Nick Rattin: LB · Northern Illinois · #38.
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Nick Rattin
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Fourth year in the Northern Illinois linebacker corps. One game to point at: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Akron — Week 13, 2022.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
46 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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 this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 46 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- |
| 2021 | Northern Illinois | 70 | 27 | 6.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Northern Illinois | 33 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Northern Illinois | 37 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 186 | 79 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-27vs Eastern Illinois | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 35-38@ Tulsa | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 28-38vs Vanderbilt | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 23-31@ No. 8 Kentucky | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | L 38-44@ Ball State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 32-52vs Toledo | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-10@ Eastern Michigan | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-24@ Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 22-35vs Central Michigan | 9 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 11 | W 24-21@ Western Michigan | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 12-44vs Akron | 9 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 46 | 19 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
46tackles this seasonTFL rate
3%2 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
7%3 pass breakups46 tackles · 1.5 for loss.
4 seasons under Thomas Hammock — 17-27 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 6.8 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Thomas Hammock
Pass share
40.9%
328 pass / 473 run
Plays / game
66.8
12 games
Team sack rate
2.7%
334 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Northern Illinois, 186 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Thomas Hammock.
