Player Dossier

2018-2022

Northern Illinois

Izayah Green-May

DE • 6'6" • 242 lbs • Bolingbrook, IL, USA

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Izayah Green-May shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

47%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

59

Solid production for an edge defender

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Reliability

34

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Wisconsin • Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Player Story

Izayah Green-May built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive end from Bolingbrook, IL wearing No. 15, spending time with Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Izayah Green-May's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.8711

Bolingbrook · Bolingbrook, IL

Committed To
Wisconsin
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Izayah Green-May, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Izayah Green-May shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
38
TFL
5
Sacks
4
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Izayah Green-May quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · DE
Career Tackles
38
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Tulsa
Recruit profile
3-star · Bolingbrook · Wisconsin
High school pipeline
Bolingbrook · 29 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 15 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
30 tackles · DE 68th (top 25%) · Mid-American 106th (top 20%) · National 1,325th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin2511--037
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin23-0--038.5
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois12304342057.1

Related Context

Izayah Green-May played DE for Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Across 5 tracked seasons, Izayah Green-May recorded 38 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Northern Illinois paired 13 primary output with 21.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wisconsin, Northern Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tulsa

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

1.1

Efficiency

21.3

Usage

6.8

Consistency

50.2

Best Game by takeover score

Tulsa

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Eastern Illinois: 1. Tulsa: 4. Vanderbilt: 1. Kentucky: 0. Ball State: 2. Toledo: 0. Eastern Michigan: 2. Ohio: 0. Central Michigan: 0. Western Michigan: 2. Miami (OH): 1. Akron: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Eastern Illinois: 1 by 14.2. Tulsa: 4 by 56.7. Vanderbilt: 1 by 14.2. Kentucky: 1 by 4.2. Ball State: 4 by 36.7. Toledo: 3 by 12.5. Eastern Michigan: 3 by 32.5. Ohio: 3 by 12.5. Central Michigan: 5 by 20.8. Western Michigan: 2 by 28.3. Miami (OH): 0 by 10. Akron: 3 by 12.5

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 9 · -0.8 vs Wins

Game Log

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

12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Tulsa

Best efficiency game

56.7 vs Tulsa

Result
Sat 11/26vs AkronL 12-4433000
Thu 11/17vs Miami (OH)L 23-2900001
Thu 11/10@ Western MichiganSplash gameW 24-2122110
Wed 11/2vs Central MichiganL 22-3551000
Sat 10/22@ OhioL 17-2430000
Sat 10/15@ Eastern MichiganSplash gameW 39-1032110
Sat 10/8vs ToledoL 32-5231000
Sat 10/1@ Ball StateSplash gameL 38-4442001
Sat 9/24@ KentuckyL 23-3110000
Sat 9/17vs VanderbiltL 28-3810000
Sat 9/10@ TulsaSplash gameL 35-3844210
Fri 9/2vs Eastern IllinoisW 34-2710000

Player Story

Izayah Green-May story

Izayah Green-May built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive end from Bolingbrook, IL wearing No. 15, spending time with Northern Illinois and Wisconsin. The clearest part of Izayah Green-May's career was his defensive production: 38 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Izayah Green-May's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Wisconsin

    2018-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northern Illinois

    2022

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonWisconsin0
2019 Regular SeasonWisconsin220.57.52
2020 Regular SeasonWisconsin0-2
2021 Regular SeasonWisconsin06.31.10
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1321.36.813

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Tulsa

Week 2 · L 35-38

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#2

@ South Florida

Week 1 · W 49-0

2

Havoc Plays

69.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.5 takeover score.

#3

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 7 · W 39-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

55.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.

#4

@ Ball State

Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

50.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 50.8 takeover score.

#5

@ Western Michigan

Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

47.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

13 primary output · 21.3 efficiency · 6.8 usage

57.1

#2

2021 Regular Season · Wisconsin

38.5

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2019 Regular Season · Wisconsin

37

2 primary · 20.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games