2021 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 2021, Northern Illinois has 128 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 128 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DB | High | High | Low | Strength | 23 players, 0% blue chips |
| DL | High | High | Low | Stable | 22 players, 0% blue chips |
| OL | High | High | Low | Stable | 19 players, 0% blue chips |
| LB | Medium | Medium | Low | Stable | 18 players, 0% blue chips |
| WR | Medium | Medium | Low | Stable | 13 players, 0% blue chips |
| RB | Medium | High | Low | Stable | 13 players, 0% blue chips |
| TE | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 8 players, 0% blue chips |
| QB | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 6 players, 0% blue chips |
| ST | Low | High | Low | Needs depth | 6 players, 0% blue chips |
Showing 1-25 of 128 players
| — | Akanimo Asuquo Freshman | 3★ | LB | Fr | 6'0" | 215 lbs | Forney, TX, USA |
| 17 | Alex Crawford Freshman | UR | WR | Fr | 5'11" | 183 lbs | Macomb, MI, USA |
| 1 | Antario Brown | 3★ | RB | Sr | 5'10" | 219 lbs | Savannah, GA, USA |
| 34 | Anthony Hernandez Freshman | UR | LB | Fr | 6'2" | 209 lbs | Schaumburg, IL, USA |
| 7 | Anthony Thompson | 3★ | QB | Jr | 6'0" | 205 lbs | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 66 | Anthony Vacula Freshman | 3★ | OL | Fr | 6'4" | 320 lbs | Hales Corners, WI, USA |
| 10 | Billy Dozier | 2★ | WR | Jr | 5'10" | 195 lbs | New Lenox, IL, USA |
| 87 | Blake Kosin Freshman | 2★ | TE | Fr | 6'5" | 225 lbs | Davisburg, MI, USA |
| 70 | Brandon MacKinnon | 3★ | OL | So | 6'6" | 290 lbs | Lakeville, MA, USA |
| 23 | Braxton Chapman | UR | RB | Jr | 6'2" | 220 lbs | Farrell, PA, USA |
| 58 | Brayden Patton | 2★ | OL | Sr | 6'5" | 304 lbs | Ellettsville, IN, USA |
| 72 | Brendan Carr Freshman | UR | OL | Fr | 6'7" | 277 lbs | Hanna, IN, USA |
| 43 | Brett Bostad | UR | FB | Jr | 6'0" | 243 lbs | Kennedale, TX, USA |
| 35 | Brian Whitsey Freshman | 3★ | LB | Fr | 6'0" | 218 lbs | Chicago, IL, USA |
| 49 | Brock Lampe | UR | FB | Sr | 6'1" | 252 lbs | Kenosha, WI, USA |
| 51 | Cade Haberman | 3★ | DT | Sr | 6'2" | 300 lbs | Omaha, NE, USA |
| 24 | CJ Brown | 3★ | DB | Sr | 5'10" | 190 lbs | Canton, MI, USA |
| 25 | Clint Ratkovich | UR | RB | Sr | 6'1" | 220 lbs | Ewa Beach, HI, USA |
| 15 | Cole Tucker | 3★ | WR | Sr | 6'2" | 195 lbs | DeKalb, IL, USA |
| 2 | Cyrus McGarrell | 3★ | S | Sr | 6'2" | 197 lbs | Windsor, ON, Canada |
| 7 | Daveren Rayner | 3★ | LB | Sr | 6'2" | 217 lbs | Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| 32 | David Watson Jr. Freshman | UR | CB | Fr | 5'9" | 160 lbs | Philadelphia, PA, USA |
| 36 | Dayven Shinhoster | UR | LB | So | 6'0" | 217 lbs | Barrington, IL, USA |
| 10 | Demond Taylor Jr. | 2★ | DT | Sr | 6'2" | 308 lbs | East Saint Louis, MO, USA |
| 3 | Devin Lafayette | 3★ | S | Sr | 6'2" | 210 lbs | Brunswick, GA, 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 67% 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.
1% of the current roster.
99% 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
2021