Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2021Illinois
Alec McEachern
LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Plainfield, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Alec McEachern shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
12
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
7
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
19
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Alec McEachern, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Illinois. Alec McEachern shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 19
Quick Answers
Alec McEachern quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · LB
- Career Tackles
- 19
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Illinois
- Top game
- Penn State
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Junior
- 2021 Tackles rank
- 9 tackles · LB 774th (top 62%) · Big Ten 286th (top 46%) · National 2,768th (top 47%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2019 Postseason | Illinois | 5 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 5 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 36 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 4 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 6 | 9 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.4 |
Related Context
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Alec McEachern played LB for Illinois. Across 4 tracked seasons, Alec McEachern recorded 19 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Illinois paired 0 primary output with 6.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2020 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 5.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2021 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Penn State
Loss 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 · Illinois
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0
Efficiency
5.2
Usage
0.8
Consistency
100
Best Game by takeover score
Penn State
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 0. Iowa: 0. Northwestern: 0. Penn State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Northwestern: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
4 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Penn State
Best efficiency game
12.5 vs Penn State
Career Arc
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Illinois
2018-2021
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20182019201920202021
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 4.2 | 0.6 | — |
| 2019 Postseason | Illinois | 0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 3.4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 6.3 | 1.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Penn State
Week 16 · L 21-56 · Conference game
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
9.2 takeover
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.
#2
@ Virginia
Week 2 · L 14-42
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Havoc Plays
6.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Northwestern
Week 13 · W 47-14 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 6 · L 0-24 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
6.4 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.4 takeover score.
#5
@ Purdue
Week 4 · L 9-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss 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
2021 Regular Season · Illinois
0 primary output · 6.3 efficiency · 1.1 usage
38.4
#2
2020 Regular Season · Illinois
37.3
0 primary · 5.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Illinois
36.4
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.6 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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