 at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| Career | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | L 10-38@ Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 3-6vs San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 14-25vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-48@ Ohio | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 21-7vs Ball State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 19-35vs Western Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 31-35vs Kent State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jaree Turner-Kinsler’s 2024 season.
Matches Jaree on
Differs from Jaree on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Devin Sanchez's freshman season at Ohio State (2025).
Matches Devin on
Player DNA
2026 Sophomore Ranked as the #199 overall transfer and #17 transfer safety by 247Sports 2025 Freshman Played in 11 games with four starts at defensive back as a true freshman 21 tackles, two interceptions, and two pass breakups on the season Interceptions in back-to-back games at Ohio (10/18/25)...
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