Last confirmed: Illinois, 2016. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′3″ · Bolingbrook, IL
Rob Bain: DL · Illinois · #16.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Rob Bain
Wins his gap play after play. One game to point at: 5 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Wisconsin — Week 11, 2016.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Illinois | 31 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
| Career | 31 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.0 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-3vs Murray State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 23-48vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-34vs Western Michigan | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 16-31@ No. 15 Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 31-34vs Purdue | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-7@ Rutgers | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-48@ No. 7 Wisconsin | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 0-28vs Iowa | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-42@ Northwestern | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 12 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
11%4 TFLSack rate
3%1 sackHurry rate
0%0 hurries31 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 4.3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lovie Smith
Pass share
50.8%
358 pass / 347 run
Plays / game
58.8
12 games
Team sack rate
4.9%
387 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2016
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
One season at Illinois, 1 sacks — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2014–2016
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Beckman, Bill Cubit, and Lovie Smith. Multi-era developmental context.
