Northwestern’s steady, high-IQ linebacker with special-teams value and walk-on grit
In the 2025 season, Miles Crutchley is a redshirt senior linebacker at Northwestern who has carved out a role through consistency, academics, and toughness more than volume stats—he has appeared in just two games after logging one tackle in 2024 and making his debut in 2023. The big differentiator is his profile: a preferred walk-on who developed into a reliable depth piece, brings 6-foot, 220-pound size, and has earned Academic All-Big Ten honors while showing the kind of discipline coaches love. He looks like a fit for teams valuing intelligence, special-teams effort, and developmental upside over immediate splash plays.
