Roster
NorthwesternWildcats
Players
108
Rated recruits
35
32% of the roster
Average stars
2.94
Among rated players only
Transfers in
0
Matched by name to the portal
108 players27 of 108 have recorded statistics in 2011 · Their lines are this season only. The rest show career totals through 2011, marked career, at every school they have played for.
Offense
Quarterbacksby position, then who's played5
- —No recruiting profile foundQB7Dan Persa6'1"4yr2,376 Pass yds17 TD7 Int73.4 Cmp%32 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB2Kain Colter6'0"2yr673 Pass yds6 TD1 Int67.1 Cmp%654 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB13Trevor Siemian6'3"2yr256 Pass yds3 TD1 Int61.5 Cmp%19 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB15P.J. Carollo6'1" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB10Zack Oliver6'4"1yr
Running backsby position, then this season's rushing yards7
- —No recruiting profile foundRB39Jacob Schmidt5'10"4yr107 Car471 Rush yds6 TD4.4 Rush avg24 Rec230 Rec yds9.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB22Treyvon Green5'10"1yr97 Car362 Rush yds4 TD3.7 Rush avg10 Rec39 Rec yds3.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB26Adonis Smith5'11"2yr66 Car266 Rush yds3 TD4.0 Rush avg7 Rec31 Rec yds4.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB32Mike Trumpy6'1"3yr35 Car182 Rush yds1 TD5.2 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB5Venric Mark5'8"2yr15 Car104 Rush yds1 TD6.9 Rush avg1 Rec4 Rec yds4.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB3Tyris Jones6'0"3yr19 Car69 Rush yds0 TD3.6 Rush avg1 Rec1 Rec yds1.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB2Alex Daniel—3yr2 Car-1 Rush yds0 TD-0.5 Rush avg
Receiversby position, then who's played15
- 33-star recruitWR11Jeremy Ebert6'0"4yr75 Rec1,060 Rec yds11 TD14.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Demetrius Fields6'0"3yr32 Rec382 Rec yds3 TD11.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR17Rashad Lawrence6'2"2yr19 Rec203 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR14Christian Jones6'3"1yr16 Rec195 Rec yds0 TD12.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Charles Brown5'11"4yr8 Rec101 Rec yds0 TD12.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR84Drew Moulton5'11"3yr4 Rec40 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Mike Jensen6'0"3yr2 Rec23 Rec yds0 TD11.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR6Tony Jones6'0"2yrcareer 11 Rec157 Rec yds1 TD14.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR86Brendan Barber6'2"3yrcareer 2 Rec17 Rec yds0 TD8.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR19Cameron Dickerson6'3"1yr
- 33-star recruitWR11Pierre Youngblood-Ary6'3"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR88Torin Dupper6'1" · 1902yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR12Cermak Bland5'11" · 1851yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR25Jordan Perkins6'0"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR23E.J. Webb6'5" · 1901yr
Offensive lineby position, then recruiting17
- 33-star recruitOL62Taylor Paxton6'4" · 2953yr
- 33-star recruitOL57Matt Frazier6'4" · 2951yr
- 33-star recruitOL53Geoff Mogus6'5" · 3051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Colin Armstrong6'5" · 2903yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL64Doug Bartels6'4" · 2953yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Ben Burkett6'4" · 2903yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Neal Deiters6'8" · 3153yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Brian Mulroe6'4" · 2953yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Al Netter6'6" · 3103yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Chuck Porcelli6'7" · 3153yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Patrick Ward6'7" · 3103yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Hayden Baker6'2" · 2952yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Paul Jorgensen6'6"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Brandon Vitabile6'3"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75Jack Konopka6'5"1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Shane Mertz6'8" · 3001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Alex Pietrzak6'4" · 2901yr
Defense
Defensive lineby position, then who's played17
