Bowling Green, 2014–17
Nilijah Ballew
Lettered 2015–17 (school media guide)
- Number
- No. 26
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Hometown
- Cincinnati, OH
Nilijah Ballew played at Bowling Green (2014–17).
Career highs
14tackles, career highvs. South Dakota, 2017Team titles: MAC champions, 2015
Defense
| Season | Team | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 18 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 29 | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 47 | 35 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.
Defense before 2016
| Season | G | Solo | Ast | Tkl |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 of 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2015 | 8 of 14 | 15 | 11 | 26 |
Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: 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 | Wt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bowling Green | 26 | |||
| 2015 | Bowling Green | 26 | |||
| 2016 | Bowling Green | 26 | |||
| 2017 | Bowling Green | 26 | 6′1″ | 215 |
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
2017 Bowling Green 10 games, 29 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2 | at Michigan State | L 10–35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9 | vs. South Dakota | L 27–35 | 14 | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | at Northwestern | L 7–49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 23 | at Middle Tennessee | L 13–24 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Ohio | L 30–48 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | vs. Northern Illinois | L 17–48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 31 | at Kent State | W 44–16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 7 | at Buffalo | L 28–38 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Toledo | L 37–66 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 21 | at Eastern Michigan | L 31–34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 Bowling Green 10 games, 18 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3 | at Ohio State | L 10–77 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 17 | vs.Middle Tennessee | L 21–41 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | at Memphis | L 3–77 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | vs.Eastern Michigan | L 25–28 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 8 | atOhio | L 24–30 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | atToledo | L 35–42 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | atNorthern Illinois | L 20–45 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | at Akron | W 38–28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs.Kent State | W 42–7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 25 | vs.Buffalo | W 27–19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
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