Player Dossier

2022-2023

Northern Illinois

Kacper Rutkiewicz

WR • 5'8" • 178 lbs • Mount Prospect, IL, USA

Vertical playmakerExplosive finisher

Kacper Rutkiewicz reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

11%

Rotational offensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a receiver

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Reliability

50

Useful contributor with volatile peaks

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Star Power

63

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

2223

Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Northern Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Ball State

Player Story

Kacper Rutkiewicz built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Mount Prospect, IL wearing No. 8, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Kacper Rutkiewicz's career was...

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Kacper Rutkiewicz, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois. Kacper Rutkiewicz reads as a vertical playmaker based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
745
Receptions
46
Touchdowns
9

Quick Answers

Kacper Rutkiewicz quick answers

Latest team and position
Northern Illinois · WR
Career Receiving Yards
745
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 2 entries · 18 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois
Top game
Ball State
Latest roster
No. 8 · Senior
2023 Receiving yards rank
313 receiving yards · WR 360th (top 35%) · Mid-American 36th (top 21%) · National 422nd (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois1026432778
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois620313265.7

Related Context

Kacper Rutkiewicz played WR for Northern Illinois. Across 2 tracked seasons, Kacper Rutkiewicz recorded 59 rushing yards, 745 receiving yards, and 2 tackles. 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 432 primary output with 86.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Regular Season role shape

target-driven usage with 70.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2023 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Southern Illinois

Loss with an explosive receiving profile. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

Games

6

Receiving Yards / G

52.2

Efficiency

70.8

Usage

18.9

Consistency

56.7

Best Game by takeover score

Southern Illinois

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Boston College: 46. Southern Illinois: 139. Nebraska: 7. Tulsa: 12. Toledo: 45. Akron: 64

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. Boston College: 5 by 61.3. Southern Illinois: 6 by 100. Nebraska: 2 by 23.3. Tulsa: 1 by 80. Toledo: 5 by 60. Akron: 1 by 100

Split Comparison

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

Wins55 · Games = 2 · +4.3 vs Losses
Losses50.8 · Games = 4 · -4.3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

6 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Southern Illinois

Best efficiency game

100 vs Akron

Result
Sat 10/7@ AkronW 55-141646464164
Sat 9/30@ ToledoL 33-3554599021
Sat 9/23vs TulsaL 14-221128.512012
Sat 9/16@ NebraskaL 11-35273.53.5004
Sat 9/9vs Southern Illinois100 receiving yardsL 11-14613923.223.20162
Sat 9/2@ Boston CollegeW 27-245469.29.20013

Player Story

Kacper Rutkiewicz story

Kacper Rutkiewicz built his college career from 2022 through 2023 as a wide receiver from Mount Prospect, IL wearing No. 8, spending time with Northern Illinois. The clearest part of Kacper Rutkiewicz's career was his receiving role: 46 catches, 745 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns, and 59 rushing yards across 18 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Northern Illinois. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

The value of the career arc is that it connects production to role, not just a name on a roster. His career also includes 59 rushing yards, 2 tackles, and 54 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 18 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northern Illinois.

The arc is straightforward: Kacper Rutkiewicz 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

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20222023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois43286.917.9
2023 Regular SeasonNorthern Illinois31370.818.9-119

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Ball State

Week 5 · L 38-44 · Conference game

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

89

Receiving Yards

99.6 takeover

89 receiving yards with a 98.9 efficiency score.

#2

vs Southern Illinois

Week 2 · L 11-14

139

Receiving Yards

95.7 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

139 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#3

vs Miami (OH)

Week 12 · L 23-29 · Conference game

80

Receiving Yards

95.1 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

80 receiving yards with a 100 efficiency score.

#4

@ Northern Illinois

Week 1

27

Receiving Yards

95 takeover

Game with an explosive receiving profile.

27 receiving yards with a 90 efficiency score.

#5

@ Eastern Michigan

Week 7 · W 39-10 · Conference game

42

Receiving Yards

74.6 takeover

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

42 receiving yards with a 93.3 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

432 primary output · 86.9 efficiency · 17.9 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Northern Illinois

65.7

313 primary · 70.8 efficiency · 18.9 usage

Milestones

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100+ receiving yards

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8+ catch outings

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2+ TD games