Usage / Role
2%
Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Northwestern
Erik Mueller
LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Wheaton, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Erik Mueller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a linebacker
lowelite
Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
lowhigh
Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Iowa
3★
- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2017
Erik Mueller, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern. Erik Mueller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 4.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 15
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Erik Mueller quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · LB
- Career Tackles
- 15
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 13 games
- Best season
- 2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Iowa
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wheaton North · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Wheaton North · 12 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 35 · Senior
- 2020 Tackles rank
- 2 tackles · LB 959th (top 86%) · Big Ten 387th (top 72%) · National 3,677th (top 71%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.1 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 19.1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
Related Context
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Erik Mueller played LB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Erik Mueller recorded 15 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2019 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2020 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 4.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2020 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Illinois
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
2
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
4.2
Usage
0.9
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 0. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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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
Illinois
Best efficiency game
4.2 vs Illinois
Career Arc
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- 1
Northwestern
2017-2020
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20172018201820192020
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | — |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0.5 | 6.8 | 1.6 | 0.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Iowa
Week 9 · L 0-20 · Conference game
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5
Havoc Plays
32.2 takeover
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 32.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Indiana
Week 10 · L 3-34 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.7 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.
#3
vs Minnesota
Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Illinois
Week 15 · W 28-10 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
4.2 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.
#5
@ Utah
Week 1 · W 31-20 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2020 Regular Season · Northwestern
0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
37.2
#2
2017 Regular Season · Northwestern
37.1
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2018 Postseason · Northwestern
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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