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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2017-2020Northwestern
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.
Impact Production
80
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
64
Useful peak profile
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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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- 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
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 11 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.9 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.9 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 14 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 14 | 120 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 88 | 4.5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 63.9 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 9 | 10 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 78.7 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 74 | 9.5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 78.7 |
Related Context
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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
2018 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 41.9 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: Illinois
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2018 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
41.9
Usage
9.6
Consistency
14.3
Best Game by takeover score
Illinois
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Utah: 1. Purdue: 0. Duke: 2. Akron: 0. Michigan: 0. Michigan State: 1. Nebraska: 1. Rutgers: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Notre Dame: 0.5. Iowa: 0. Minnesota: 0. Illinois: 3. Ohio State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Purdue: 8 by 33.3. Duke: 13 by 70. Akron: 5 by 20.8. Michigan: 12 by 50. Michigan State: 11 by 55.8. Nebraska: 12 by 60. Rutgers: 7 by 29.2. Wisconsin: 10 by 41.7. Notre Dame: 8 by 38.3. Iowa: 7 by 29.2. Minnesota: 6 by 25. Illinois: 13 by 80. Ohio State: 8 by 33.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 5 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Illinois
Best efficiency game
80 vs Illinois
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1/1 | @ Utah | W 31-20 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Sun 12/2 | @ Ohio State | L 24-45 | 8 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/24 | vs Illinois10+ tackles · Splash game | W 24-16 | 13 | 8 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/17 | @ Minnesota | W 24-14 | 6 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/10 | @ Iowa | W 14-10 | 7 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/3 | vs Notre Dame | L 21-31 | 8 | 4 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/27 | vs Wisconsin10+ tackles | W 31-17 | 10 | 7 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/20 | @ Rutgers | W 18-15 | 7 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/13 | vs Nebraska10+ tackles | W 34-31 | 12 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/6 | @ Michigan State10+ tackles | W 29-19 | 11 | 7 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/29 | vs Michigan10+ tackles | L 17-20 | 12 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/15 | vs Akron | L 34-39 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/8 | vs Duke10+ tackles · Splash game | L 7-21 | 13 | 9 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 8/31 | @ Purdue | W 31-27 | 8 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
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
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 1 | 13.4 | 2.5 | — |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 13.4 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2018 Postseason | Northwestern | 8.5 | 41.9 | 9.6 | 7.5 |
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8.5 | 41.9 | 9.6 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11.5 | 40.1 | 10.2 | 3 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 15.5 | 54.3 | 14.6 | 4 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 15.5 | 54.3 | 14.6 | 0 |
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
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