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2020 BIG TEN BUTKUS-FITZGERALD LINEBACKER OF THE YEAR: Paddy Fisher, Northwestern,...Fisher will be the first Northwestern linebacker to receive the Butkus-Fitzgerald Linebacker of the Year award in its 10 year history. He returns to the All-Big Ten first team after receiving the honor in 2018. Fisher led the 'Cats alongside Gallagher with 65 total tackles and finished sixth in the Big Ten, notching four of six games this season with double-digit tackles. In his senior season, Fisher currently has 383 career tackles, the most among any active FBS player. - Northwestern Football

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ILB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
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12/16/20 - *Peter Skoronski, Jr/2023, Northwestern, 6-4, 313 (DS#1 OG) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): OT Peter Skoronski, Northwestern,...True first-year offensive tackle Peter Skoronski and graduate quarterback Peyton Ramsey led the Northwestern selections, with Skoronski earning second team honors by the conference media as well as a third team selection by the conference coaches. Ramsey was a consensus third team selection by both the coaches and media. Skoronski has started all seven games for the Wildcats as a true first-year and quickly emerged as one of the top offensive line talents in the nation. - Northwestern Football

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OG *Peter Skoronski, Northwestern
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12/16/20 - Peyton Ramsey, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-2, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

2020 ALL-BIG TEN FOOTBALL THIRD TEAM (COACHES): QB Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern,...Ramsey earns his second-straight All-Big Ten recognition after earning an honorable mention nod last season while playing for Indiana. The graduate signal caller has accounted for a team-leading 11 total touchdowns this season, including nine passing touchdowns. Ramsey has eclipsed 200 passing yards in four games this season, bringing his total to 21 games over his career, which leads all active Big Ten quarterbacks. Ramsey is the first Northwestern quarterback to be named to an All-Big Ten team since Clayton Thorson did so as a junior in 2017. - Northwestern Football

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QB Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern
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12/15/20 - Chris Bergin, rSr/2022, Northwestern, 5-10, 210 (DS#46 OLB) + More +

2020 BURLSWORTH TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Chris Bergin, Northwestern University, Linebacker, SR - Playing primarily on special teams during his freshman year, Chris was one of only 13 first-year players to see action for NU. Over the next two years, he cemented himself as an every-game player and eventually a starter making 137 tackles and 9.0 TFL's. In seven contests this year, Bergin has 3 games with double digit tackles and ranks 8th in the Big Ten in tackles per game. - Burlsworth Trophy

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OLB Chris Bergin, Northwestern
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12/14/20 - Cam Porter, rSr/2026, Northwestern, 5-09, 215 (DS#999 RB) + More +

DEC 14 BIG TEN FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Cam Porter, Northwestern, RB, Cincinnati, Ohio/LaSalle,...Set career highs with 24 carries for 142 yards and two touchdowns Saturday to pace Northwestern to a 28-10 win over visiting Illinois...Helped the Wildcats rush for a season-high 411 yards, their highest total since Nov. 22, 2003 (444 vs. Illinois)...Only played the first three quarters as NU secured the Land of Lincoln Trophy for the sixth consecutive year...Collects his first career Freshman of the Week award...Last Northwestern Freshman of the Week: Brandon Joseph (Nov. 23, 2020). - Big Ten Foootball

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RB Cam Porter, Northwestern
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12/11/20 - Ben Bryant, rSr/2024, Northwestern, 6-4, 218 (DS#22 QB) + More +

Ben Bryant, a redshirt sophomore quarterback for the University of Cincinnati, has entered the NCAA transfer portal, UC officials confirmed Wednesday. Bryant, who entered the portal as a graduate transfer, is still with the team for the time being and is eligible to practice, dress and play while in the portal, UC officials said. If Bryant does not transfer before Dec. 19, he could be available for the AAC championship game against Tulsa at Nippert Stadium (8 p.m. on ABC). Bryant has completed 11 of his 14 attempts for 90 yards with a touchdown and added 65 rushing yards on six attempts with a score this season. He had a 40-yard touchdown run in a win against Austin Peay on Sept. 19. - Cincinnati Enquirer

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QB Ben Bryant, Northwestern
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12/10/20 - JR Pace, Sr/2021, Northwestern, 6-1, 205 (DS#22 SS) + More +

Northwestern safety JR Pace has started his own unusual tradition. During the Wildcats' game against Wisconsin on Nov. 21, cameras showed him bending to swipe towels from the waistbands of two Badgers players after Northwestern's Brandon Joseph was tackled following an interception. It wasn't the first time Pace had done it. It was just the first time it was televised. "I've been doing that every game; it just happened to get caught on TV," Pace said Monday.

