Quinton Urwiler
Quinton Urwiler
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent four seasons in the Northern Illinois linebacker corps. 2025 brought the first one: All-MAC. The receipt: 16 tackles, 2.5 TFL against San Diego State — Week 5, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-MAC
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Thomas Hammock.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rob Harley
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-MAC
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northern Illinois | 127 | 65 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Northern Illinois | 32 | 17 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northern Illinois | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 173 | 91 | 9.0 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 19–17
vs Holy Cross
1 TFL · 0 SACKS · 5 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Northern Illinois
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Northern Illinois
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -16 net (6 in / 22 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northern Illinois · Last season: 3-9 · Talent rank #125 · 2026 recruiting class #82
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kyle Harmon’s 2021 season.
Matches Kyle on
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Matt Salopek's graduate season at Miami (OH) (2024).
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