2021 Football Roster

September 21, 2024, Seattle, WA: A game between Northwestern Football and Washington at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA on Saturday, September 21, 2024. (Photo by Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Mary Grace Grabill/Northwestern
September 21, 2024, Seattle, WA: A game between Northwestern Football and Washington at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA on Saturday, September 21, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
November 2, 2024, West Lafayette, IN: A game between Northwestern Football and Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, IN on Saturday, November 2, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
September 6, 2024, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Duke at Northwestern Medicine Field at Martin Stadium in Evanston, IL on Friday, September 6, 2024. (Photo by Griffin Quinn/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: GRIFFIN QUINN/Northwestern Athletics
October 26, 2024, Iowa City, IA: A game between Northwestern Football and Iowa at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, IA on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
September 23, 2023, Evanston, IL: A game between Northwestern Football and Minnesota at Ryan Field in Evanston, IL on Saturday, September 23, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)
Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics
Wrather, Ben
Jersey Number 71

Ben Wrather

  • Height:
    6-6
  • Weight:
    310
  • Position:
    OL
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Powell, Ohio
  • High School:
    Olentangy Liberty

2024 Graduate Student:
Started all 12 games at right tackle … Named Academic All-Big Ten and CSC Academic All-District Team … Named to the PFF Big Ten Team of the Week following a win over Eastern Illinois (9/14)

2023 Redshirt Junior:
Played in 12 games and made 11 starts, all at center … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Saw action in 770 snaps, the third-highest mark on the team … According to Pro Football Focus, posted a season-high 83.9 pass grade against Duke (9/16) … Registered a 77.3 pass blocking grade in the Las Vegas Bowl win over Utah (12/23)

2022 Redshirt Sophomore:
Appeared in nine games

2021 Redshirt First-Year:
Appeared in 11 of 12 games, starting the last two … Started at right guard against Purdue (11/20) and center against Illinois (11/27)

2020 First-Year:
Made an appearance in eight of nine games as a true first-year … Redshirted

High School:
Three-star prospect committed to Northwestern on April 22, 2019 … 32nd-ranked player in Ohio (247Sports) … Two-time letter winner … Named to the NBC4 Football Friday Nite Preseason Team … Led Olentangy Liberty to the Ohio Division 1 state semifinals in 2016, 2017 and 2018 … Competed against fellow incoming Wildcat Te-Rah Edwards … National Honor Society member … Chose Northwestern over offers from Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville, Penn State, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Wake Forest and West Virginia … Anticipated major is industrial engineering

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