Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2022North Texas
Tom Trieb
DL • 6'3" • 275 lbs • Arlington Heights, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Tom Trieb shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23 disruption score.
Impact Production
67
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
59
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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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 · North Texas
1922
Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 2
- Program Path
- Northern Illinois • North Texas
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Player Story
Tom Trieb built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Arlington Heights, IL wearing No. 5, spending time with North Texas and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tom Trieb's career...
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- Committed To
- Northern Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Tom Trieb, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · North Texas. Tom Trieb shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 23 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 32
- TFL
- 8.5
- Sacks
- 2.5
- QB hurries
- 2
Quick Answers
Tom Trieb quick answers
- Latest team and position
- North Texas · DL
- Career Tackles
- 32
- Tracked sample
- 2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
- Best season
- 2022 Regular Season · North Texas
- Top game
- UTSA
- Recruit profile
- 2-star · Buffalo Grove · Northern Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Buffalo Grove · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 5 · Sophomore
- 2022 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 139th (top 15%) · Conference USA 105th (top 21%) · National 1,249th (top 22%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 54.6 |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Texas | 11 | 32 | 8.5 | 2.5 | 1 | - | 0 | 69.5 |
Related Context
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Tom Trieb played DL for Northern Illinois and North Texas. Across 2 tracked seasons, Tom Trieb recorded 32 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with North Texas.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season
North Texas paired 12 primary output with 23 efficiency.
Supporting note
2022 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 23 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 Northern Illinois, North Texas.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: UTSA
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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2022 Regular Season · North Texas
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
1.1
Efficiency
23
Usage
16.3
Consistency
55
Best Game by takeover score
UTSA
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. SMU: 2. UTEP: 0. Texas Southern: 1. UNLV: 1. Louisiana Tech: 1. UTSA: 0. Western Kentucky: 1. Florida International: 0. UAB: 1. Rice: 1. UTSA: 4
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. SMU: 7 by 49.2. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Texas Southern: 2 by 18.3. UNLV: 4 by 26.7. Louisiana Tech: 2 by 18.3. UTSA: 1 by 4.2. Western Kentucky: 2 by 18.3. Florida International: 2 by 8.3. UAB: 4 by 26.7. Rice: 5 by 30.8. UTSA: 2 by 48.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 5 · +0.9 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
UTSA
Best efficiency game
49.2 vs SMU
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/3 | @ UTSA2+ sacks · Splash game | L 27-48 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/26 | vs Rice | W 21-17 | 5 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/12 | @ UAB | L 21-41 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/5 | vs Florida International | W 52-14 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/29 | @ Western Kentucky | W 40-13 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | @ UTSA | L 27-31 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | vs Louisiana Tech | W 47-27 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/17 | @ UNLV | L 27-58 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Texas Southern | W 59-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs SMUSplash game | L 10-48 | 7 | 6 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/28 | @ UTEP | W 31-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Tom Trieb story
Tom Trieb built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive lineman from Arlington Heights, IL wearing No. 5, spending time with North Texas and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tom Trieb's career was his defensive production: 32 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, and 2.5 sacks across 12 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with North Texas. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Tom Trieb's production has multiple signals. With 12 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across North Texas and Northern Illinois.
The arc is straightforward: Tom Trieb moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
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Northern Illinois
2019
Opening stop
- 2
North Texas
2022
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20192022
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Northern Illinois | 1 | 10 | 12.5 | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | North Texas | 12 | 23 | 16.3 | 11 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ UTSA
Week 14 · L 27-48 · Conference game
Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
@ Central Michigan
Week 10 · L 10-48 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.
#3
vs SMU
Week 1 · L 10-48
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#4
@ UAB
Week 11 · L 21-41 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
50.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.
#5
@ UNLV
Week 3 · L 27-58
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Havoc Plays
50.6 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2022 Regular Season · North Texas
12 primary output · 23 efficiency · 16.3 usage
69.5
#2
2019 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
54.6
1 primary · 10 efficiency · 12.5 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
2
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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