Blue White Illustrated

NORTHWESTERN ROSTER 1 Tyler Lancaster DL Sr. 6-4 315 Romeoville, Ill. 2 Flynn Nagel WR Jr. 5-11 194 Lemont, Ill. 3 Keith Watkins II CB Sr. 5-11 196 Cincinnati, Ohio 4 JR Pace DB Fr. 6-1 193 College Park, Ga. 4 Solomon Vault WR Sr. 5-10 192 Gaithersburg, Md. 5 Charlie Fessler WR So. 6-3 210 Erie, Pa. 6 Jelani Roberts WR Jr. 5-8 172 Owings Mills, Md. 7 Matt Alviti QB Sr. 6-0 204 Park Ridge, Ill. 7 Marcus McShepard DB Sr. 5-11 200 University Heights, Ohio 8 Auston Anderson RB Jr. 5-9 198 Plano, Texas 9 Garrett Dickerson SB Sr. 6-3 248 Englewood, N.J. 10 TJ Green QB So. 6-2 202 Leawood, Kan. 10 Brett Walsh LB Sr. 6-1 220 Monrovia, Calif. 11 Aidan Smith QB Fr. 6-2 205 Fort Wayne, Ind. 11 Parrker Westphal DB Jr. 6-1 205 Bolingbrook, Ill. 12 Alonzo Mayo DB So. 5-11 188 Baltimore, Md. 13 Warren Long LB Sr. 6-0 218 Union City, Calif. 13 Andrew Marty QB Fr. 6-3 218 Cincinnati, Ohio 14 Charlie Kuhbander K/P Fr. 6-0 189 Springboro, Ohio 14 Lloyd Yates WR So. 6-2 215 Oak Park, Ill. 15 Macan Wilson WR Sr. 6-0 185 Houston, Texas 16 Godwin Igwebuike S Sr. 6-0 212 Pickerington, Ohio 17 Jalen Brown WR Jr. 6-1 198 Phoenix, Ariz. 17 Daniel Kubiuk H/P Jr. 6-1 210 Barrington, Ill. 18 Cameron Ruiz DB Fr. 5-11 168 Lake Villa, Ill. 18 Clayton Thorson QB Jr. 6-4 225 Wheaton, Ill. 19 Riley Lees WR Fr. 6-0 193 Libertyville, Ill. 20 John Moten IV RB So. 6-0 203 St. Louis, Mo. 21 Justin Jackson RB Sr. 5-11 200 Carol Stream, Ill. 21 Kyle Queiro S Sr. 6-3 220 Verona, N.J. 22 Bryce Jackson DB Fr. 6-1 188 Lantana, Texas 23 Steven Reese WR So. 6-2 208 Buford, Ga. 23 Donovan Sermons DB Fr. 5-11 185 Pomona, Calif. 24 Montre Hartage CB Jr. 6-0 195 Cordele, Ga. 25 Corey Acker RB Sr. 5-9 188 Ballston Lake, N.Y. 25 Austin Hiller DB Fr. 6-2 197 Lakeway, Texas 26 Brian Bullock DB Fr. 5-11 193 Round Rock, Texas 26 Chad Hanaoka RB Sr. 5-6 188 Honolulu, Hawaii 27 Roderick Campbell DB So. 6-0 193 St. Louis, Mo. 28 Jeremy Larkin RB Fr. 5-10 194 Cincinnati, Ohio 29 Trae Williams DB So. 6-0 212 The Plains, Ohio 31 Luke Otto K/P Gr. 5-8 220 Normal, Ill. 32 Nate Hall LB Jr. 6-2 230 Toledo, Ohio 33 Travis Whillock DB Fr. 6-1 205 Katy, Texas 34 Chee Anyanwu LB Fr. 6-2 204 Buford, Ga. 34 Makay Redd K Gr. 6-1 252 Pomona, Calif. 35 Erik Mueller LB Fr. 6-2 225 Wheaton, Ill. 36 Jesse Brown RB Fr. 5-11 198 Lilburn, Ga. 37 Moe Almasri DB Gr. 5-11 180 Mokena, Ill. 37 Cody Gronewold P Fr. 6-1 170 Lincoln, Neb. 38 Drew Luckenbaugh K/P Fr. 6-1 206 Spring Grove, Pa. 39 Mason Weissenhofer PK So. 6-1 210 Planfield, Ill. 40 Peter McIntyre LB Fr. 6-2 221 Perrysburg, Ohio 41 Jared McGee S Jr. 6-1 220 Mansfield, Texas 42 Paddy Fisher LB Fr. 6-4 245 Katy, Texas 43 Tyler Gillikin LS Fr. 6-2 220 Atlanta, Ga. 44 James Prather SB Jr. 6-4 265 Memphis, Tenn. 45 Nathan Fox LB So. 6-2 230 Houston, Texas 46 Troy Hudetz LB Fr. 6-2 222 Naperville, Ill. 46 Eric Lutzen SB Jr. 6-6 235 Pewaukee, Wis. 47 Joe Bergin DB So. 5-11 200 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 48 Peter Snodgrass LS Fr 6-0 203 Palo Alto, Calif. 