Player Dossier

2023-2025

Northwestern

Nigel Glover

LB • 6'3" • 230 lbs • Clayton, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Nigel Glover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Ohio State • Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
4★

Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8996

Northmont · Clayton, OH

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Nigel Glover, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern. Nigel Glover shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 5.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
4

Quick Answers

Nigel Glover quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · LB
Career Tackles
4
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 3 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · Northmont · Northwestern
High school pipeline
Northmont · 14 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
Latest roster
No. 42 · Sophomore
2025 Tackles rank
4 tackles · LB 993rd (top 78%) · Big Ten 491st (top 63%) · National 3,939th (top 64%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State00-0--0-
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00-0--0-
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern32-0--038.3
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern32-0--038.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Ohio State to NorthwesternP4 to P479.8Apr 30, 2024

Nigel Glover played LB for Ohio State and Northwestern. Across 3 tracked seasons, Nigel Glover recorded 4 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Northwestern paired 0 primary output with 5.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 5.6 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 Ohio State, Northwestern.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

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

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

3

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

5.6

Usage

1.1

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 0. Penn State: 0. Minnesota: 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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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Central Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 1 by 4.2. Minnesota: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 2 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

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

3 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganW 34-721000
Sat 11/22vs MinnesotaW 38-3510000
Sat 10/11@ Penn StateW 22-2110000

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Ohio State

    2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Northwestern

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonOhio State0
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern00
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern05.61.10
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern05.61.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 1 · W 34-7 · Postseason

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0

Havoc Plays

6.7 takeover

0 disruption/tackle impact with 6.7 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 70 Minnesota

Week 13 · W 38-35 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 15 Penn State

Week 7 · W 22-21 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

0

Havoc Plays

3.9 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Northwestern

0 primary output · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

38.3

#2

2025 Regular Season · Northwestern

38.3

0 primary · 5.6 efficiency · 1.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Ohio State

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games