Roster
NorthwesternWildcats
Players
100
Rated recruits
15
15% of the roster
Average stars
2.80
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
100 players29 of 100 have recorded statistics in 2009 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2009, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Quarterbacksby position, then this season's passing yards3
- —No recruiting profile foundQB13Mike Kafka6'3"4yr3,430 Pass yds16 TD12 Int64.8 Cmp%299 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB7Dan Persa6'1"2yr224 Pass yds2 TD2 Int58.8 Cmp%167 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB14Joe Mauro6'4"1yr6 Rush yds
Running backsby position, then who's played7
- —No recruiting profile foundRB19Arby Fields5'9"1yr82 Car302 Rush yds5 TD3.7 Rush avg17 Rec79 Rec yds4.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Scott Concannon5'10"1yr68 Car241 Rush yds2 TD3.5 Rush avg4 Rec43 Rec yds10.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Stephen Simmons5'8"3yr59 Car233 Rush yds2 TD3.9 Rush avg6 Rec37 Rec yds6.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB39Jacob Schmidt5'10"2yr64 Car217 Rush yds1 TD3.4 Rush avg14 Rec147 Rec yds10.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB2Alex Daniel—1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB3Tyris Jones6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB32Mike Trumpy6'1"1yr
Receiversby position, then who's played15
- —No recruiting profile foundWR12Andrew Brewer6'3"4yr57 Rec925 Rec yds9 TD16.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR85Zeke Markshausen5'11"2yr91 Rec858 Rec yds3 TD9.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR5Sidney Stewart6'1"2yr42 Rec470 Rec yds2 TD11.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR11Jeremy Ebert6'0"2yr21 Rec226 Rec yds0 TD10.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Demetrius Fields6'0"1yr24 Rec225 Rec yds1 TD9.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Charles Brown5'11"2yr8 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD8.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR81Kevin Frymire6'1"3yr1 Rec16 Rec yds0 TD16.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR84Drew Moulton5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR86Brendan Barber6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR88Martin Bayless6'2" · 2051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR2Lee Coleman5'10" · 1801yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR15Carl Fisher6'0" · 1951yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR87Mark Ison6'0" · 2001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Mike Jensen6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Kevin Mitchell6'2" · 2251yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting14
- 33-star recruitOL62Taylor Paxton6'4" · 2951yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Nick Adamle6'4" · 3001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Colin Armstrong6'5" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Doug Bartels6'4" · 2951yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Mike Boyle6'7" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Ben Burkett6'4" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Neal Deiters6'8" · 3151yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Keegan Grant6'2" · 3051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Evan Luxenburg6'3" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Brian Mulroe6'4" · 2951yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Al Netter6'6" · 3101yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Chuck Porcelli6'7" · 3151yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Desmond Taylor6'3" · 3001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Patrick Ward6'7" · 3101yr
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then who's played16
- —No recruiting profile foundDE71Cameron Joplin6'5" · 2651yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL88Quentin Williams6'4"1yr1 Int
- 33-star recruitDL96Anthony Battle6'2" · 2401yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Davon Custis6'3" · 2551yr
- 33-star recruitDL97Tyler Scott6'4"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL91Brian Arnfelt6'5" · 3001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94Vince Browne6'5" · 2651yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Corbin Bryant6'4"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Bo Cisek6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Jack DiNardo6'4" · 2951yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL60Jake Gregus6'3" · 2301yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Niko Mafuli6'3" · 3051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL61Andrew Struckmeyer6'2" · 2601yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL42Kevin Watt6'4" · 2651yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT79Adam Hahn6'4" · 2901yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDT67Marshall Thomas6'3" · 2951yr
Linebackersby position, then who's played9
- —No recruiting profile foundLB41Quentin Davie6'4"1yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB35Ben Johnson6'3"1yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB44Nate Williams6'1"1yr1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB46Damien Proby6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Roderick Goodlow6'2" · 2201yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB51Bryce McNaul6'3"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33David Nwabuisi6'1"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Stone Pinckney6'0" · 2151yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB56Will Studlien6'2" · 2251yr
Defensive backsby position, then who's played20
- 22-star recruitCB24Sherrick McManis6'1"4yr5 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB26Jordan Mabin5'11"2yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB28Justan Vaughn6'0"3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB3Jeravin Matthews5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB47Ricky Weina5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB21Mike Bolden6'1" · 2001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB22Demetrius Dugar5'11"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB14Caleb Harper5'11" · 1801yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB38James Kurzawski5'10" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB20Tim Weak6'1" · 1801yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS10Brian Peters6'4"2yr3 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS17Brad Phillips6'4"3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS4Brendan Smith6'1"5yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS7Hunter Bates5'10"1yr
- 22-star recruitS36Cooper Gerami6'0" · 2001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS32David Arnold6'1"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS27Jared Carpenter6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS16Davion Fleming5'10" · 2001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS49Scott Lilja5'10" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS34James Nussbaum6'2" · 2151yr
Specialistsby position, then who's played6
- —No recruiting profile foundLS59Pat Hickey6'0" · 2051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLS58John Henry Pace5'11" · 2151yr
- —No recruiting profile foundP1Stefan Demos5'10"3yr18 FG25 FGA49 Long88 Pts63 Punts35.0 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP49Brandon Williams6'2"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK34Steve Flaherty6'1"1yr0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK37Jeff Budzien5'11"1yr
Position not listedby position, then recruiting10
- 33-star recruit?9Drake Dunsmore6'3"3yr
- 33-star recruit?89Josh Rooks6'6"3yr
- 33-star recruit?82John Plasencia6'5" · 2551yr
- 33-star recruit?87Brian Smith6'7" · 2851yr
- 22-star recruit?43Tim Riley6'3"1yr
- —No recruiting profile found?80Brendan Mitchell6'3"3yr
- —No recruiting profile found?44Mark Woodsum6'0"3yr
- —No recruiting profile found?45Aaron Nagel6'1"1yr
- —No recruiting profile found?40Brett Nagel6'4" · 2301yr
- —No recruiting profile found?81Evan Watkins6'6"1yr
Offensive linemen carry no statistics because none are published: CFBD reports no snaps, starts, sacks allowed, pressures or blocking grades. That group is ordered by position, then by recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster. That does not change once the season starts. Box scores list players who record a statistic and linemen almost never do — about one per team in a full season, usually a fumble recovery — so the line keeps this order while the rest of the roster reorders around who has played.
Most of this roster has no recruiting profile. CFBD's athlete links thin out going backwards — roughly two-thirds of a 2026 roster can be matched against about one in twenty of a 2004 one — so an em dash here usually means no profile was found rather than a player nobody rated. Hover a star to see which.