"I do it just to mess with the offensive players because they get frustrated with it." Illinois players might want to secure their towels Saturday when the rivals meet in Evanston. Pace said Michigan State players didn't seem to have towels hanging from their pants a week after the NU-Wisconsin game. "I was looking for them and none of the offensive players were wearing them," he said. Maybe word got out? Pace doesn't have a stash of keepsake towels, though. "I don't have any of them," he said, "because I always wind up giving them out (to others)." - Chicago Tribune

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SS JR Pace, Northwestern
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12/08/20 - Paddy Fisher, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-3, 240 (DS#15 ILB) + More +

2020 LOTT IMPACT TROPHY SEMIFINALIST: Paddy Fisher, LB, Northwestern,...Walter Camp Preseason All-American...Athlon Sports' Preseason All-American...Athlon Sports and Phil Steele Preseason All-Big Ten Teams...Butkus Award Watch List...Bronko Nagurski Trophy Watch List...Started the 39th game of his career against Maryland (10/24)...Recorded four total tackles in the Wildcats' 43-3 victory. - Northwestern Football

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ILB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
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11/24/20 - John Raine, Sr/2021, Northwestern, 6-1, 231 (DS#6 FB) + More +

Even Pat Fitzgerald will admit it: Northwestern tried to keep John Raine a secret. Despite an impressive resume of two bowl wins and nearly 350 receiving yards in his senior season at Florida Atlantic, the tight end was relatively unknown to a Big Ten crowd until this April, when the whispers of a connection between him and the Wildcats first came about. After four years with the Owls, Raine was looking to use his fifth year of eligibility somewhere new. But when he told 247Sports that NU was among his top four - alongside Florida State, USF and Arkansas - it came a bit out of left field. Twelve days later, Raine announced his commitment to the Cats. He'd bypassed schools who had two of his former offensive coordinators at FAU and bought into what Fitzgerald and new play-caller Mike Bajakian were selling up in Evanston.

"We tried to keep John really quiet," Fitzgerald said at a press conference earlier this season. "(I've) probably got to coach the guys up to be a little bit more coy, but John's a really good player. A really, really good player." Six months since his commitment, Raine is quiet no more. Through the Cats' first four games of the 2020 season, he's debuted as one of fellow graduate transfer Peyton Ramsey's favorite targets, pulling in 11 catches for 112 yards and one touchdown. - The Daily Northwestern

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FB John Raine, Northwestern
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11/23/20 - Blake Gallagher, Sr/2021, Northwestern, 6-0, 228 (DS#32 OLB) + More +

NOV 23 BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Blake Gallagher, Northwestern, Sr., LB, Raynham, Mass./Saint Sebastian's,...Recorded a team-high 14 tackles in a victory against Wisconsin, his second 14-tackle effort in the last three weeks...Added a sack, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in the contest...Anchored a defense that held the Badgers to seven points and zero snaps in the red zone, while turning the Badgers over five times...Claims his first career Defensive Player of the Week honor...Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Chris Bergin (Nov. 9, 2020). - Big Ten Football

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OLB Blake Gallagher, Northwestern
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11/23/20 - Paddy Fisher, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-3, 240 (DS#15 ILB) + More +

Northwestern continues to put up impressive defensive numbers. The 17-7 win over then-No. 10 Wisconsin marked the first time the 11th-ranked Wildcats held a Top 10 opponent to seven points or fewer in 53 years. They're holding opponents to just 12.6 points, third-best among teams that have played at least five games, and they've shut out four of their five opponents in the second half. Wisconsin came into the game having put up 45 and 49 points in its first two games, respectively. The Badgers' touchdown came on a 49-yard pass. No other drive penetrated deeper than the Northwestern 23. Especially impressive was that the Wildcats' defense was on the field for 37 minutes and 82 plays. - AP College Football

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ILB Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
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11/21/20 - Peyton Ramsey, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-2, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

Peyton Ramsey threw two touchdown passes and No. 19 Northwestern shut down Graham Mertz and No. 10 Wisconsin for a 17-7 victory on Saturday that put the undefeated Wildcats in control of the Big Ten West. Northwestern forced five turnovers - four in the first half - and sacked Mertz three times in its first win over a top-10 team since a 28-25 victory over No. 9 Nebraska on Nov. 5, 2011. Ramsey, a graduate transfer from Indiana, was 23 for 44 for 203 yards, and Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman had four receptions for 95 yards. The Wildcats improved to 5-0 for the first time since 2015.

