Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2022Northern Illinois
Kyle Pugh
LB • 6'0" • 226 lbs • Chicago Heights, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Kyle Pugh shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
59
Solid production for a linebacker
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Reliability
57
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 7
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
Player Story
Kyle Pugh built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Chicago Heights, IL wearing No. 11, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Kyle Pugh's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Kyle Pugh, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Kyle Pugh shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 29.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 215
- TFL
- 13.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 8
- Passes defended
- 3
Quick Answers
Kyle Pugh quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 215
- Tracked sample
- 7 unique seasons · 7 entries · 31 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Central Michigan
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Bloom · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Bloom · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 11 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 51 tackles · LB 268th (top 22%) · Mid-American 59th (top 11%) · National 547th (top 10%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 58.1 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 10 | 82 | 3 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 68 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 67.3 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 36 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 67.9 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 9 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.1 |
Related Context
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Kyle Pugh played LB for Northern Illinois. Across 7 tracked seasons, Kyle Pugh recorded 215 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2018 Regular Season
Northern Illinois paired 8.5 primary output with 42.7 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 29.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Vanderbilt
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
29.2
Usage
6.3
Consistency
55.4
Best Game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 0. Tulsa: 1. Vanderbilt: 1. Kentucky: 0. Ball State: 1. Toledo: 0. Ohio: 1. Central Michigan: 0. Miami (OH): 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 8 by 33.3. Tulsa: 4 by 26.7. Vanderbilt: 12 by 60. Kentucky: 3 by 12.5. Ball State: 8 by 43.3. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Ohio: 6 by 35. Central Michigan: 7 by 29.2. Miami (OH): 0 by 10
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 8 · +0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
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9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Vanderbilt
Best efficiency game
60 vs Vanderbilt
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 11/17 | vs Miami (OH) | L 23-29 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Wed 11/2 | vs Central Michigan | L 22-35 | 7 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Ohio | L 17-24 | 6 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Toledo | L 32-52 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Ball State | L 38-44 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | @ Kentucky | L 23-31 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Vanderbilt10+ tackles | L 28-38 | 12 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | @ Tulsa | L 35-38 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/2 | vs Eastern Illinois | W 34-27 | 8 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Kyle Pugh story
Kyle Pugh built his college career from 2016 through 2022 as a linebacker from Chicago Heights, IL wearing No. 11, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Kyle Pugh's career was his defensive production: 215 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Kyle Pugh's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2016-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019202020212022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 43.7 | 8.9 | 5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8.5 | 42.7 | 9.1 | 3.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 33.8 | 14.1 | -5.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 40.3 | 14.7 | 3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 8.3 | 1.2 | -6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 5 | 29.2 | 6.3 | 5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Central Michigan
Week 11 · L 10-40 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
93.3 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.
#2
@ Nebraska
Week 3 · W 21-17
3
Havoc Plays
91.9 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 91.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Akron
Week 10 · W 36-26 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
90.6 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Vanderbilt
Week 3 · L 28-38
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Havoc Plays
86.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 86.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Illinois State
Week 1 · W 24-10
1.5
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
8.5 primary output · 42.7 efficiency · 9.1 usage
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#2
2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
67.9
6 primary · 40.3 efficiency · 14.7 usage
#3
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
67.3
3 primary · 33.8 efficiency · 14.1 usage
Milestones
10
Impact games
3
Splash games
6
10+ tackle games
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