Player Dossier

2023-2025

Northwestern

Jack Sadowsky V

LB • 6'2" • 230 lbs • Batavia, IL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jack Sadowsky V shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

15

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Iowa State • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Utah

Player Story

Jack Sadowsky V built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Batavia, IL wearing No. 45, spending time with Iowa State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Jack Sadowsky V's career was his...

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Jack Sadowsky V, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Iowa State. Jack Sadowsky V shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
68
TFL
6.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jack Sadowsky V quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · LB
Career Tackles
68
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 27 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Iowa State
Top game
Utah
High school pipeline
Batavia · 10 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 45 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
6 tackles · LB 878th (top 69%) · Big Ten 434th (top 56%) · National 3,460th (top 56%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 PostseasonIowa State121-0--026.8
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State12322.501-026.8
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State11294111042.9
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern41-0--039.3
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern45-0--039.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Iowa State to NorthwesternP4 to P479.8Apr 21, 2025

Jack Sadowsky V played LB for Iowa State and Northwestern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jack Sadowsky V recorded 68 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Iowa State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Iowa State paired 7 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Western Illinois

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.4

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Western Illinois

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Western Illinois: 0. Oregon: 0. Penn State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 1 by 4.2. Western Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Oregon: 1 by 4.2. Penn State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · +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

Western Illinois

Best efficiency game

12.5 vs Western Illinois

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganW 34-710000
Sat 10/11@ Penn StateW 22-2110000
Sat 9/13vs OregonL 14-3410000
Fri 9/5vs Western IllinoisW 42-730000

Player Story

Jack Sadowsky V story

Jack Sadowsky V built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Batavia, IL wearing No. 45, spending time with Iowa State and Northwestern. The clearest part of Jack Sadowsky V's career was his defensive production: 68 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 pass defended across 27 career games in the available record. That gives Jack Sadowsky V's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Iowa State

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20232023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 PostseasonIowa State3.514.43.8
2023 Regular SeasonIowa State3.514.43.80
2024 Regular SeasonIowa State717.35.43.5
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern06.31.4-7
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern06.31.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Utah

Week 13 · W 31-28 · Conference game

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

88.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Baylor

Week 9 · W 30-18 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#3

vs Cincinnati

Week 12 · W 34-17 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

66 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#4

vs Kansas State

Week 14 · W 29-21 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

51.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Kansas

Week 10 · L 21-28 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

50 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 50 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Iowa State

7 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 5.4 usage

42.9

#2

2025 Postseason · Northwestern

39.3

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Northwestern

39.3

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.4 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games