Player Dossier

2017-2020

Northwestern

Blake Gallagher

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Raynham, MA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Blake Gallagher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

18%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska

Player Story

Blake Gallagher built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Raynham, MA wearing No. 51, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Blake Gallagher's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.9004

Notre Dame de Foy · Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC

Committed To
Alabama
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Blake Gallagher, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2020 Postseason · Northwestern. Blake Gallagher shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 54.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
325
TFL
21.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Blake Gallagher quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · LB
Career Tackles
325
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 46 games
Best season
2020 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Nebraska
Recruit profile
4-star · Notre Dame de Foy · Alabama
High school pipeline
Notre Dame de Foy · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 51 · Senior
2020 Tackles rank
84 tackles · LB 34th (top 4%) · Big Ten 3rd (top 1%) · National 37th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonNorthwestern112-0--010.9
2017 Regular SeasonNorthwestern113110--010.9
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern140-0--047.8
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern141206.501-047.8
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern12884.5031063.9
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern910-0--078.7
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern9749.5212078.7

Related Context

Blake Gallagher played LB for Northwestern. Across 4 tracked seasons, Blake Gallagher recorded 325 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2018 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2020 Postseason

Northwestern paired 15.5 primary output with 54.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2017 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 13.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2020 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Duke

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2017 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

13.4

Usage

2.5

Consistency

3

Best Game by takeover score

Duke

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 0. Duke: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 0. Michigan State: 0. Nebraska: 0. Purdue: 0. Minnesota: 0. Illinois: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 5 by 30.8. Bowling Green: 5 by 20.8. Wisconsin: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 5 by 20.8. Maryland: 4 by 16.7. Michigan State: 1 by 4.2. Nebraska: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 4 by 16.7. Minnesota: 2 by 8.3. Illinois: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 8 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · +0.3 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Duke

Best efficiency game

30.8 vs Duke

Result
Fri 12/29vs KentuckyW 24-2320000
Sat 11/25@ IllinoisW 42-721000
Sat 11/18vs MinnesotaW 39-021000
Sun 11/12vs PurdueW 23-1342000
Sat 11/4@ NebraskaW 31-2421000
Sat 10/28vs Michigan StateW 39-3111000
Sat 10/14@ MarylandW 37-2142000
Sat 10/7vs Penn StateL 7-3152000
Sat 9/30@ WisconsinL 24-3311000
Sat 9/16vs Bowling GreenW 49-754000
Sat 9/9@ DukeL 17-4151100

Player Story

Blake Gallagher story

Blake Gallagher built his college career from 2017 through 2020 as a linebacker from Raynham, MA wearing No. 51, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Blake Gallagher's career was his defensive production: 325 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 5 interceptions across 46 career games in the available record. That gives Blake Gallagher's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Northwestern

    2017-2020

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182018201920202020
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonNorthwestern113.42.5
2017 Regular SeasonNorthwestern113.42.50
2018 PostseasonNorthwestern8.541.99.67.5
2018 Regular SeasonNorthwestern8.541.99.60
2019 Regular SeasonNorthwestern11.540.110.23
2020 PostseasonNorthwestern15.554.314.64
2020 Regular SeasonNorthwestern15.554.314.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nebraska

Week 10 · W 21-13 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

96.7 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 96.7 takeover score.

#2

vs Illinois

Week 13 · W 24-16 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

93.3 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 93.3 takeover score.

#3

vs Iowa

Week 9 · L 0-20 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#4

@ Michigan State

Week 13 · L 20-29 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 10 · L 3-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2020 Postseason · Northwestern

15.5 primary output · 54.3 efficiency · 14.6 usage

78.7

#2

2020 Regular Season · Northwestern

78.7

15.5 primary · 54.3 efficiency · 14.6 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Northwestern

63.9

11.5 primary · 40.1 efficiency · 10.2 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

10

Splash games

14

10+ tackle games