2022 Football Roster

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Skoronski, Peter
Jersey Number 77

Peter Skoronski

  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    315
  • Position:
    OL
  • Class:
    Junior
  • Hometown:
    Park Ridge, Illinois
  • High School:
    Maine South

2022 Junior:

  • AP First Team Preseason All-American
  • Named PFF Offensive Player of the Week after allowing no sacks and leading the rushing attack to 224 yards and two TDs against Nebraska (8/27)
  • Named to PFF Week 3 Team of the Week for his performance against Southern Illinois (9/17)
  • Named to PFF Week 12 Team of the Week for his performance at Purdue (11/19)
  • Named to PFF Week 13 Team of the Week for his performance against Illinois (11/26)
  • Finished the season with PFF’s highest pass-blocking grade in the country at 93.0, (also one of highest of all time), allowed only six pressures on 480 pass-blocking snaps
  • Best PFF single-season pass blocking grade recorded over last two years
  • Finished  with a 79.1 PFF run-blocking grade, ranking 5th among all qualifying Power 5 tackles
  • Named Rimington-Pace Big Ten Offensive Lineman of the Year (first ever by an NU lineman)
  • First Northwestern OL to earn two All-Big Ten first team awards and third Wildcat to do so under Pat Fitzgerald
  • 2022 Unanimous First Team All-American (first ever by an NU player)
  • Named to 2022 All-Big Ten First Team by coaches and media
  • Finished as a finalist for the 2022 Outland Trophy, recognizing nation’s best college interior lineman on both offense and defense

2021 Sophomore:

  • All-Big Ten First Team (coaches) and All-Big Ten Second Team (media)
  • Started all 12 games as a sophomore
  • Paved the way for Evan Hull's 1,000-yard season on the ground

2020 First-Year: 

  • All-Big Ten Second Team ... First Northwestern first-year to do so since Paddy Fisher in 2017
  • 247Sports True Freshman All-American
  • Highest graded true first-year in the Big Ten among all positions
  • Started every game for the Wildcats as a first-year
  • Helped pave the way for 16 rushing touchdowns and a 162.8 rushing yards per game average
  • Helped offensive line allow just 1.29 sacks per game in the Big Ten regular season, the third fewest in the conference and 21st in the nation. 

High School:

  • Four-star prospect committed to Northwestern on May 4, 2019
  • No. 4 center nationally and No. 2 player in Illinois (247Sports) ... 0.9468 rating by 247Sports is the fourth highest by an NU signee in program history
  • Three-year letter winner and 2019 team captain
  • Recorded 173 pancakes in three seasons
  • Earned All-State honors in 2018 and 2019 
  • Three-time All-Conference and All-Area selection
  • Led Maine South to back-to-back-to-back CSL conference championships
  • Was a member of the 2016 state champion team
  • Also lettered three times in basketball and three times in track and field
  • National Honor Society member
  • Chose NU over offers from Duke, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Notre Dame, Penn State and Stanford.
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