Player Dossier

2024-2025

Northwestern

Carson Grove

WR • 5'11" • 185 lbs • Arlington Heights, IL, USA

Reliable chain-moverPossession profile

Carson Grove reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational offensive role

lowfeatured

Impact Production

9

Developing production for a receiver

lowelite

Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

lowhigh

Star Power

18

Limited ceiling signals so far

limitedstar

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern

242525

Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Northwestern
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8428

John Hersey · Arlington Heights, IL

Committed To
Northwestern
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Carson Grove, WR. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Northwestern. Carson Grove reads as a reliable chain-mover based on recent role and receiving efficiency.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Receiving yards
17
Receptions
2

Quick Answers

Carson Grove quick answers

Latest team and position
Northwestern · WR
Career Receiving Yards
17
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 2 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Northwestern
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
3-star · John Hersey · Northwestern
High school pipeline
John Hersey · 6 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 87 · Freshman
2025 Receiving yards rank
17 receiving yards · WR 947th (top 87%) · Big Ten 225th (top 80%) · National 1,740th (top 80%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesRecRec YdsTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0-00-
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern2110067
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern217067

Related Context

Carson Grove played WR for Northwestern. Across 2 tracked seasons, Carson Grove recorded 17 receiving yards and 1 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Northwestern.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Northwestern paired 17 primary output with 56.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

target-driven usage with 56.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Win 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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2025 Postseason · Northwestern

Games

2

Receiving Yards / G

8.5

Efficiency

56.7

Usage

5.2

Consistency

94.1

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Central Michigan: 10. Tulane: 7

Volume vs Efficiency

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Scatter view is hidden because this season does not have enough game-to-game variety yet.

Split Comparison

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Wins10 · Games = 1 · +3 vs Losses
Losses7 · Games = 1 · -3 vs Wins

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Receiving Yards

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

66.7 vs Central Michigan

Result
Fri 12/26vs Central MichiganW 34-71101010010
Sat 8/30@ TulaneL 3-23177707

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Northwestern

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonNorthwestern0
2025 PostseasonNorthwestern1756.75.217
2025 Regular SeasonNorthwestern1756.75.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 1 · W 34-7 · Postseason

Win with an explosive receiving profile.

10

Receiving Yards

61.1 takeover

10 receiving yards with a 66.7 efficiency score.

#2

@ No. 45 Tulane

Week 1 · L 3-23

7

Receiving Yards

44.8 takeover

Loss with an explosive receiving profile.

7 receiving yards with a 46.7 efficiency score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Northwestern

17 primary output · 56.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage

67

#2

2025 Regular Season · Northwestern

67

17 primary · 56.7 efficiency · 5.2 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Northwestern

0 primary · efficiency · usage

Milestones

0

100+ receiving yards

0

8+ catch outings

0

2+ TD games