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Featured defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Northwestern
Warren Long
LB • 6'0" • 218 lbs • Union City, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Warren Long shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
100
Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker
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Reliability
100
Regular contributor with several takeover games
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Star Power
87
Elite ceiling indicators
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Warren Long built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Union City, CA wearing No. 13, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Warren Long's career was his backfield work: 517...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Warren Long, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2013 Regular Season · Northwestern. Warren Long shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 21
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
- Touchdowns
- 5
Quick Answers
Warren Long quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · LB
- Career Tackles
- 21
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · James Logan · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- James Logan · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 13 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 21 tackles · LB 532nd (top 49%) · Big Ten 194th (top 32%) · National 1,924th (top 34%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Postseason | Northwestern | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 50 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 12 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 5 | 50 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.3 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 41.4 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 41.4 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Warren Long
Warren Long played LB for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Warren Long recorded 517 rushing yards, 56 receiving yards, and 21 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2015 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2013 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 0 primary output with 0 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 17.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2017 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Postseason · Northwestern
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
17.2
Usage
4.3
Consistency
12.5
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 3. Nevada: 0. Duke: 1. Bowling Green: 0. Penn State: 0. Michigan State: 0. Minnesota: 1. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 3 by 42.5. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Duke: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 3 by 12.5. Penn State: 2 by 8.3. Michigan State: 3 by 12.5. Minnesota: 4 by 26.7. Illinois: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 12/29 | vs KentuckySplash game | W 24-23 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/25 | @ Illinois | W 42-7 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Minnesota | W 39-0 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs Michigan State | W 39-31 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/7 | vs Penn State | L 7-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Bowling Green | W 49-7 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | @ Duke | L 17-41 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Nevada | W 31-20 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Warren Long story
Warren Long built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a linebacker from Union City, CA wearing No. 13, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Warren Long's career was his backfield work: 517 rushing yards, 105 carries, 5 rushing touchdowns, and 56 receiving yards across 34 career games in the available record. His career also includes 56 receiving yards and 21 tackles, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Warren Long's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Northwestern
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Postseason | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 Postseason | Northwestern | 5 | 17.2 | 4.3 | 5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Northwestern | 5 | 17.2 | 4.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kentucky
Week 1 · W 24-23 · Postseason
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Minnesota
Week 12 · W 39-0 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
38.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 38.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Duke
Week 2 · L 17-41
1
Havoc Plays
31.7 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 31.7 takeover score.
#4
vs Michigan State
Week 9 · W 39-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#5
vs Bowling Green
Week 3 · W 49-7
0
Havoc Plays
10.3 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.3 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
0 primary output · 0 efficiency · — usage
50
#2
2014 Regular Season · Northwestern
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
#3
2015 Postseason · Northwestern
50
0 primary · 0 efficiency · — usage
Milestones
1
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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