Northwestern University Athletics

2023 Football Roster

July 25, 2023, Evanston, IL: Northwestern Football internal media day at Walter Athletics Center in Evanston, IL on Tuesday, July 25, 2023. (Photo by Stephen Carrera/Northwestern Athletics)
Jersey Number 50

P.J. Spencer

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    290
  • Position:
    DL
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Prairie Village, Kansas
  • High School:
    Shawnee Mission East

2023 Redshirt Senior:

  • Played in all 13 games and made seven starts, totaling 22 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss
  • Named Academic All-Big Ten
  • Earned his first-career start in the season-opener against Rutgers and made three tackles (9/3)
  • Recorded two stops and 0.5 tackles for loss against Duke (9/16)
  • Made a career-high five tackles against Penn State (9/30)
  • Made two or more stops in each of the last four games of the season
  • Had three tackles and 1.0 tackle for loss against Purdue (11/18)
  • Posted three tackles in the road win at Illinois (11/25)
  • Recorded two tackles against Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl (12/23)

2022 Redshirt Junior:

  • Appeared in four games and recorded a tackle against Illinois (11/26)

2021 Redshirt Sophomore:

  • Made his lone appearance of the season against Ohio (9/25)

2020 Redshirt First-Year:

  • Appeared in two games during redshirt season
  • Tied for career-high in total tackles (1) vs. Illinois (12/12)

2019 First-Year: 

  • Made college debut in the win vs. UMass (11/16) and recorded first career tackle
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