Linebacker, Northwestern, 2017–⁠20

Blake Gallagher

Number: No. 51
Height: 6′1″
Weight: 235 lb
Class (2020): Senior
Hometown: Raynham, MA
Born: Jun 1, 1998

Blake Gallagher played linebacker at Northwestern (2017–⁠20).

14tackles, career hightwice; last vs. Wisconsin, 2020

Honors

2020Second-team All-Big Ten

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record

120

10–⁠3AP 179–⁠5AP 213–⁠97–⁠2AP 10

Season	Team	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD	Hur
2017	Northwestern	33	16	1	0	0	0	0
2018	Northwestern	120	68	6.5	0	1	0	1
2019	Northwestern	88	46	4.5	0	3	1	3
2020	Northwestern	84	44	9.5	2	1	2	1
Career		325	174	21.5	2	5	3	5

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Class	Ht	Wt
2017	Northwestern	51	LB	Fr.
2018	Northwestern	51	LB	So.
2019	Northwestern	51	LB	Jr.
2020	Northwestern	51	LB	Sr.	6′1″	235

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2020 Northwestern 9 games, 84 tackles, 2 sacks, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Oct 24	vs.Maryland	W 43–⁠3	4	1	0	0	0	1
Oct 31	atIowa	W 21–⁠20	11	4	1.5	0	1	0
Nov 7	vs.Nebraska	W 21–⁠13	14	8	2	0	0	1
Nov 14	atPurdue	W 27–⁠20	5	4	1	1	0	0
Nov 21	vs.Wisconsin	W 17–⁠7	14	7	1	1	0	0
Nov 28	atMichigan State	L 20–⁠29	11	5	3	0	0	0
Dec 12	vs.Illinois	W 28–⁠10	6	4	1	0	0	0
Dec 19	vs.Ohio State	L 10–⁠22	9	5	0	0	0	0
Jan 1 ✦	vs.Auburn	W 35–⁠19	10	6	0	0	0	0

2019 Northwestern 12 games, 88 tackles, 3 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Int	PD
Aug 31	atStanford	L 7–⁠17	6	3	0	0	0
Sep 14	vs.UNLV	W 30–⁠14	6	2	0	0	0
Sep 21	vs.Michigan State	L 10–⁠31	9	6	0	0	0
Sep 28	atWisconsin	L 15–⁠24	7	2	0	0	0
Oct 5	atNebraska	L 10–⁠13	5	3	0	0	0
Oct 18	vs.Ohio State	L 3–⁠52	11	2	0.5	0	0
Oct 26	vs.Iowa	L 0–⁠20	10	5	0.5	0	1
Nov 2	atIndiana	L 3–⁠34	11	8	2	0	0
Nov 9	vs.Purdue	L 22–⁠24	7	6	0	1	0
Nov 16	vs.Massachusetts	W 45–⁠6	8	6	0	1	0
Nov 23	vs.Minnesota	L 22–⁠38	3	2	1	1	0
Nov 30	atIllinois	W 29–⁠10	5	1	0.5	0	0

2018 Northwestern 14 games, 120 tackles, 1 INT

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	PD
Aug 30	atPurdue	W 31–⁠27	8	4	0	0	0	0
Sep 8	vs.Duke	L 7–⁠21	13	9	2	0	0	0
Sep 15	vs.Akron	L 34–⁠39	5	1	0	0	0	0
Sep 29	vs.Michigan	L 17–⁠20	12	6	0	0	0	0
Oct 6	atMichigan State	W 29–⁠19	11	7	1	0	0	0
Oct 13	vs.Nebraska	W 34–⁠31	12	5	1	0	0	0
Oct 20	atRutgers	W 18–⁠15	7	3	0	0	0	0
Oct 27	vs.Wisconsin	W 31–⁠17	10	7	0	0	0	0
Nov 3	vs.Notre Dame	L 21–⁠31	8	4	0.5	0	0	0
Nov 10	atIowa	W 14–⁠10	7	4	0	0	0	0
Nov 17	atMinnesota	W 24–⁠14	6	3	0	0	0	0
Nov 24	vs.Illinois	W 24–⁠16	13	8	2	0	0	0
Dec 1	vs.Ohio State	L 24–⁠45	8	7	0	0	0	0
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Utah	W 31–⁠20	–	–	–	–	1	–

2017 Northwestern 11 games, 33 tackles

Date	Opponent	Result	Tkl	Solo	TFL
Sep 9	atDuke	L 17–⁠41	5	1	1
Sep 16	vs.Bowling Green	W 49–⁠7	5	4	0
Sep 30	atWisconsin	L 24–⁠33	1	1	0
Oct 7	vs.Penn State	L 7–⁠31	5	2	0
Oct 14	atMaryland	W 37–⁠21	4	2	0
Oct 28	vs.Michigan State	W 39–⁠31	1	1	0
Nov 4	atNebraska	W 31–⁠24	2	1	0
Nov 11	vs.Purdue	W 23–⁠13	4	2	0
Nov 18	vs.Minnesota	W 39–⁠0	2	1	0
Nov 25	atIllinois	W 42–⁠7	2	1	0
Dec 29 ✦	vs.Kentucky	W 24–⁠23	2	0	0

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Drill	Combine or pro day 2021
Height	5′11¾″
Weight	228 lb
Arm length	31″
Hand size	9⅛″
40-yard dash	4.83 s
Vertical jump	31½″
Broad jump	8′11″
Bench press	27 reps
3-cone drill	7.23 s
20-yard shuttle	4.40 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data).

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