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Player Dossier
2008-2009Northern Illinois
Mike Salerno
PK • 5'11" • Orland Park, IL, USA
Impact contributor
Mike Salerno shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Impact Production
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Production sample still building
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
85
Elite ceiling indicators
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
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- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Louisiana Tech
Player Story
Mike Salerno built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mike Salerno's career was his...
Read the storyMike Salerno, PK. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois. Mike Salerno shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.
Quick Answers
Mike Salerno quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · PK
- Career Touchdowns
- 0
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 26 games
- Best season
- 2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Louisiana Tech
- Latest roster
- No. 16 · Class 2009
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | TD | Primary | Overall |
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| 2008 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2009 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 13 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Related Context
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Mike Salerno is listed as a PK for Northern Illinois. Detailed college production data is limited on CFB Track.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2008 Postseason
Northern Illinois paired 0 primary output with — efficiency.
Supporting note
2009 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with — efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2009 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: South Florida
Loss with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois
Games
13
Primary Metric / G
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Efficiency
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Usage
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Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
South Florida
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Florida: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Purdue: 0. Idaho: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Toledo: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Akron: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 0. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 6 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Touchdowns
Top game by takeover score
South Florida
Best efficiency game
— vs South Florida
| Result | ||||||||||||||
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| Sat 1/2 | vs South Florida | L 3-27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/27 | @ Central Michigan | L 31-45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 11/21 | @ Ohio | L 31-38 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thu 11/12 | vs Ball State | W 26-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fri 11/6 | vs Eastern Michigan | W 50-6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/31 | vs Akron | W 27-10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/24 | @ Miami (OH) | W 27-22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/17 | @ Toledo | L 19-20 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 10/3 | vs Western Michigan | W 38-3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/26 | vs Idaho | L 31-34 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/19 | @ Purdue | W 28-21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/12 | vs Western Illinois | W 41-7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sat 9/5 | @ Wisconsin | L 20-28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Player Story
Mike Salerno story
Mike Salerno built his college career from 2008 through 2009 as a placekicker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 16, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Mike Salerno's career was his special-teams scoring: 184 kicking points, 37 made field goals on 49 attempts, and 73 extra points across 26 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2009 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. With 26 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Mike Salerno 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
2008-2009
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
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| 2008 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2008 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Postseason | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2009 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · L 10-17 · Postseason
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
0 primary-metric impact.
#2
vs Navy
Week 14 · L 0-16
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#3
@ Kent State
Week 13 · W 42-14 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Win with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#4
vs Central Michigan
Week 12 · L 30-33 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
#5
@ Ball State
Week 11 · L 14-45 · Conference game
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Touchdowns
0 takeover
Loss with a strong all-around stat line.
0 primary-metric impact.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2008 Postseason · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · — efficiency · — usage
100
#2
2008 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2009 Postseason · Northern Illinois
100
0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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