Payton Roth

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

December 23, 2023, Las Vegas, NV: A game between Northwestern Football and Utah in the SRS Las Vegas Bowl at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, December 23, 2023. (Photo by Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics)

Photo by: Ryan Kuttler/Northwestern Athletics

July 26, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)

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Height:
6-4
Weight:
200
Position:
RB
Class:
First-Year
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.
High School:
Jesuit

2024 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in three games as a redshirt first-year … Named Academic All-Big Ten.

2023 First-Year:
Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Rutgers (9/3) … Redshirted.

High School:
Rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 59 player in the state of Oregon … Attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore., where he played both running back and linebacker … During his senior year in 2022, had 1,947 rushing yards (9.8 ypc) and 23 touchdowns … Was named First Team All-League at both running back and linebacker … Earned Class 6A All-State honors … Chose to be a preferred walk-on at Northwestern over Oregon and Oregon State.