2016 Football Roster
Paddy Fisher
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 235
- Position:
- LB
- Class:
- First-Year
- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
- High School:
- Katy
2020: Three-year captain ... AFCA All-America second team...2021 Lott IMPACT Trophy recipient - defensive player who has the biggest IMPACT on his team (Integrity, Maturity, Performance, Academics, Community and Tenacity) ... 2020 Big Ten Fitzgerald-Butkus Linebacker of the Year ... AP All-Big Ten Defensive First Team.. Sixth player in Northwestern history to reach 400 career tackles ... Finished the 2020 season as the NCAA's active leader in career tackles (404) and forced fumbles (11) ... His 11 career forced fumbles are a school record ... Started the 39th game of his career against Maryland (10/24)...Recorded four total tackles in the Wildcats' 43-3 victory...Was one of three NU players to record 10+ tackles in comeback win over Iowa (10/31)...Compiled double-digit tackles for second straight game vs. Nebraska (11/7)...Was the third time in his career he collected at least 10 tackles in back-to-back outings...First player since at least 2000 to compile 28 tackles through the first three games of a season in three different years...Recovered the second fumble of his career against Purdue (11/14)...Returned it for 22 yards, which was the longest fumble return by a Wildcat since Jared McGee's 82-yard recovery that went for a touchdown in the 2018 Holiday Bowl...Forced the 11th fumble of his career and first of 2020 vs. Wisconsin (11/21)...Compiled 13 tackles against the Badgers, which marked the 13th time in his career of recording at least 10 tackles...Posted a career-high 2.0 tackles for loss...Registered double-digit tackles (12) for the third time in six games this season at Michigan State (11/28)...Recorded his first interception of the season against the Spartans, the fourth of his career...Compiled seven total tackles vs. Illinois (12/12)...Finished with nine total tackles vs. Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship (12/19)...Recorded his 400th-career tackle in Citrus Bowl against Auburn (1/1/21)...12 total tackles against the Tigers marked the 15th time in his career where he recorded double-digit tackles...Finished second on the team in total tackles.
2019: Named as one of four team captains by Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Coach Pat Fitzgerald ... Finished the season with 89 tackles, the second-most of the team ... Racked up 6.0 tackles for loss over 33 yards throughout the season ... Recorded six total tackles and a forced fumble, the ninth of his career, on the road against Stanford (8/31) ... Forced another fumble and had an interception while adding eight tackles in a win over UNLV (9/14) ... Contributed nine tackles, including a tackle for loss against Michigan State (9/21) ... Led the team with 10 tackles and a tackle for loss at Nebraska (10/5) ... Recorded another nine tackles against UMass (11/16) ... Recorded his only sack of the season at Illinois, knocking the Flighting Illini back 17 yards (11/30).
2018: Associated Press All-America Third Team ... Big Ten First Team ... Earned All-Big Ten honors for the second-straight season (first team coaches, second-team media) after finishing second on the team and eighth in the conference with 116 total tackles … Has finished with over 100 tackles in back-to-back seasons, making him the first NU student-athlete to accomplish that feat since Anthony Walker in 2015 and 2016 … Also led the Wildcats with four forced fumbles, tied for the most among all Big Ten players ... Finished with at least 10 tackles in five games … Has 227 tackles over last two seasons, the most among all Big Ten players … Posted 12 total tackles against Duke (9/8) … Recorded his first-career sack at Minnesota (11/17) … Notched his second-career interception, first of the season, in the fourth quarter against Illinois (11/24) … Led the Wildcats with 11 total tackles (eight solo) against Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship (12/1) … Led Northwestern with a season-high 13 total tackles, including a forced fumble and half a TFL in the Holiday Bowl against No. 17 Utah (12/31) … Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Led the Wildcats and all FBS first-year players with 113 tackles and 65 solo tackles ... Earned Freshman All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of American ... Named Second-Team All-Big Ten by the media and Third Team by the coaches ... Named the Big Ten Freshman Defensive Player of the Year by the Big Ten Network ... Led the Big Ten and ranked seventh nationally with four forced fumbles during the regular season ... Ranked fourth in the Big Ten in tackles ... Posted four double-digit tackle games ... Had 18 tackles at Duke and 19 tackles versus No. 16 Michigan St. ... Only Power 5 player to post at least two games with 18 tackles during the regular season ... His 14 solo tackles versus Michigan St. were the most by a Power 5 player ... Was named the Walter Camp National Defensive Player of the Week after 19 tackles, two forced fumbles and two quarterback hurries versus MSU ... Had 13 tackles in a win at Nebraska to record double-digit tackles in back-to-back games for the first time in his career ... Recovered his first career fumble at Duke ... Forced a fumble for the first time in his career at No. 10 Wisconsin ... Had a season-best 1.5 tackles for loss versus Penn State and at Illinois ... Picked off the first pass of his career in the Wildcats' 42-7 win over Illinois ... Academic All-Big Ten.
High School: Earned a three-star rating from 247Sports, which ranked him as one of the nation's Top-50 Inside Linebacker recruits ... 2015 Greater Houston High School Rotary Lombardi Award winner ... Helped lead the Katy Tigers to the Class 6A Division II Texas State Championship and the top spot in the MaxPreps national high school rankings ... Keyed a defense that allowed a total of 62 points in 16 games, including ten shutouts, while winning its first state title since 2012 and eighth overall ... Earned All-State and All-District honors ... Piled up 350 total tackles, 25 tackles for loss, eight sacks and eight forced fumbles during his varsity career ... High school teammate of fellow 2016 Northwestern signee Travis Whillock.
Personal: Born Padriac William Fisher in Houston ... Son of Kathiann and Steven (deceased) ... Major is learning & organizational change.
