Northwestern University Athletics
2009 Roster
6/21/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl./Elig. | Hometown/High School |
| 1 | Stefan Demos ** | P/PK | 5-10 | 185 | Sr./Jr. | Scottsdale, Ariz./Horizon |
| 2 | Lee Coleman ** | WR | 5-10 | 180 | Sr./Jr. | Gainesville, Ga./East Hall |
| 3 | Jeravin Matthews * | DB | 5-11 | 175 | So./So. | Canonsburg, Pa./Canon-McMillan |
| 4 | Brendan Smith *** | S | 6-1 | 210 | Sr.{5}/Sr. | Andover, Mass./New Hampton Prep (N.H.) |
| 5 | Sidney Stewart ** | WR | 6-1 | 185 | Sr./Jr. | Farmington Hills, Mich./Farmington Harrison |
| 6 | Charles Brown * | WR | 5-11 | 180 | Jr./So. | Chicago, Ill./Robeson |
| 7 | Hunter Bates | S | 5-10 | 175 | So./R-Fr. | Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla./Nease |
| 7 | Dan Persa * | QB | 6-1 | 210 | Jr./So. | Bethlehem, Pa./Liberty |
| 8 | Demetrius Fields | WR | 6-0 | 205 | So./R-Fr. | Dallas, Texas/South Oak Cliff |
| 9 | Drake Dunsmore * | SB | 6-3 | 235 | Jr./So. | Lenexa, Kan./Saint Thomas Aquinas |
| 10 | Brian Peters * | S | 6-4 | 215 | Jr./So. | Pickerington, Ohio/Pickerington Central |
| 11 | Jeremy Ebert * | WR | 6-0 | 180 | So./So. | Hilliard, Ohio/Hilliard Darby |
| 12 | Andrew Brewer ** | WR | 6-3 | 215 | Gr./Sr. | Tulsa, Okla./Jenks |
| 13 | Mike Kafka *** | QB | 6-3 | 220 | Sr.{5}/Sr. | Chicago, Ill./St. Rita |
| 14 | Joe Mauro | QB | 6-4 | 220 | Sr./Jr. | Bedford, Texas/L.D. Bell |
| 15 | Carl Fisher ** | WR | 6-0 | 195 | Sr./Sr. | Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook |
| 16 | Davion Fleming | S | 5-10 | 205 | Fr./Fr. | Upland, Calif./Upland |
| 16 | Jaleel Reed | WR | 6-0 | 180 | Fr./Fr. | Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola |
| 17 | Brad Phillips *** | S | 6-4 | 215 | Sr./Sr. | Export, Pa./Franklin Regional |
| 18 | Evan Watkins | QB | 6-6 | 235 | Fr./Fr. | Carol Stream, Ill./Glenbard North |
| 19 | Arby Fields | RB | 5-9 | 200 | Fr./Fr. | Alta Loma, Calif./Los Osos |
| 20 | Scott Concannon * | RB | 5-10 | 190 | Jr./So. | Columbia, Mo./Rock Bridge |
| 20 | Tim Weak | CB | 6-1 | 180 | So./R-Fr. | Omaha, Neb./Millard North |
| 21 | Mike Bolden * | CB | 6-1 | 195 | Jr./So. | Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township |
| 22 | Demetrius Dugar | CB | 5-11 | 170 | So./R-Fr. | Houston, Texas/Aldine |
| 23 | Alex Daniel | RB | 6-0 | 195 | So./R-Fr. | Roswell, Ga./Roswell |
| 24 | Sherrick McManis *** | CB | 6-1 | 190 | Sr./Sr. | Peoria, Ill./Richwoods |
| 25 | Stephen Simmons ** | RB | 5-8 | 185 | Sr./Jr. | St. Louis, Mo./St. Louis University High (SLUH) |
| 26 | Jordan Mabin * | CB | 5-11 | 180 | Jr./So. | Northfield Center, Ohio/Nordonia |
| 27 | Jared Carpenter | S | 6-0 | 205 | So./R-Fr. | Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green |
| 28 | Justan Vaughn ** | CB | 6-0 | 190 | Sr./Jr. | Pearland, Texas/Pearland |
| 29 | Mike Trumpy | RB | 6-0 | 195 | Fr./Fr. | Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North |
| 31 | Stone Pinckney | LB | 6-0 | 225 | So./R-Fr. | Columbia, S.C./Hammond School |
| 32 | David Arnold * | LB | 6-1 | 220 | Jr./So. | Copley, Ohio/Copley |
| 33 | David Nwabuisi | LB | 6-0 | 245 | So./R-Fr. | Houston, Texas/Episcopal |
