Senior defensive lineman on Northwestern's 2021 roster.
6′0″ · 300 lb · Darien, IL
The story
4 defensive lineman on Northwestern's roster.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 2917 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJoe Spivak
2 stars out of high school, four seasons of real snaps at Northwestern since. The receipt: 3 tackles against Duke — Week 3, 2021.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 23-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th 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
2021 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2021
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northwestern | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 14 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Northwestern | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 31 | 13 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 23-30@ Duke | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-7vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-35@ Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-32vs Purdue | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-47@ Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |