2021 Football Roster
Donovan Sermons
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 192
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Pomona, Calif.
- High School:
- Damien
2020: Saw playing time in three games...Recorded one tackle in Citrus Bowl against Auburn (1/1/21).
2019: Appeared in three games.
2018: Did not see any action in his redshirt-first year season ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Redshirted his first year on campus.
High School: Joined Northwestern as a preferred walk on during the summer quarter ... Helped lead Damien High School to the Division 4 playoffs for the first team in eight years as a senior ... Finished with 50 tackles, two sacks, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery ... Named Second-Team All-Baseline League ... Named Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... Lettered three teams in football as a wide receiver and defensive back ... Lettered three times in baseball and one time in track and field ... Senior Excellence Award ... Principals Honor Roll ... National Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction ... Father Rodney Sermons played football at the University of Southern California, defeating Northwestern in the 1996 Rose Bowl ... Attended the same high school as Mark McGwire, Freddy Brown and Casey Dailey ... Anticipated major is economics.
