2020 Football Roster
Blake Gallagher
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 228
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Raynham, Mass.
- High School:
- Saint Sebastian's
2020: Consensus second team All-Big Ten ... Phil Steele Third Team All-America ... Finished as team-leader in total tackles (87) and tackles for loss (9.5) ... Compiled 332 career tackles, which was the second most among active Big Ten players in 2020 ... Started and made four total tackles against Maryland (10/24)...Recorded double digit tackles for the ninth time in his collegiate career at Iowa (10/31)...Was one of three NU players to compile at least 10 tackles against the Hawkeyes...Snatched an interception on Iowa's final drive of the game, the fifth of his career...Recorded a career-high 14 tackles against Nebraska (11/7)...Compiled five total tackles at Purdue (11/14)...Earned first Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week following career-high tying 14 total tackle performance vs. Wisconsin (11/21)...Forced his first-career fumble and second-career sack against the Badgers...Recorded double-digit tackles (11) for third time in six games at Michigan State (11/28)...Posted a career-high three tackles for loss against the Spartans...Extended tackles for loss streak to six straight games against Illinois (12/12), the longest of his career...Registered six total tackles in his final regular season game as a Wildcat...Finished with nine total tackles in Big Ten Championship vs. Ohio State (12/19)...Recorded 10 total tackles in Citrus Bowl victory over Auburn (1/1/21) ... 2021 NFF Hampshire Honor Society (maintained a 3.2 cumulative GPA throughout career).
2019: Second on the team in total tackles (88) and first in solo tackles (47) ... His three quarterback hurries on the season have him tied for the most of the team this season ... Compiled six total tackles in the season opener against Stanford (8/31) ... Led the team with 11 tackles and also had 0.5 tackles for loss against Ohio State (10/18) ... Recorded his third consecutive game with double digit tackles with 11 tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss at Indiana (11/2). Grabbed a total of three interceptions against Purdue (11/9), UMass (11/16) and Minnesota (11/23), the most of any Wildcat ... Returned his UMass interception for 40 yards (11/16).
2018: Earned All-Big Ten honors (third team media, honorable mention coaches) after leading the Big Ten with 127 total tackles … Made 10-plus tackles in six contests, tied for the second-best mark in the Big Ten … Recorded a career-high 13 tackles, including nine solo tackles, in the home opener against Duke (9/8) … Led the Wildcats with 12 tackles against No. 14 Michigan for his second double-digit tackle effort of the season and logged a career-high six assisted tackles against the Wolverines (9/29) ... Paced the Wildcats with 11 tackles, including seven solo in the win on the road against No. 20 Michigan State (10/6) ... Posted a career-high seven assisted tackles in the Wildcats' victory over Nebraska (10/13) … Matched his career-high with 13 tackles against Illinois (11/23) … Finished with seven tackles and recorded his first-career interception in the Holiday Bowl against No. 17 Utah (12/31) … Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: One of 13 true first year players to see the field during the regular season ... Second among true first-year Wildcats with 33 tackles ... Made collegiate debut in 31-20 win over Nevada ... Had a career high of five tackles against Duke , Bowling Green, and Penn State ... Had a season-high four solo tackles in the Wildcats' 49-7 win over the Falcons.
