Usage / Role
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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2006-2009Northern Illinois
John Tranchitella
LB • 6'1" • Addison, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
John Tranchitella shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
60
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Player Story
John Tranchitella built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a linebacker from Addison, IL wearing No. 42, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of John Tranchitella's career was his...
Read the storyJohn Tranchitella, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. John Tranchitella shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 0 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Touchdowns
- 1
Quick Answers
John Tranchitella quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 4 games
- Best season
- 2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Kent State
- Latest roster
- No. 42 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 1 | 50 |
| 2007 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 73.3 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
Related Context
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John Tranchitella played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, John Tranchitella recorded 1 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2006 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2007 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 2 primary output with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
2007 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 20 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2009 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kent State
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
20
Usage
—
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Kent State
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Idaho: 1. Kent State: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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First Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half
Game Log
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2 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kent State
Best efficiency game
20 vs Kent State
Player Story
John Tranchitella story
John Tranchitella built his college career from 2006 through 2009 as a linebacker from Addison, IL wearing No. 42, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of John Tranchitella's career was his return-game role: 95 return yards and 1 return touchdown across 4 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2007 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. With 4 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: John Tranchitella moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2006-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2006200720082009
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2007 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 20 | — | 2 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | -2 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kent State
Week 11 · W 27-20 · Conference game
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#2
@ Idaho
Week 4 · W 42-35
1
Havoc Plays
60 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 60 takeover score.
#3
@ TCU
Week 1 · L 7-37 · Postseason
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Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Illinois
Week 2 · W 41-7
0
Havoc Plays
0 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 0 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2007 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
2 primary output · 20 efficiency · — usage
73.3
#2
2006 Postseason · Northern Illinois
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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