Linebacker, Northern Illinois, 2010–14
Michael Santacaterina
- Number
- No. 7
- Height
- 5′10″
- Hometown
- Geneva, IL
Michael Santacaterina played linebacker at Northern Illinois (2010–14).
Team titles: MAC champions, 2011, 2012 and 2014
Defense
| Season | Team | Int |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 1 |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 1 |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 1 |
| Career | 3 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. Before 2016 our source records only interceptions for most defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so these lines count interceptions only. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl | TFL | Sacks | Int | PBU | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2013N | 12 | 39 | 25 | 64 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2014E | 8 of 14 | 27 | 7 | 34 | – | – | – | – | – |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources, marked by season: unmarked, cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in); N, NCAA statistics, via octonion/football, the season’s official lines (G: games played); E, ESPN play-by-play participants, via SportsDataverse: tackles only, counted in the games whose play-by-play names tacklers (G: those games, of his team’s), so part of the season, not its total. A dash: the source has no number for it.
On the roster
| Season | Team | No. | Pos | Ht |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Northern Illinois | 7 | LB | |
| 2011 | Northern Illinois | 7 | LB | |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois | 7 | LB | |
| 2013 | Northern Illinois | 7 | LB | |
| 2014 | Northern Illinois | 7 | LB | 5′10″ |
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
2014 Northern Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11 | vs. Central Michigan | L 17–34 | 1 |
2012 Northern Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | at Ball State | W 35–23 | 1 |
2011 Northern Illinois 1 game with an interception on file, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Int |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15 | vs. Western Michigan | W 51–22 | 1 |
No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file. Before 2016 our source’s box scores record only interceptions for defenders (no tackles, tackles for loss or sacks), so only those games are listed. His tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from other sources are under “Defense before 2016” below.
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