Braden Turner
Northwestern Wildcats
91
Elite

Braden Turner

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NBDefenseElite
Projected Starter

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Braden Turner is the projected starter at NB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt senior · #9 · 5'10", 200 lbs

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Depth at NB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 1991Braden TurnerStarter
  2. 23568Sean Martin

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of McGill Toolen, ranked #1,261 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 52 tackles, 2 INT, 2 PBU. That's 7% of the team's production at his spot and 87th-percentile production nationally — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,261 Natl3-Yr Total96 tacklesTeam Share7%Percentile87th
Mobile, AL
Jersey
#9
Class
RS SR
Height
5'10"
Weight
200 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20255222
20243702
2023700

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8500
National Rank
#1261
High School
McGill Toolen
Hometown
Mobile, AL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 87th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +6 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 87% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+6 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LORETKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 24-21

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
1
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
2

Final W 34-18

Braden Turner's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

52 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement54%
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