Trevor Kent: DE · Northwestern · #96.
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Trevor Kent
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Four seasons in the Northwestern defensive front to date. On tape: 5 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Duke, Week 3, 2021.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
19 tackles. 0 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Northwestern | 19 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Northwestern | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2019 | Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2018 | Northwestern | 1 | -- | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Career | 35 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-38vs Michigan State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 23-30@ Duke | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 35-6vs Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 7-56@ Nebraska | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 21-7vs Rutgers | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-33@ No. 6 Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-41vs Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 12-17vs No. 19 Iowa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-35@ No. 20 Wisconsin | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-32vs Purdue | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-47@ Illinois | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
5%1 sackTFL rate
8%2 TFL19 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
4 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 22-25 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Fitzgerald
Pass share
45.1%
365 pass / 444 run
Plays / game
67.4
12 games
Team sack rate
6.6%
391 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #284 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2021
1 coachPlayed every college season under Pat Fitzgerald.
