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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2018-2022Northwestern
Devin O'Rourke
DL • 6'6" • 265 lbs • Mokena, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Devin O'Rourke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
49
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
65
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Player Story
Devin O'Rourke built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Mokena, IL wearing No. 46, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Devin O'Rourke's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2018
Devin O'Rourke, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern. Devin O'Rourke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 36
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1.5
- QB hurries
- 3
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Devin O'Rourke quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 36
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Miami (OH)
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Lincoln-Way East · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Lincoln-Way East · 21 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 46 · Senior
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 28 tackles · DL 185th (top 19%) · Big Ten 145th (top 24%) · National 1,410th (top 25%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 25.6 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.2 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 11 | 28 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 55.1 |
Related Context
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Devin O'Rourke played DL for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Devin O'Rourke recorded 36 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 7.5 primary output with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Miami (OH)
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
17.4
Usage
6.2
Consistency
51.5
Best Game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Game by game trend chart. Nebraska: 0. Duke: 1. Southern Illinois: 0. Miami (OH): 2. Penn State: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Maryland: 0. Iowa: 1.5. Ohio State: 0. Minnesota: 0. Illinois: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Nebraska: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 18.3. Southern Illinois: 1 by 4.2. Miami (OH): 4 by 36.7. Penn State: 4 by 26.7. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. Maryland: 5 by 20.8. Iowa: 3 by 27.5. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2. Illinois: 2 by 18.3
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Wins0 · Games = 1 · -0.8 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 10 · +0.8 vs Wins
Game Log
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11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Miami (OH)
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Miami (OH)
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/26 | vs Illinois | L 3-41 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ Minnesota | L 3-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Ohio State | L 7-21 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Iowa | L 13-33 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ Maryland | L 24-31 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/8 | vs Wisconsin | L 7-42 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Penn State | L 7-17 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Miami (OH)Splash game | L 14-17 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | vs Southern Illinois | L 24-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Duke | L 23-31 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/27 | vs Nebraska | W 31-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Devin O'Rourke story
Devin O'Rourke built his college career from 2018 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Mokena, IL wearing No. 46, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Devin O'Rourke's career was his defensive production: 36 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Devin O'Rourke's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2018-2022
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2020 Postseason | Northwestern | 1 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 1 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 9.2 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 7.5 | 17.4 | 6.2 | 7.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Miami (OH)
Week 4 · L 14-17
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#2
@ Iowa
Week 9 · L 13-33 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
63.6 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.
#3
vs Illinois
Week 15 · W 28-10 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#4
vs Wisconsin
Week 6 · L 7-42 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.1 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.1 takeover score.
#5
@ Penn State
Week 5 · L 7-17 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
49.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · Northwestern
7.5 primary output · 17.4 efficiency · 6.2 usage
55.1
#2
2021 Regular Season · Northwestern
37.2
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage
#3
2018 Regular Season · Northwestern
37
0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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