2018 roster analytics, depth, and season stat leaders in one workspace.
Huskie Stadium • DeKalb • IL
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Roster context
The roster tab connects player-level listings with the context that explains how the team is built: class year, position group, acquisition path, recruiting profile, and current season production.
For 2018, Northern Illinois has 91 rostered players in the current viewable dataset. The talent model has enough rated-player coverage to compare blue-chip ratio, RTI rank, and portal dependence.
Roster Workspace
of 91 players
Analytics Summary
Quick-glance talent, experience, and portal context for the current roster.
Position health
A quick diagnostic that combines talent score, class experience, and transfer reliance into an opinionated roster read.
| Group | Talent | Experience | Portal risk | Verdict | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL | High | High | Low | Strength | 15 players, 7% blue chips |
| OL | High | High | Low | Stable | 17 players, 0% blue chips |
| DB | High | High | Low | Stable | 15 players, 0% blue chips |
| WR | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 13 players, 0% blue chips |
| LB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 9 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 7 players, 0% blue chips |
| RB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| ST | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 4 players, 0% blue chips |
| Other | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 3 players, 0% blue chips |
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| 92 | A.J. Taylor | 4★ | DT | Sr | 6'0" | 290 lbs | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 29 | Adam Buirge | 3★ | S | Sr | 6'0" | 205 lbs | Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| 1 | Albert Smalls | 2★ | CB | Sr | 6'1" | 207 lbs | Miramar, FL, USA |
| 60 | Alex Schlee | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'5" | 293 lbs | Germantown, WI, USA |
| 16 | Amir Brummett | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'1" | 189 lbs | Decatur, IL, USA |
| 13 | Andrew Gantz | 3★ | PK | Sr | 5'10" | 178 lbs | Dayton, OH, USA |
| 42 | Andrew Gregory | 2★ | LB | Jr | 6'2" | 220 lbs | Normal, IL, USA |
| 73 | Andrew Starr | UR | OL | Sr | 6'4" | 300 lbs | Norwalk, CT, USA |
| 7 | Anthony Thompson | 3★ | QB | Jr | 6'0" | 205 lbs | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 4 | Antonio Jones-Davis | UR | LB | Sr | 5'11" | 220 lbs | Vero Beach, FL, USA |
| 26 | Antwain Walker | 3★ | CB | So | 6'1" | 190 lbs | Oswego, IL, USA |
| 54 | Austin Warner | 2★ | OL | Jr | 6'5" | 285 lbs | Oswego, IL, USA |
| 99 | Ben LeRoy | 2★ | DT | Sr | 6'3" | 285 lbs | Wilmette, IL, USA |
| 61 | Benn Olson | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'4" | 300 lbs | Burnsville, MN, USA |
| 58 | Brayden Patton | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'5" | 304 lbs | Ellettsville, IN, USA |
| 74 | Calvin Dassow | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'7" | 313 lbs | Menominee Falls, WI, USA |
| 62 | Christopher Perez Jr. | UR | OL | Sr | 6'1" | 295 lbs | Shawnee, KS, USA |
| 62 | Christopher Perez, Jr. | UR | OL | Sr | 6'1" | 295 lbs | Shawnee, KS, USA |
| 15 | Cole Tucker | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'2" | 195 lbs | DeKalb, IL, USA |
| 77 | Cole Webster | 3★ | OL | Sr | 6'7" | 302 lbs | Bettendorf, IA, USA |
| 44 | Corey Lersch | 2★ | TE | Sr | 6'3" | 250 lbs | Mchenry, IL, USA |
| 33 | Cortez Hogans | 2★ | DE | Sr | 6'3" | 277 lbs | Palatine, IL, USA |
| 10 | D.J. Brown | UR | WR | Sr | 5'9" | 185 lbs | North Little Rock, AR, USA |
| 1 | Dale Brown | 2★ | TE | Sr | 6'3" | 300 lbs | Lee's Summit, MO, USA |
| 88 | Daniel Crawford | 3★ | TE | Sr | 6'2" | 251 lbs | Macomb, MI, USA |
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Signature roster score built from recruiting stars across the full roster.
RTI assigns 100 points to 5-stars, 80 to 4-stars, 60 to 3-stars, 40 to 2-stars, and 20 to unrated players. FBS rank appears only when matched recruiting coverage is at least 35%.
Ranked against FBS teams with qualified recruiting coverage.
Coverage 76% of the roster with recruit matches.
See where the current roster stacks its most recruiting capital.
Clean FBS landscape view with the current roster highlighted and focused team context alongside it.
Current roster mix between portal additions and everyone else on the roster.
0% of the current roster.
100% of the roster remains non-transfer.
Weighted from class year to estimate how seasoned the roster is.
Veteran-heavy
Freshmen count as 1 point, sophomores 2, juniors 3, seniors 4.
Northern Illinois roster quick answers
Season
2018