They also moved to 5-0 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1996. Wisconsin (2-1, 2-1) had committed just one turnover this year, a fumble during a 45-7 victory over Illinois on Oct. 23. The Badgers then had back-to-back games canceled because of a COVID-19 outbreak within the program before rolling to a 49-11 win at Michigan last weekend. Mertz, a redshirt freshman, lost a fumble and threw the first three interceptions of his career against Northwestern. Senior running back Garrett Groshek also lost a fumble in his return after he missed the victory against the Wolverines. The Badgers still managed to stay in the game thanks to their stout defense. But Charlie Kuhbander kicked a 32-yard field goal with 11:35 left, and Northwestern finished off another second-half shutout. The Wildcats have allowed just 10 points in the final two quarters this season. - Northwestern/AP College Football

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QB Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern
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11/14/20 - Peyton Ramsey, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-2, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

Peyton Ramsey threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns, all to Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman, and No. 23 Northwestern beat Purdue 27-20 on Saturday. The Wildcats defense also made two late stops to preserve a fifth straight Big Ten win and the school's first 4-0 start in league play since coach Pat Fitzgerald was still playing in 1996. Purdue (2-1) has lost five straight home games in the series. Ramsey completed 23 of 36 and had one interception but looked as poised and efficient as he did last November when he led Indiana to an overtime victory at Purdue. And he didn't waste any time getting started. An 8-yard TD pass on the opening possession ended Chiaokhiao-Bowman's three-year scoring drought and gave the Wildcats a 7-0 lead. After the teams traded field goals and Aidan O'Connell tossed a tying 40-yard scoring pass to Garrett Miller on fourth-and-1, Ramsey went back to work. He completed all seven passes on the ensuing drive, hooking up with Chiaokhiao-Bowman on an 18-yarder that gave Northwestern a 17-10 halftime lead. - AP College Football

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QB Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern
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11/09/20 - Chris Bergin, rSr/2022, Northwestern, 5-10, 210 (DS#46 OLB) + More +

NOV 9 BIG TEN DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Bergin, Northwestern, Sr., LB, Bloomfield Hills, Mich./Detroit Country Day,...Recorded 11 tackles, including 1.5 tackles for loss, to guide Northwestern to a win against Nebraska...Secured the win with a fourth-quarter interception on the Northwestern 2-yard line and also added two pass break-ups...Anchored a defense that has yet to allow a point in the second half this season...Claims his first career Defensive Player of the Week honor...Last Northwestern Defensive Player of the Week: Joe Gaziano (Sept. 16, 2019). - Big Ten Football

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OLB Chris Bergin, Northwestern
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11/07/20 - Peyton Ramsey, rSr/2021, Northwestern, 6-2, 215 (DS#15 QB) + More +

Peyton Ramsey shook off two interceptions to throw for two touchdowns in the second half, and Northwestern hung on to beat Nebraska 21-13 Saturday after Luke McCaffrey's last-second pass to Wan'Dale Robinson in the end zone fell incomplete. Seven of the previous nine meetings since Nebraska joined the Big Ten in 2011 were decided by seven points or fewer. Six were within a field goal. This was the fourth in a row to come down to the final play of regulation or go to overtime. Nebraska took over at its 8 with 2:14 remaining after Northwestern punted and had a fourth down at the 14 when McCaffrey was unable to connect with Robinson.

The Wildcats (3-0, 3-0 Big Ten) got the ball back with a second left and took a knee to cap yet another tight game with the Cornhuskers (0-2, 0-2). Ramsey threw a 2-yard touchdown to John Raine in the third and a 10-yarder to Riley Lees early in the fourth, making it 21-13. Chris Bergin intercepted Luke McCaffrey near the goal line with about six minutes remaining to preserve the lead. The Wildcats remained unbeaten in their best start since they won their first five games in 2015. They also improved to 3-0 in Big Ten play for the first time since 2000. Ramsey, a graduate transfer from Indiana, settled down after getting intercepted twice by redshirt freshman Myles Farmer in the second quarter. He completed 16 of 27 passes for 169 yards. - AP College Football

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QB Peyton Ramsey, Northwestern
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