| 34 | Steve Flaherty | PK | 6-1 | 170 | So./R-Fr. | Chicago, Ill./St. Rita |
| 34 | James Nussbaum * | S | 6-2 | 215 | Sr./Sr. | Greenwood, Ind./Center Grove |
| 35 | Ben Johnson * | LB | 6-4 | 220 | Jr./So. | Trevor, Wis./Shoreland Lutheran |
| 36 | Cooper Gerami | S | 6-0 | 200 | Fr./Fr. | Lafayette, La./St. Thomas More |
| 36 | Tyris Jones | RB | 6-0 | 215 | So./R-Fr. | Fort Wayne, Ind./Concordia Lutheran |
| 37 | Jeff Budzien | PK | 5-11 | 160 | Fr./Fr. | Hartland, Wis./Arrowhead |
| 37 | Mike Jensen | DB | 6-0 | 175 | Fr./Fr. | Rancho Santa Fe, Calif./The Bishop's School |
| 38 | James Kurzawski | CB | 5-10 | 185 | So./R-Fr. | Evanston, Ill./Loyola Academy |
| 38 | Brandon Williams | PK/P | 6-2 | 195 | Fr./Fr. | Nappanee, Ind./NorthWood |
| 39 | Jacob Schmidt * | RB | 5-10 | 200 | Jr./So. | Rhinelander, Wis./Rhinelander |
| 40 | Brett Nagel | SB | 6-4 | 220 | So./R-Fr. | Lemont, Ill./Lemont |
| 41 | Quentin Davie ** | LB | 6-4 | 230 | Sr./Jr. | St. Louis, Mo./Cardinal Ritter |
| 42 | Kevin Watt ** | DE | 6-4 | 265 | Jr./So. | Glen Ellyn, Ill./Glenbard West |
| 43 | Tim Riley | LB | 6-3 | 220 | Fr./Fr. | Oswego, Ill./Oswego |
| 44 | Mark Woodsum *** | SB | 6-0 | 230 | Gr./Sr. | Arlington Heights, Ill./Buffalo Grove |
| 45 | Kyle Petty * | LB | 6-0 | 210 | Jr./So. | Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North |
| 46 | Aaron Nagel | SB | 6-1 | 225 | Jr./So. | Lemont, Ill./Lemont |
| 46 | Damien Proby | LB | 6-0 | 240 | Fr./Fr. | North Las Vegas, Nev./Cheyenne |
| 47 | Ricky Weina * | CB | 5-11 | 180 | Jr./So. | Union Grove, Wis./Union Grove Union |
| 48 | Roderick Goodlow | LB | 6-2 | 215 | Fr./Fr. | Dallas, Texas/W.H. Adamson |
| 49 | Scott Lilja * | S | 5-10 | 185 | Sr./Jr. | Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest |
| 50 | Timmy Vernon | LB | 6-3 | 200 | Fr./Fr. | Fort Washington, Pa./Germantown Academy |
| 51 | Bryce McNaul * | LB | 6-4 | 230 | Jr./So. | Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie |
| 52 | Evan Luxenburg | OL | 6-3 | 280 | So./R-Fr. | Beachwood, Ohio/Beachwood |
| No. | Name | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Cl./Elig. | Hometown/High School |
| 55 | Bo Cisek | DE | 6-2 | 260 | So./R-Fr. | Chicago, Ill./Notre Dame |
| 56 | Will Studlien | LB | 6-2 | 215 | Fr./Fr. | Sunbury, Ohio/Big Walnut |
| 57 | Nate Williams * | LB | 6-2 | 235 | Sr./Jr. | Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic |
| 58 | John Henry Pace * | LS | 5-11 | 215 | Sr./Jr. | Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central |
| 59 | Pat Hickey | LS | 6-0 | 220 | Fr./Fr. | Chicago, Ill./Loyola Academy |
| 60 | Jake Gregus | DL | 6-3 | 225 | Fr./Fr. | Riverside, Ill./St. Laurence |
| 61 | Andrew Struckmeyer * | DT | 6-2 | 245 | Jr./So. | Vienna, Va./Thomas Jefferson |
| 62 | Taylor Paxton | OL | 6-4 | 285 | Fr./Fr. | Centennial, Colo./Cherry Creek |
| 63 | Keegan Grant ** | OL | 6-2 | 300 | Sr./Jr. | Coal City, Ill./Coal City |
| 64 | Doug Bartels * | OL | 6-4 | 300 | Jr./So. | Caledonia, Ill./Rockford Boylan Catholic |
| 65 | Ben Burkett * | OL | 6-4 | 285 | Jr./So. | Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit |
