Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2016-2019Northern Illinois
Adam Buirge
S • 6'0" • 205 lbs • Minneapolis, MN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Adam Buirge shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
19
Developing production for a safety
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Reliability
16
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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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
- 4
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Ball State
Player Story
Adam Buirge built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from Minneapolis, MN wearing No. 29, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Adam Buirge's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2015
Adam Buirge, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Adam Buirge shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 1.5
- Touchdowns
- 2
Quick Answers
Adam Buirge quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northern Illinois · S
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 21 games
- Best season
- 2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
- Top game
- Ball State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Park Center · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Park Center · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 29 · Senior
- 2019 Tackles rank
- 12 tackles · S 276th (top 57%) · Mid-American 220th (top 39%) · National 2,475th (top 42%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 4 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 6 | 16 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 42.7 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 8 | 12 | - | 0 | - | - | 2 | 39.6 |
Related Context
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Adam Buirge played S for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Adam Buirge recorded 45 tackles and 2 touchdowns. 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 0 primary output with 11.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
2018 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 11.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2019 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: BYU
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Games
6
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
11.1
Usage
2
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
BYU
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Florida State: 0. Ball State: 0. BYU: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Western Michigan: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Florida State: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 1 by 4.2. BYU: 5 by 20.8. Miami (OH): 4 by 16.7. Western Michigan: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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6 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
BYU
Best efficiency game
20.8 vs BYU
Player Story
Adam Buirge story
Adam Buirge built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a safety from Minneapolis, MN wearing No. 29, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Adam Buirge's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss across 21 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2018 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Adam Buirge's production has multiple signals. His career also includes 3 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 21 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Adam Buirge 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
2016-2019
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
2016201720182019
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 6.9 | 1.2 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1.5 | 16.3 | 2.7 | 1.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 11.1 | 2 | -1.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 0 | 6.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Ball State
Week 11 · W 63-17 · Conference game
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
68.3 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Akron
Week 9 · W 49-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
25.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 25.3 takeover score.
#3
@ BYU
Week 9 · W 7-6
0
Havoc Plays
18 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 18 takeover score.
#4
vs Miami (OH)
Week 12 · L 7-13 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
14.5 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 14.5 takeover score.
#5
@ Western Michigan
Week 13 · L 21-28 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
11.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
0 primary output · 11.1 efficiency · 2 usage
42.7
#2
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
39.6
0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.5 usage
#3
2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
38.9
0 primary · 6.9 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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