Najee Story
Najee Story
Wins his gap play after play. Najee Story has been at Northwestern through two head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Purdue — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
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 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 20 | 11 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | Northwestern | 24 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 20 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 24 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 88 | 42 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 7 · 2025
W 22–21
at Penn State
2 TOT · 1 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
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 #57 · 2026 recruiting class #52
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tre'Vonn Rybka’s 2022 season.
Matches Tre'Vonn on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Robert Jackson's senior season at Cincinnati (2024).
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