Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
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| Wk | Opp | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | W 41-7vs Colorado | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | Season-high 1 yds |
| Wk 4 | L 23-29@ No. 5 Indiana | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
Robby Preckel is a running back at Northwestern who has played in 2 of Northwestern's 8 games this season, most recently Sep 25.
Northwestern is 6-2.
Two seasons in the Northwestern backfield to date. One game to point at: 1 rushing yards against Colorado — Week 3, 2026.
1 rushing yards · 0 rushing TD · 1 carry
Where to follow
Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | Northwestern | 42 | 149 | 3.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Career | 43 | 150 | 3.5 | 0 | 14 |
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2025 | Northwestern | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Career | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Game log
Signature game
Week 3 · 2026
W 41-7
vs Colorado
1 rush yds (1 car)
Dominant 34-point win at home against Colorado.
With A. Chiles — 241 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 84.1 · J. Himon II — 3 rec · 46 yds · 3 TD · 28 rush yds (4 car)
Where he ranks
Opponents faced, by strength
Ratings of the games shown run from -20 to +24 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Teams and coaches
2 seasons under David Braun, all run-leaning offenses — 13-8 over that span.
2025Northwestern7-6HC: David Braun · Run-leaning
2026Northwestern6-2HC: David Braun · Run-leaning
Our ratings
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 2 games: 0.5 YDS/g, 1.0 YPC, 0.0 TD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
40.2%
204 pass / 303 run
Plays / game
63.4
8 games
Team sack rate
7.4%
231 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
1 carry and 1 catch in 2 games
Fewer catches a game than most FBS tight ends who play every week.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Starter
The No. 1,699 recruit in the country is carrying the ball in the Big Ten.
Two seasons at Northwestern
2026 is in progress.
- 2026 Northwestern BraunYear 2 · 2 games
- 2025 Northwestern BraunYear 1 · 7 games
- High school LafayetteBallwin, MO · Class of 2025Three-star, No. 1,699 in the 2025 class. Signed with Northwestern.
2025 7 games
- Signed with NorthwesternThree-star, out of Lafayette