- 33-star recruitDL97Tyler Scott6'4"3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDL88Quentin Williams6'4"3yrcareer 2 Int
- 33-star recruitDL96Anthony Battle6'2" · 2403yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Davon Custis6'3" · 2553yr
- 33-star recruitDL99Chance Carter6'3" · 2952yr
- 33-star recruitDL92Will Hampton6'3" · 2952yr
- 33-star recruitDL91Sean McEvilly6'5" · 3002yr
- 33-star recruitDL1Max Chapman6'3" · 2701yr
- 22-star recruitDL90C.J. Robbins6'5" · 3051yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL91Brian Arnfelt6'5" · 3003yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL94Vince Browne6'5" · 2653yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Bo Cisek6'2"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Jack DiNardo6'4" · 2953yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL60Jake Gregus6'3" · 2303yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Niko Mafuli6'3" · 3053yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL42Kevin Watt6'4" · 2653yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL13Deonte Gibson6'3" · 2651yr
Linebackersby position, then who's played12
- —No recruiting profile foundLB51Bryce McNaul6'3"3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Timmy Vernon6'3"2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB35Ben Johnson6'3"3yrcareer 2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB33David Nwabuisi6'1"3yrcareer 1 Int
- 33-star recruitLB46Damien Proby6'0"3yr
- 33-star recruitLB44Chi Chi Ariguzo6'3"2yr
- 33-star recruitLB45Collin Ellis6'2"2yr
- 33-star recruitLB55Drew Smith6'1" · 2301yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB48Roderick Goodlow6'2" · 2203yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB31Stone Pinckney6'0" · 2153yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB56Will Studlien6'2" · 2253yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB9Jimmy Hall6'2"2yr
Defensive backsby position, then who's played20
- —No recruiting profile foundCB26Jordan Mabin5'11"4yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB22Demetrius Dugar5'11"3yr1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB3Jeravin Matthews5'11"3yr1 Int
- 33-star recruitCB13C.J. Bryant5'11" · 1802yr
- 33-star recruitCB15Daniel Jones5'11" · 1752yr
- 33-star recruitCB23Nick VanHoose6'0"1yr
- 33-star recruitCB4Jarrell Williams5'11" · 1801yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB21Mike Bolden6'1" · 2003yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB20Tim Weak6'1" · 1803yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB47Ricky Weina5'11"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB39Joe Cannon6'0" · 1902yr
- —No recruiting profile foundCB36Mike Eshun5'8" · 1752yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB18Matt Carpenter6'2" · 2001yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB20Austin Kassner6'2" · 1701yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS10Brian Peters6'4"4yr5 Int
- 33-star recruitS24Ibraheim Campbell5'11"2yr2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS7Hunter Bates5'10"3yrcareer 2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS32David Arnold6'1"3yrcareer 1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundS27Jared Carpenter6'0"3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS16Davion Fleming5'10" · 2003yr
Specialistsby position, then who's played6
- —No recruiting profile foundLS59Pat Hickey6'0" · 2053yr
- —No recruiting profile foundP49Brandon Williams6'2"3yr52 Punts40.8 Avg0 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP31Chris Gradone6'2"1yr
- 33-star recruitPK37Jeff Budzien5'11"3yr6 FG10 FGA47 Long68 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK34Steve Flaherty6'1"3yrcareer 0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK38Arthur Omilian5'11"1yr
Position not listedby position, then recruiting9
- 33-star recruit?9Drake Dunsmore6'3"5yr
- 33-star recruit?82John Plasencia6'5" · 2553yr
- 33-star recruit?87Brian Smith6'7" · 2853yr
- 33-star recruit?85Mark Szott6'4"1yr
- 22-star recruit?43Tim Riley6'3"3yr
- —No recruiting profile found?40Brett Nagel6'4" · 2303yr
- —No recruiting profile found?81Evan Watkins6'6"3yr
- —No recruiting profile found?1Tim Hanrahan6'0"2yr
- —No recruiting profile found?41Doug Diedrick5'10"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.