Northern Illinois University Athletics

PRIOR TO NIU (2020-24 at Dartmouth) 

2024 

• Played in 10 games and made 54 tackles, including 28 solo, to rank second on the team. 

• Earned All-Ivy League honorable mention recognition for the second straight season. 

• Totaled four tackles for losses of 12 yards with a sack, an interception, a pass break-up and one fumble forced and one recovered. 

• Made a season high nine tackles versus Brown (11/23).  

• Posted eight tackles and a fumble recovery at Yale. 

• Had his best game in a road win at Columbia (10/26) with nine tackles, a forced fumble and an interception.  

• Sacked the quarterback versus Fordham (9/21) and tallied two tackles for loss.  

• Helped Dartmouth win its second consecutive Ivy League Championship.  

• Qualified for the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society  

2023 

• Appeared in eight games. 

• All-Ivy League honorable mention for Dartmouth team that won the Ivy League title. 

• Registered 55 total tackles (36 solo, 19 assists). 

• Recorded 5 tackles for loss (-13 yards) and 1 sack (-7 yards). 

• Added 1 interception and 1 pass deflection. 

• Had a season high12 tackles at Brown (11/18), 1 sack at Brown (11/18), 1 interception at Lehigh (9/23). 

2022  

• Played in 10 games. 

• Recorded 22 total tackles (15 solo, 7 assists). 

• Tallied 1.5 tackles for loss (-12 yards) and 1.5 sacks (-12 yards). 

• Season highs included five tackles at Penn (9/30) with a sack at Cornell (11/12). 

• Earned CSC Academic All-District recognition. 

2021 

• Saw action in 3 games as a freshman and redshirted the season. 

• Totaled 3 tackles (1 solo, 2 assisted). 

• Made a season high 12 tackles at Cornell (11/13). 

2020 

• Ivy League season was canceled due to COVID-19. 

PERSONAL 

• Majored in government modified with economics and philosophy 

• Has three sisters, including Grace, who competed in track at Notre Dame. 

• Father swam at Northwestern. 

• Son of Dan and Juli Cronin.