2025 Graduate Student:
Started all 13 games and recorded 30 tackles, 4.0 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks in his final regular season with the Wildcats … Was awarded Northwestern No. 1 jersey in the preseason, the highest honor in the program, as voted by his teammates … Began final collegiate season with a three-tackle day at Tulane (8/30) … Posted a career-high 1.5 sacks against Western Illinois (9/5) … Recorded two total tackles against Oregon (9/13) … Tallied two total tackles (one solo) against ULM (10/5) … Notched his fifth multi-tackle game of the year with three total tackles at Penn State (10/11) … Added another multi-tackle game with three total tackles at Nebraska (10/25) … Posted three total tackles (two solo) at USC (11/7) … Logged four total tackles (tied a career high) and a sack against Michigan (11/15) … Registered three total tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Illinois (11/29) … Recorded one stop and one fumble recovery in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).
2024 Redshirt Junior:
Appeared in 7 games and made six starts, registering nine tackles, two tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and one forced fumble ... Served as a team captain and Academic All-Big Ten ... In his first game of the season against Maryland, had a strip sack in the fourth quarter resulting in touchdown (10/11) ... Recorded a season-high four tackles with 0.5 sacks vs. Wisconsin (10/19) ... Tallied three tackles against Ohio State (11/16).
2023 Redshirt Sophomore:
Played in all 13 games and made nine starts, totaling career-highs of 26 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 2.0 sacks, a pass broken up and a forced fumble ... Named Academic All-Big Ten ... Tied for the team lead with three quarterback hurries ... Notched the first 0.5 tackle for loss in his career against UTEP (9/9) ... Recorded three tackles against both Duke (9/16) and Minnesota (9/23) ... Made his first-career start against Penn State and tallied two tackles (9/30) ... Posted a career-high four tackles against Nebraska (10/21) ... Notched his first career sack, a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss and a forced fumble in a win over Purdue (11/18) ... Tipped Illinois’ potential game-tying two-point conversion attempt at the line of scrimmage with under a minute remaining to seal a win at Illinois (11/25) ... Had three tackles and 1.0 sack in the Las Vegas Bowl victory against Utah (12/23).
2022 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in six games and recorded three tackles.
2021 First-Year:
Did not see game action this season.
High School:
Four-year letter winner ... Team captain ... Helped St. Charles North to a state runner-up finish in 2018 and a conference title in 2020 ... Named team MVP ... Earned IHFSCA first team all-state honors ... Chicago Sun-Times first team all-area ... Illinois State Scholar Award.
Pronunciation: BASS-stone