6′1″ · 200 lb · Katy, TX
Travis Whillock: DB · Northwestern · #7.
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Travis Whillock
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. This is his second year in the same secondary at Northwestern. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 1 sack against Wisconsin — Week 5, 2019.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
78 tackles. 1 pass 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Northwestern | 78 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 57 | 35 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4 |
| Career | 135 | 77 | 6.5 | 2.0 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-17@ No. 25 Stanford | 10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 30-14vs UNLV | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-31vs Michigan State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 15-24@ No. 8 Wisconsin | 13 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 10-13@ Nebraska | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-52vs No. 4 Ohio State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 0-20vs No. 20 Iowa | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-34@ Indiana | 8 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 22-24vs Purdue | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 45-6vs Massachusetts | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 22-38vs No. 11 Minnesota | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 78 | 42 | 3.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsTackle volume
78tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFL78 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 1 pass breakup.
2 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 12-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 9.5 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 8.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
37.1%
310 pass / 525 run
Plays / game
69.6
12 games
Team sack rate
6.4%
343 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2019
78 tackles in 11 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northwestern, 135 tackles — his college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.
