2017 Football Roster
Joe Bergin
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 200
- Position:
- DB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
- High School:
- Detroit Country Day
2019: Recorded two tackles in consecutive games to open the season against Stanford (8/31) and UNLV (9/14) ... Made one tackle in the homecoming matchup against Iowa (10/26) ... Finished his senior campaign with 13 tackles on the season, his career high for tackles in a single season ... Over his Northwestern career saw playing time in 41 games and recorded 37 tackles overall.
2018: Appeared in 14 games as a junior primarily on special teams, making 12 tackles … Made one tackle in the season opener against Purdue (8/30) … Recorded his first solo tackle of the season against Nebraska (10/13) … Made two tackles against Notre Dame (11/3) … Tied his season-high with two tackles against Minnesota (11/17) ... Named Special Teams Player of the Week by the Northwestern coaching staff following wins over Rutgers and Wisconsin ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Saw action in all 13 games, primarily on special teams and as a backup defensive back ... Made at least one tackle on special teams in eight games ... Named NU Special Teams or Defensive Practice Player of the Week four times by the coaching staff ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015: Redshirted his first season.
High School: Three-year letter-winner and team captain at Detroit Country Day ... Played defensive back, linebacker and running back for the Yellow Jackets ... Registered 78 tackles, eight sacks, 17 tackles for loss and eight hurries in 2014 ... Also registered three pass breakups and two fumble recoveries, including one for a touchdown ... Helped Yellow Jackets win 26 games as a three-year starter ... Team won Regional championships all three years and District championships in two of three seasons ... Detroit Country Day finished as MHSAA runners-up in 2012 ... Also served as captain of the lacrosse team and helped to win 2014 MHSAA state title in that sport ... Inducted into Detroit Country Day Cum Laude Society representing the top 10 percent of class.
Personal: Born Joseph Michael Bergin ... Son of Nicola and Joseph Bergin ... Father, Joseph, was a starter on Michigan State’s 1987 Big Ten champion team and its 1988 Rose Bowl champion team ... Attended same high school as Shane Battier, Chris Webber, Jonas Gray and Steve Ballmer ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan State, Stanford, Penn and Columbia ... Major is economics with a minor in business institutions.
