Player Dossier

2017-2021

Northern Illinois

Weston Kramer

DL • 6'2" • 290 lbs • Naperville, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Weston Kramer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

40%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

57

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

51

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

71

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana

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Snapshot

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

Player Story

Weston Kramer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Naperville, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Indiana and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Weston Kramer's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2017 · Rating 0.7611

Marmion Academy · Summit Argo, IL

Committed To
Northern Illinois
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2017

Weston Kramer, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Indiana. Weston Kramer shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
124
TFL
16
Sacks
5
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Weston Kramer quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · DL
Career Tackles
124
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 47 games
Best season
2021 Regular Season · Indiana
Top game
Michigan
Recruit profile
2-star · Marmion Academy · Northern Illinois
High school pipeline
Marmion Academy · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2021 Tackles rank
35 tackles · DL 125th (top 14%) · Big Ten 120th (top 20%) · National 1,171st (top 20%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2017 PostseasonNorthern Illinois83-0--023.9
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois8162.51--023.9
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois113031-1031.2
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois11232.50--022.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois61731--043.6
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana113552--045.7
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois110-0--045.7

Related Context

Weston Kramer played DL for Northern Illinois and Indiana. Across 5 tracked seasons, Weston Kramer recorded 124 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Indiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season

Indiana paired 7 primary output with 19.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2021 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 19.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Michigan

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2021 Regular Season · Indiana

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.6

Efficiency

19.6

Usage

5.7

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Iowa: 1. Idaho: 0. Cincinnati: 0. Western Kentucky: 0. Penn State: 0. Michigan State: 1. Ohio State: 0. Maryland: 2. Michigan: 2. Rutgers: 1. Minnesota: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Iowa: 7 by 39.2. Cincinnati: 2 by 8.3. Western Kentucky: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 5 by 20.8. Michigan State: 3 by 22.5. Ohio State: 2 by 8.3. Maryland: 2 by 28.3. Michigan: 6 by 45. Rutgers: 5 by 30.8. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 2 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 9 · +0.8 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

Michigan

Best efficiency game

45 vs Michigan

Result
Sat 11/20vs MinnesotaL 14-3510000
Sat 11/13vs RutgersL 3-3855100
Sat 11/6@ MichiganSplash gameL 7-2963110
Sat 10/30@ MarylandSplash gameL 35-3822110
Sat 10/23vs Ohio StateL 7-5421000
Sat 10/16vs Michigan StateL 15-2031100
Sat 10/2@ Penn StateL 0-2452000
Sun 9/26@ Western KentuckyW 33-3120000
Sat 9/18vs CincinnatiL 24-3821000
Sat 9/11vs IdahoW 56-14
Sat 9/4@ IowaL 6-3474100

Player Story

Weston Kramer story

Weston Kramer built his college career from 2017 through 2021 as a defensive lineman from Naperville, IL wearing No. 99, spending time with Indiana and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Weston Kramer's career was his defensive production: 124 tackles, 16 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 47 career games in the available record. That gives Weston Kramer's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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  1. 1

    Northern Illinois

    2017-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2021

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2017201720182019202020212021
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2017 PostseasonNorthern Illinois3.514.32.8
2017 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois3.514.32.80
2018 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois515.931.5
2019 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois2.5113.4-2.5
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois418.591.5
2021 Regular SeasonIndiana719.65.73
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois719.65.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Michigan

Week 10 · L 7-29 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

81.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 81.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Western Michigan

Week 13 · L 27-30 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

@ Maryland

Week 9 · L 35-38 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

71.9 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.9 takeover score.

#4

vs Ball State

Week 11 · W 63-17 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

69.7 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Utah

Week 2 · L 6-17

2.5

Havoc Plays

64.4 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2021 Regular Season · Indiana

7 primary output · 19.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

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#2

2021 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

45.7

7 primary · 19.6 efficiency · 5.7 usage

#3

2020 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

43.6

4 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games