2007 Northwestern Wildcats Football Roster

Head Coach: Pat Fitzgerald

Season: 17th

Brad Phillips

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 202

High School:: Franklin Regional
Hometown:: (Murrysville, PA)

78.61

Natl: 851

Pos: 49

St: 32

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Adam Hahn

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 245

High School:: Hartford
Hometown:: (Hartford, WI)

76.32

Natl: 988

Pos: 82

St: 9

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Alex Netter

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 250

High School:: Cardinal Newman
Hometown:: (Santa Rosa, CA)

77.11

Natl: 1067

Pos: 93

St: 95

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Andre Butler

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 185

High School:: Thornwood
Hometown:: (South Holland, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Andrew Brewer

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205

High School:: Jenks
Hometown:: (Jenks, OK)

81.50

Natl: 537

Pos: 41

St: 13

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Ben Burkett

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 249

High School:: St. John's Jesuit
Hometown:: (Toledo, OH)

76.26

Natl: 1090

Pos: 94

St: 69

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Ben Rinker

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 240

High School:: Barrington
Hometown:: (Barrington, IL)

74.09

Natl: 1213

Pos: 58

St: 28

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Brandon Roberson

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 5-9
Weight: 185

High School:: Pearland
Hometown:: (Pearland, TX)

77.05

Natl: 889

Pos: 106

St: 148

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Brendan Smith

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 203

High School:: New Hampton School
Hometown:: (New Hampton, NH)

79.77

Natl: 725

Pos: 52

St: 2

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: ATH

Brian Peters

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 235

High School:: Pickerington Central
Hometown:: (Pickerington, OH)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Bryce McNaul

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 242

High School:: Eden Prairie
Hometown:: (Eden Prairie, MN)

82.25

Natl: 676

Pos: 68

St: 4

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

C.J. Bacher

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 180

High School:: Jesuit
Hometown:: (Carmichael, CA)

85.25

Natl: 372

Pos: 26

St: 42

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Carl Fisher

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 205

High School:: Bolingbrook
Hometown:: (Bolingbrook, IL)

82.25

Natl: 602

Pos: 67

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Charles Brown

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-11
Weight: 175

High School:: Robeson
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

82.70

Natl: 638

Pos: 83

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Colin Armstrong

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 270

High School:: Benet Academy
Hometown:: (Lisle, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Connor Smith

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 285

High School:: Smithson Valley
Hometown:: (Spring Branch, TX)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Corbin Bryant

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 300

High School:: Morgan Park
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Corey Wootton

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 270

Age: 38 yrs

High School:: Don Bosco Prep
Hometown:: (Ramsey, NJ)

81.50

Natl: 555

Pos: 47

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Age: 38

Dan Persa

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 201

High School:: Liberty
Hometown:: (Bethlehem, PA)

83.60

Natl: 573

Pos: 40

St: 29

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

David Arnold

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 185

High School:: Copley
Hometown:: (Akron, OH)

84.95

Natl: 492

Pos: 44

St: 22

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

David Oredugba

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 180

High School:: Beverly Hills
Hometown:: (Beverly Hills, CA)

76.32

Natl: 1000

Pos: 84

St: 123

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Desmond Taylor

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 259

High School:: Loyola
Hometown:: (Los Angeles, CA)

74.09

Natl: 1181

Pos: 87

St: 146

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Drake Dunsmore

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 209

Age: 36 yrs

High School:: St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:: (Overland Park, KS)

81.70

Natl: 727

Pos: 37

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Age: 36

Eric Peterman

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 199

High School:: Sacred Heart-Griffin
Hometown:: (Springfield, IL)

81.50

Natl: 550

Pos: 42

St: 22

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Gerrard Hamlett

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 180

High School:: St. Thomas Aquinas
Hometown:: (Fort Lauderdale, FL)

76.32

Natl: 999

Pos: 118

St: 117

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Jack DiNardo

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 245

High School:: Hinsdale Central
Hometown:: (Hinsdale, IL)

83.15

Natl: 619

Pos: 46

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Jeff Yarbrough

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170

High School:: Rich Township
Hometown:: (Richton Park, IL)

74.09

Natl: 1214

Pos: 115

St: 29

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Joel Belding

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 290

High School:: Cloverleaf
Hometown:: (Lodi, OH)

73.36

Natl: 1285

Pos: 118

St: 52

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

John Gill

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 285

High School:: Bellarmine Prep
Hometown:: (San Jose, CA)

76.32

Natl: 987

Pos: 86

St: 126

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Jordan Mabin

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 178

High School:: Nordonia
Hometown:: (Macedonia, OH)

84.50

Natl: 511

Pos: 36

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Josh Rooks

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 250

High School:: Holland Christian
Hometown:: (Holland, MI)

85.40

Natl: 470

Pos: 25

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE

Justan Vaughn

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 164

High School:: Pearland
Hometown:: (Pearland, TX)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: S

Keegan Kennedy

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 240

High School:: Cardinal Newman
Hometown:: (West Palm Beach, FL)

72.36

Natl: 1323

Pos: 106

St: 145

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kevin Mims

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 245

High School:: The Woodlands
Hometown:: (The Woodlands, TX)

