Mac Uihlein
Mac Uihlein
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles. Mac Uihlein has played for two head coaches in four seasons at Northwestern. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Michigan — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Big Ten
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 89 | 52 | 4.0 | 0.0 | -- | 4 | -- |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 84 | 49 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 16 | 13 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 201 | 121 | 8.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 4 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 22–21
at Penn State
10 TOT · 8 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Northwestern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · 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 #57 · 2026 recruiting class #52
DNA match
Player DNA
Sideline-to-Sideline
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mac Uihlein’s 2024 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Max Tooley's senior season at BYU (2023).
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