Caden O'Rourke
Northwestern Wildcats
73
Average

Caden O'Rourke

Northwestern WildcatsContender
LDEDefenseAverage
2nd String / Backup

Is Caden O'Rourke starting?

Caden O'Rourke is listed 2nd string at LDE for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt freshman · #91 · 6'5", 250 lbs

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Depth at LDE · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 14791Michael KilbaneStarter
  2. 29173Caden O'RourkeYou
  3. 39061Jack Trautmann

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Top defensive linemen in the Big Ten

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Rutgers at home on Sat, Oct 24. The listed kickoff time is 12:00 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Lincoln-Way East, ranked #897 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 2 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 73 overall (Average tier).

Recruit3★ · #897 NatlTeam Share0%
Mokena, IL
Jersey
#91
Class
RS FR
Height
6'5"
Weight
250 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
202520.50

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
0.8714
National Rank
#897
High School
Lincoln-Way East
Hometown
Frankfort, IL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 28th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them -9 vs unit starters → 73.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 28% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-9 for role; −6 depth penalty

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

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Sep 26LIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-18

Caden O'Rourke's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

2 tkl · 0.5 TFL · 0 sacks
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