81.50

Natl: 576

Pos: 45

St: 88

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kevin Watt

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 225

High School:: Glenbard West
Hometown:: (Glen Ellyn, IL)

80.45

Natl: 856

Pos: 59

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Kurt Mattes

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-6
Weight: 265

High School:: Wyoming Valley West
Hometown:: (Plymouth, PA)

81.50

Natl: 549

Pos: 41

St: 16

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Lee Coleman

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 170

High School:: East Hall
Hometown:: (Gainesville, GA)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Malcolm Arrington

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 218

High School:: St. Mary's
Hometown:: (West Bloomfield, MI)

79.77

Natl: 721

Pos: 92

St: 14

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Marshall Thomas

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 270

High School:: Belen Jesuit Prep
Hometown:: (Miami, FL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Matt Clark

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 295

High School:: Lake Highland Prep
Hometown:: (Orlando, FL)

76.32

Natl: 998

Pos: 93

St: 116

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: DL

Michael Bolden

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 175

High School:: Evanston Township
Hometown:: (Evanston, IL)

85.40

Natl: 469

Pos: 34

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Mike Boyle

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-7
Weight: 255

High School:: Hun School
Hometown:: (Princeton, NJ)

84.02

Natl: 486

Pos: 30

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: OT

Mike Dinard

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-2
Weight: 222

High School:: Padua Franciscan
Hometown:: (Cleveland, OH)

76.32

Natl: 1076

Pos: 131

St: 35

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Nate Williams

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 220

High School:: Central Catholic
Hometown:: (Pittsburgh, PA)

75.27

Natl: 960

Pos: 118

St: 41

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Niko Mafuli

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 293

High School:: University City Sr.
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Omar Conteh

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 195

High School:: Cy-Fair
Hometown:: (Cypress, TX)

81.50

Natl: 540

Pos: 57

St: 86

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Prince Kwateng

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 215

High School:: Munster
Hometown:: (Munster, IN)

70.64

Natl: 1437

Pos: 173

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Quentin Davie

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 219

High School:: Cardinal Ritter College Prep
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

83.15

Natl: 550

Pos: 68

St: 7

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Ramon Diaz

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 280

High School:: Morris Community
Hometown:: (Morris, IL)

81.50

Natl: 665

Pos: 52

St: 27

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Rasheed Ward

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 159

High School:: Harper
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

81.50

Natl: 554

Pos: 47

St: 23

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Ross Lane

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 180

High School:: Bishop Verot
Hometown:: (Fort Myers, FL)

74.09

Natl: 1212

Pos: 114

St: 144

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Scott Concannon

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 185

High School:: Rock Bridge
Hometown:: (Columbia, MO)

79.45

Natl: 919

Pos: 92

St: 18

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Sherrick McManis

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 193

Age: 37 yrs

High School:: Richwoods
Hometown:: (Peoria, IL)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: CB

Age: 37

Sidney Stewart

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 6-0
Weight: 165

High School:: Harrison
Hometown:: (Farmington, MI)

76.26

Natl: 951

Pos: 105

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: WR

Stefan Demos

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 5-10
Weight: 190

High School:: Horizon
Hometown:: (Scottsdale, AZ)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: K

Stephen Simmons

Class year: 2006 H.S.
Height: 5-8
Weight: 170

High School:: St. Louis University
Hometown:: (Saint Louis, MO)

81.25

Natl: 680

Pos: 71

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Thomas Bemenderfer

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 245

High School:: Penn
Hometown:: (Mishawaka, IN)

79.77

Natl: 723

Pos: 66

St: 11

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Tyler Compton

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 270

High School:: Humble
Hometown:: (Humble, TX)

79.77

Natl: 722

Pos: 65

St: 113

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: IOL

Tyrell Sutton

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 5-8
Weight: 186

High School:: Archbishop Hoban
Hometown:: (Akron, OH)

81.50

Natl: 552

Pos: 58

St: 20

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Vincent Browne

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-5
Weight: 239

High School:: David Anderson
Hometown:: (Lisbon, OH)

87.65

Natl: 342

Pos: 29

St: 12

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: EDGE

Chris Jeske

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-1
Weight: 225

High School:: Joliet Catholic Academy
Hometown:: (Joliet, IL)

85.25

Natl: 327

Pos: 39

St: 15

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Mike Kafka

Class year: 2005 H.S.
Height: 6-3
Weight: 190

Age: 38 yrs

High School:: St. Rita
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

81.50

Natl: 548

Pos: 41

St: 21

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: QB

Age: 38

Akeem Hunter

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: Leo Catholic
Hometown:: (Chicago, IL)

70.64

Natl: 1417

Pos: 153

St: 31

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: RB

Rejaie Johnson

Class year: 2004 H.S.
Height: -

High School:: La Marque
Hometown:: (La Marque, TX)

78.05

Natl: 827

Pos: 96

St: 132

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Ben Johnson

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 196

High School:: Shoreland Lutheran
Hometown:: (South Milwaukee, WI)

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: LB

Cameron Joplin

Class year: 2007 H.S.
Height: 6-4
Weight: 247

High School:: Pioneer
Hometown:: (Ann Arbor, MI)

81.35

Natl: 766

Pos: 38

St: 25

NIL Value:: -

Position Abbreviation: TE