Payton Roth
Northwestern Wildcats
68
Depth

Payton Roth

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MLBDefenseDepth
3rd String

Is Payton Roth starting?

Payton Roth is listed 3rd string at MLB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt junior · #34 · 6'4", 230 lbs

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Depth at MLB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 1291Kobie McKinzieStarter
  2. 24572Jack Sadowsky V
  3. 33468Payton RothYou
  4. 44264Nigel Glover

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

Making His Case

A 2-star recruit out of Portland Jesuit, ranked #3,001 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 8 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 68 overall (Depth tier).

Recruit2★ · #3,001 NatlTeam Share1%
Portland, OR
Jersey
#34
Class
RS JR
Height
6'4"
Weight
230 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025800

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★☆☆☆2-star
Composite
0.7700
National Rank
#3001
High School
Portland Jesuit
Hometown
Portland, OR

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 41th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 68.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 41% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
-8 for role; −12 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 31LORETKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-26

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

Final W 42-14

Oct 10WBALLTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

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

Final L 29-23

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

Final W 34-18

Payton Roth's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

8 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement9%
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