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2025 Football Roster

November 23, 2024, Ann Arbor, MI: A game between Northwestern Football and Michigan at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, MI on Saturday, November 23, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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October 11, 2024, College Park, MD: A game between Northwestern Football and Maryland at SECU Stadium in College Park, MD on Friday, October 11, 2024. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)
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October 7, 2023, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Howard at Ryan Field in Evanston, IL on Saturday, October 7, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
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July 21, 2025, Evanston, IL: Members of the Northwestern Football team pose for photos as part of Internal Media Days at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Monday, July 21, 2025. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 37

Mac Uihlein

  • Height:
    6-1
  • Weight:
    230
  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Lake Forest, Ill.
  • High School:
    Lake Forest

2025 Graduate Student:
Earned All-Big Ten Third-Team honors … Started all 13 games … Recorded 101 tackles, 6.0 TFLs, two forced fumble and four interceptions in his second season as a starter and was one of just two FBS players in 2025 to post these figures … Logged four games with at least seven total tackles and 1.0 tackles for loss … First Big Ten linebacker to tally at least 90 tackles, 6 TFLs and four picks since Del'Shawn Phillips did so in 2018 … Started the season strong with nine total tackles and 2.0 tackles for loss in the season opener at Tulane (8/30) … Recorded first-career interception against Western Illinois (9/5), and his four total tackles were also tied for the team high ... Became the first NU linebacker with back-to-back games with interceptions since Xander Mueller in 2023 when he picked off Dante Moore against Oregon in 2025 (9/13) … Finished second on the team in tackles with seven total tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble against UCLA (9/27) … Led Northwestern with seven total tackles (six solo) and posted a tackle for loss against ULM (10/5) … Posted a team high in total tackles (10) for the third time of the season against Penn State (10/11) … Recorded seven total tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss and an interception against Purdue (10/18) in which he became the eighth Wildcat linebacker since 1995 to log at least 50 tackles and three interceptions in a season … Added another interception and seven total tackles (three solo) at Nebraska (10/25) … Registered his fifth career game with 10+ tackles when he led the Wildcats defense with 11 total tackles (eight solo) and 1.0 tackles for loss at USC (11/7) … Became the second NU linebacker since 2000 to record four or more interceptions in a single season since Chi Chi Ariguzo had four interceptions in 2013 … Recorded his 6th career game of 10+ tackles when he posted 10 total tackles (five solo) against Michigan (11/15) … Added six total tackles (two solo) against Minnesota (11/22) … Posted seven total tackles (four solo) against Illinois (11/29) … Tallied eight tackles (four solo) and forced a fumble against Central Michigan in the GameAbove Sports Bowl (12/26).

2024 Redshirt Junior:
Appeared in 12 games, totaling a team-high 85 tackles, four tackles for loss, two sacks, a pass breakup, and one forced fumble … Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention, Academic All-Big Ten, and CSC Academic All-District Team … Ranked 11th among Big Ten players in total tackles per game (7.1) … Tallied five tackles and recorded his first two career sacks in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) … Accounted for seven tackles against Washington (9/21) … Had a then-career-high eight tackles vs. Indiana (10/5) … Logged a career-high 13 tackles, forced a fumble, and had one pass breakup in a win at Maryland (10/11) … His 13 tackles were the most by a Wildcat in a game during the 2024 season … Recorded eight tackles with a tackle for loss against Wisconsin (10/19) … Led the team with 10 tackles and accounted for one tackle for loss against Iowa (10/26) … Totaled six tackles against Ohio State (11/16) … Registered eight tackles at Michigan (11/23) … Led the team with 12 tackles in the season finale against Illinois (11/30).

2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in 10 games, notching 18 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and one pass broken up … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Made three tackles in his season debut against Duke (9/16) … Recorded two tackles and his first-career pass breakup against Penn State (9/30) … Notched four tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against Howard (10/7) … Recorded four tackles in a win over Maryland (10/28) … Posted two tackles in a road win at Wisconsin (11/11).

2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in 11 games, starting one, and recorded 12 tackles … Made his first-career tackle against Nebraska (8/27) … Recorded his first-career multi-tackle game against Wisconsin (10/8).

2021 First-Year:
Appeared in two games, making his collegiate debut against Wisconsin (11/13) … Redshirted.

High School:
Four-star recruit verbally committed to Northwestern on April 3, 2020 … 13th highest-rated signee in Northwestern history (247Sports) … Highest ranked inside linebacker in program history … No. 18 overall prospect in Illinois (247Sports) … Recorded 50+ total tackles in sophomore and junior seasons at Lake Forest High School in Illinois … Chose Northwestern over other Big Ten programs such as Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska … All NSC Conference … Father played tennis at the University of Minnesota, won two Big Ten Championships … Anticipated major is economics.

Pronunciation: U-line

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