Player Dossier

2019-2024

Northern Illinois

Tom Foley

P • 6'4" • 234 lbs • Peoria, IL, USA

Impact contributor

Tom Foley shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

Production sample still building

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

85

Elite ceiling indicators

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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
6
Program Path
Minnesota • Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Arkansas State

Player Story

Tom Foley built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a punter from Peoria, IL wearing No. 98, spending time with Minnesota and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tom Foley's career was his field-position...

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Tom Foley, P. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Tom Foley shows a productive multi-phase profile across the tracked sample.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Touchdowns
1
Passing yards
32

Quick Answers

Tom Foley quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · P
Career Touchdowns
1
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Arkansas State
Latest roster
No. 98 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTDPrimaryOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota000-
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois000-
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois000-
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1200100
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois131151.3
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois130151.3
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois1300100
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1300100

Related Context

Tom Foley played P for Minnesota and Northern Illinois. Across 6 tracked seasons, Tom Foley recorded 32 passing yards, -5 rushing yards, and 1 touchdowns. 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 0 primary output with — efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with — efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to 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 Minnesota, Northern Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Fresno State

Win with a strong all-around stat line. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

Games

13

Primary Metric / G

0

Efficiency

Usage

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Fresno State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Fresno State: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Notre Dame: 0. Buffalo: 0. NC State: 0. Massachusetts: 0. Bowling Green: 0. Toledo: 0. Ball State: 0. Western Michigan: 0. Akron: 0. Miami (OH): 0. Central Michigan: 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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Split Comparison

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

Wins0 · Games = 8 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 5 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Touchdowns

Top game by takeover score

Fresno State

Best efficiency game

— vs Fresno State

Result
Mon 12/23@ Fresno StateW 28-20
Sat 11/30vs Central MichiganW 24-16
Wed 11/20@ Miami (OH)L 9-20
Thu 11/14vs AkronW 29-16
Thu 11/7@ Western MichiganW 42-28
Sat 10/26@ Ball StateL 23-25
Sat 10/19vs ToledoL 6-13
Sat 10/12@ Bowling GreenW 17-7
Sat 10/5vs MassachusettsW 34-20
Sat 9/28@ NC StateL 17-24
Sat 9/21vs BuffaloL 20-23
Sat 9/7@ Notre DameW 16-14
Sat 8/31vs Western IllinoisW 54-15

Player Story

Tom Foley story

Tom Foley built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a punter from Peoria, IL wearing No. 98, spending time with Minnesota and Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Tom Foley's career was his field-position work: 137 punts, 5,502 punting yards, and 47 punts inside the 20 across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Special-teams careers depend on repeatable opportunity, not just one highlight. His career also includes 32 passing yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Minnesota and Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Tom Foley 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

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

  1. 1

    Minnesota

    2019

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northern Illinois

    2020-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMinnesota0
2020 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2021 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00
2023 PostseasonNorthern Illinois11
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois10
2024 PostseasonNorthern Illinois0-1
2024 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois00

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Arkansas State

Week 1 · W 21-19 · Postseason

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

1

Touchdowns

100 takeover

1 primary-metric impact.

#2

vs Akron

Week 13 · L 12-44 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 11 · W 24-21 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Win with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

#5

vs Central Michigan

Week 10 · L 22-35 · Conference game

0

Touchdowns

0 takeover

Loss with a strong all-around stat line.

0 primary-metric impact.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

0 primary output · efficiency · usage

100

#2

2024 Postseason · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

100

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games