| 66 | Mike Boyle ** | OL | 6-7 | 290 | Sr./Jr. | Havertown, Pa./St. Joe's Prep/The Hun School (N.J.) |
| 67 | Marshall Thomas *** | DT | 6-3 | 295 | Sr./Sr. | Miami, Fla./Belen Jesuit Prep |
| 68 | Brian Smith | OL | 6-7 | 310 | Fr./Fr. | Medina, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit |
| 69 | Nick Adamle | OL | 6-4 | 300 | So./R-Fr. | Wheaton, Ill./Wheaton North |
| 70 | Patrick Ward | OL | 6-7 | 285 | Fr./Fr. | Homer Glen, Ill./Providence Catholic |
| 71 | Cameron Joplin * | DE | 6-5 | 265 | Jr./So. | Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer |
| 72 | Brian Mulroe | OL | 6-4 | 280 | So./R-Fr. | Glenview, Ill./Loyola Academy |
| 73 | Colin Armstrong * | OL | 6-5 | 290 | Jr./So. | Wheaton, Ill./Lisle Benet Academy |
| 74 | Chuck Porcelli | OL | 6-7 | 310 | So./R-Fr. | Oak Brook, Ill./Montini Catholic |
| 75 | Al Netter * | OL | 6-6 | 300 | Jr./So. | Rohnert Park, Calif./Cardinal Newman |
| 76 | Desmond Taylor *** | OL | 6-3 | 300 | Gr./Sr. | Los Angeles, Calif./Loyola |
| 78 | Kurt Mattes ** | OL | 6-6 | 295 | Gr./Sr. | Larksville, Pa./Wyoming Valley West |
| 79 | Neal Deiters | OL | 6-8 | 320 | So./R-Fr. | Elmhurst, Ill./York |
| 79 | Adam Hahn *** | DT | 6-4 | 290 | Gr./Sr. | Hartford, Wis./Hartford Union |
| 80 | Brendan Mitchell *** | SB | 6-3 | 250 | Sr./Sr. | Twinsburg, Ohio/Western Reserve Academy |
| 81 | Kevin Frymire ** | WR | 6-1 | 180 | Gr./Sr. | Burr Ridge, Ill./Nazareth Academy |
| 82 | John Plasencia | SB | 6-5 | 245 | Fr./Fr. | Tampa, Fla./Jesuit |
| 83 | Kevin Mitchell ** | WR | 6-1 | 215 | Gr./Sr. | Skokie, Ill./Notre Dame |
| 84 | Drew Moulton | WR | 5-11 | 175 | Fr./Fr. | Freeland, Mich./Midland |
| 85 | Zeke Markshausen ** | WR | 5-11 | 185 | Gr./Sr. | Capron, Ill./North Boone |
| 86 | Brendan Barber | WR | 6-2 | 195 | So./R-Fr. | Erie, Pa./Cathedral Prep |
| 87 | Mark Ison | WR | 6-0 | 200 | Sr./Sr. | Powell, Ohio/Olentangy Liberty |
| 88 | Martin Bayless | WR | 6-2 | 205 | So./R-Fr. | Fresno, Texas/Hightower |
| 88 | Quentin Williams | DE | 6-4 | 240 | So./R-Fr. | Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic |
| 89 | Josh Rooks *** | SB | 6-6 | 265 | Jr./Jr. | Zeeland, Mich./Holland Christian |
| 90 | Jack DiNardo * | DT | 6-4 | 285 | Jr./So. | Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central |
| 91 | Brian Arnfelt | DE | 6-5 | 275 | So./R-Fr. | Lake Elmo, Minn./Stillwater |
| 93 | Niko Mafuli * | DT | 6-3 | 310 | Jr./So. | Florissant, Mo./Saint Louis University High |
| 94 | Vince Browne * | DE | 6-5 | 265 | Jr./So. | Lisbon, Ohio/David Anderson |
| 95 | Davon Custis | DE | 6-3 | 250 | Fr./Fr. | Gahanna, Ohio/St. Francis De Sales |
| 96 | Anthony Battle | DE | 6-2 | 230 | Fr./Fr. | Dolton, Ill./Mount Carmel |
| 97 | Tyler Scott | DE | 6-4 | 250 | Fr./Fr. | Warren, Ohio/Howland |
| 98 | Corbin Bryant ** | DE | 6-4 | 285 | Sr./Jr. | Chicago, Ill./Morgan Park |
| 99 | Corey Wootton *** | DE | 6-7 | 280 | Sr.{5}/Sr. | Rutherford, N.J./Don Bosco Prep |
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Saturday, April 25
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Football - Players Pro Day Media Availability (Beerntsen, Stone, Tiernan)
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