Player Dossier

2016-2019

Northern Illinois

Ben LeRoy

DT • 6'3" • 285 lbs • Wilmette, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Ben LeRoy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Usage / Role

3%

Rotational defensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

21

Developing production for a defensive lineman

lowelite

Reliability

33

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

26

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2017 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: Central Michigan

Player Story

Ben LeRoy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Wilmette, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Ben LeRoy's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2016 · Rating 0.7867

Loyola Academy · Wilmette, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2016

Ben LeRoy, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Ben LeRoy shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.4 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
94
TFL
10
Sacks
4.5
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Ben LeRoy quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · DT
Career Tackles
94
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 30 games
Best season
2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Loyola Academy · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Loyola Academy · 18 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2019 Tackles rank
23 tackles · DT 83rd (top 36%) · Mid-American 163rd (top 29%) · National 1,733rd (top 30%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois26-0--042.6
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11377.531-051.8
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois102821.5--020.3
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois7230.50--011.7

Related Context

Ben LeRoy played DT for Northern Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Ben LeRoy recorded 94 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 11.5 primary output with 24.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2016 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 12.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2019 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Florida

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

12.5

Usage

1.9

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

South Florida

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wyoming: 0. South Florida: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Florida

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs South Florida

Result
Sat 9/10@ South FloridaL 17-4854000
Sun 9/4@ WyomingL 34-4010000

Player Story

Ben LeRoy story

Ben LeRoy built his college career from 2016 through 2019 as a defensive tackle from Wilmette, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Ben LeRoy's career was his defensive production: 94 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Ben LeRoy's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northern Illinois

    2016-2019

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2016201720182019
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2016 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois012.51.9
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11.524.56.211.5
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois3.515.23.5-8
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois0.514.42.8-3

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Central Michigan

Week 13 · L 24-31 · Conference game

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 24-16 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

87.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 87.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Buffalo

Week 7 · W 14-13 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#4

vs Western Michigan

Week 12 · W 35-31 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

62.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Nebraska

Week 3 · W 21-17

2

Havoc Plays

49.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2017 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

11.5 primary output · 24.5 efficiency · 6.2 usage

51.8

#2

2016 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

42.6

0 primary · 12.5 efficiency · 1.9 usage

#3

2018 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

20.3

3.5 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 3.5 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games