Tyler Gant
Northwestern Wildcats
80
Good

Tyler Gant

Northwestern WildcatsContender
RDTDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Tyler Gant starting?

Tyler Gant is the projected starter at RDT for Northwestern Wildcats.

Redshirt junior · #54 · 6'3", 300 lbs

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Depth at RDT · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 15480Tyler GantStarter
  2. 29574Mason Mayne
  3. 39867Landon Lauter

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Christian Brothers College, ranked #674 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 4 tackles, 0 TFL, 0 sacks. That's 0% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #674 Natl3-Yr Total9 tackles · 0 sacksTeam Share0%
Saint Louis, MO
Jersey
#54
Class
RS JR
Height
6'3"
Weight
300 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
2025400
2024400
2023100

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
0.8769
National Rank
#674
High School
Christian Brothers College
Hometown
St. Louis, MO

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 28th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them -8 vs unit starters → 80.

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
-8 for role

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 10WBALLTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-18

Tyler Gant's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

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