Dominic Kirks
Northwestern Wildcats
71
Average

Dominic Kirks

Northwestern WildcatsContender
RDEDefenseAverageTRANSFER · Ohio State
2nd String / Backup

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Dominic Kirks is listed 2nd string at RDE for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt sophomore · #5 · 6'5", 275 lbs

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Depth at RDE · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 12491Jamaal JohnsonStarter
  2. 2571Dominic KirksYou
  3. 39671Jonah Hayes

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Riverside, ranked #163 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 1 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 71 overall (Average tier).

Recruit4★ · #163 NatlTeam Share0%
Cleveland, OH
Jersey
#5
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'5"
Weight
275 lbs
Transfer
Ohio State

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—100

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

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9297
National Rank
#163
High School
Riverside
Hometown
Painesville, OH

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 0th-percentile production at transfer origin (×1.00 for competition level) put them -11 vs unit starters → 71.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 0% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 14% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×1.00)
Depth-chart adjustment
-11 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 3WPSUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-13

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

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

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

Final W 34-18

Dominic Kirks's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

1 tkl · 0 TFL · 0 sacks
Usage / Involvement0%
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