49 Chris Bergin LB Fr. 5-11 200 Bloomfield Hills, Mich. 50 Sam Gerak OL Fr. 6-3 278 Avon, Ohio 50 Jango Glackin LB Fr. 6-0 225 Lebanon, Ohio 51 Blake Gallagher LB Fr. 6-1 221 Raynham, Mass. 54 Trent Goens DL So. 6-3 254 Chino Hills, Calif. 55 Mark Gooden DE Fr. 6-1 251 Reynoldsburg, Ohio 56 Xavier Washington DE Sr. 6-1 250 Cedar Hill, Texas 57 Cam Kolwich OL Fr. 6-5 292 Beverly Hills, Mich. 58 Trevor Stroebel LS Gr. 6-4 233 Saukville, Wis. 59 J.B. Butler OL Jr. 6-3 305 Plainfield, Ill. 61 Jason Goosen OL Fr. 6-7 302 Virginia Beach, Va. 64 Andrew Otterman OL So. 6-4 304 Morristown, N.J. 65 Jared Thomas OL So. 6-4 285 Indianapolis, Ind. 66 Nik Urban OL Fr. 6-3 300 Willoughby, Ohio 69 Brad North OL Sr. 6-2 290 Allen, Texas 70 Rashawn Slater OL Fr. 6-3 289 Sugar Land, Texas 71 Tommy Doles OL Jr. 6-4 292 Grand Rapids, Mich. 72 Blake Hance OL Jr. 6-5 300 Jacksonville, Ill. 73 Gunnar Vogel OL Fr. 6-6 285 Columbus, Ohio 74 Graham Bullmore OL Sr. 6-7 298 Kenosha, Wis. 75 Ben Oxley DL Jr. 6-6 286 Avon Lake, Ohio 76 Ethan Wiederkehr OL Fr. 6-5 273 Wading River, N.Y. 77 Jesse Meyler OL Fr. 6-4 306 Toronto, Ontario 78 Adam Lemke-Bell OL So. 6-5 288 Oak Park, Ill. 79 Trey Klock OL Jr. 6-4 285 Hummelstown, Pa. 80 Trey Pugh SB Fr. 6-4 236 Plain City, Ohio 81 R. Chiaokhiao-Bowman WR Fr. 6-2 199 Minneapolis, Minn. 82 Jace James WR Fr. 6-0 194 Carol Stream, Ill. 82 Alex Oelsner SB Fr. 6-4 233 Niwot, Colo. 83 Will Lansbury WR Fr. 6-2 196 Pebble Beach, Calif. 83 Heath Reineke SB Jr. 6-3 245 Ashland, Ohio 84 Cameron Green SB So. 6-3 230 Buffalo Grove, Ill. 85 Jackson Tirmonia WR Fr. 6-3 196 Canton, Ohio 86 Cody Link SB Fr. 6-3 238 Madison, Wis. 86 Kyric McGowan WR Fr. 5-10 191 Dalton, Ga. 87 Eric Eshoo SB Fr. 6-4 232 Chicago, Ill. 87 Trevor Kent DE Fr. 6-6 262 Pittsburg, Kan. 88 Bennett Skowronek WR So. 6-4 218 Fort Wayne, Ind. 89 Berkeley Holman WR Fr. 5-11 176 Irvine, Calif. 90 Jake Saunders DT Fr. 6-2 295 Loveland, Ohio 91 Samdup Miller DL Fr. 6-3 261 Houston, Texas 92 Fred Wyatt DL Jr. 6-4 290 Lawrence, Kan. 93 Joe Spivak DL Fr. 6-0 290 Darien, Ill. 94 Tommy Carnifax DE Fr. 6-3 260 Warren, Ohio 95 Alex Miller DL So. 6-3 280 Houston, Texas 96 Hunter Niswander P Sr. 6-5 243 Peninsula, Ohio 97 Joe Gaziano DL So. 6-4 280 Scituate, Mass. 98 Earnest Brown IV DE Fr. 6-5 257 Aubrey, Texas 99 Jordan Thompson DL Jr. 6-3 290 Cincinnati, Ohio O C T O B E R 4 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 11 O F F E N S E CLAYTON THORSON 18 | QB | JR. | 6-4 | 225 In 2014, Thorson became the highest-rated quarterback prospect ever to sign with North- western. He's now closing in on 6,000 yards passing and more than 40 touchdowns. Thor- son is always a threat to have a big game. D E F E N S E PADDY FISHER 42 | MLB| R-FR. | 6-4 | 245 Fisher has been a very pleasant surprise for the Wildcats this season. In his first year of action, he leads the team with 37 tackles and has also forced a fumble and pulled in an in- terception. P L A Y E R S P O T L I G H T

• Cover