Last confirmed: Northwestern, 2017. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Verona, NJ · Bergen Catholic
Kyle Queiro: S · Northwestern · #21.
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Kyle Queiro
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Third year in the Northwestern secondary. On tape: 9 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 2, 2017.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 9 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 5.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Northwestern | 59 | 32 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 5 |
| 2016 | Northwestern | 52 | 31 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 2 |
| 2015 | Northwestern | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 1 |
| Career | 111 | 63 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 15 | 8 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-20vs Nevada | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 17-41@ Duke | 9 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 49-7vs Bowling Green | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-33@ No. 10 Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 7-31vs No. 4 Penn State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 37-21@ Maryland | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 17-10vs Iowa | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 39-31vs No. 16 Michigan State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-24@ Nebraska | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | |
| Wk 11 | W 23-13vs Purdue | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 39-0vs Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 42-7@ Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 24-23vs Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 59 | 32 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 5 | 9 |
Week 10 · 2017
W 31-24
at Nebraska
2 interceptions · 6 tackles · 3 pass breakups
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%9 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%6 TFL59 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 9 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 27-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2017 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road5g | 5.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
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
59 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Northwestern, 111 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.
Coaching lineage · 2013–2017
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
