2018 Football Roster
Solomon Vault
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 196
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Gaithersburg, Md.
- High School:
- Gaithersburg
2018: Appeared in nine games his senior season and rushed for 69 yards after missing all of 2017 with an injury … Made his first appearance of the year against Michigan, getting seven carries (9/29) … Made 10 carries in a start at Michigan State (10/6) … Posted a career-high 12 rushing attempts and also made four catches versus Nebraska (10/23) … Ran for a 10-yard gain, his longest rush of the season, against Notre Dame (11/3) … Returned punt for 13 yards against Utah (12/31).
2017: Redshirted during the 2017 season following offseason injury and is returning for a fifth season with the Wildcats in 2018.
2016: Moved to wide receiver from running back in the offseason ... Named Third-Team All-Big Ten return specialist for the second-straight season ... Averaged 24.3 yards per kick return ... Recorded 560 kick return yards on 23 returns ... Had a season-high 115 kick return yards on four returns in the season opener versus Western Michigan ... Returned a kick 95 yards for a touchdown in the Wildcats’ 54-40 win at Michigan State ... Extended his program for kick return touchdowns to five with the score versus the Spartans ... Caught two passes for a season-high 48 receiving yards and his first career receiving touchdown in a 24-14 win over Duke ... Also caught a touchdown pass in the Wildcats’ 23-12 win versus Indiana on Homecoming.
2015: Played in every game ... Third Team All-Big Ten return specialist ... Recorded 118 kick return yards at Duke with 1 TD ... Picked up his second kick return TD versus Penn State with 119 total kick return yards during the game ... Earned NU's Special Teams Player of the Game honor ... Became the first Northwestern player to have two kick return touchdowns in a season ... Also became the first 'Cat with three or more kick return touchdowns in a career ... Recorded a total of 657 kick return yards, 159 rushing yards and 95 receiving yards on the season ... Solid presence from the backfield in his second season ... Had a season-high 36 rushing yards against Ball State ... Collected 53 yards on two receptions vs. Purdue ... Posted a season-long rush of 15 yards vs. Michigan ... Rushed for 29 yards on nine carries in win over Eastern Illinois.
2014: One of four true first years to see the field in 2014 ... Led Northwestern in kickoff return yardage (288) and return average (26.2), posting an 89-yard KOR touchdown in the season-finale vs. Illinois ... It was NU's first kickoff return TD since then-true freshman Venric Mark ran one back at Wisconsin in the final game of the 2010 regular season ... Vault missed four Big Ten games and nearly all of a fifth with a lower-body injury ... Scored two rushing touchdowns in a 24-7 win over Western Illinois ... Carried five times for 18 yards against NIU ... Made collegiate debut against Cal and ran for 25 yards on five carries ... Named NU's Offensive Big Playmaker vs. Western Illinois ... Vault was a high school running back recruited to NU as a wide receiver, but inserted at tailback during training camp.
High School:Rated as a three-star recruit by Rivals.com ... Named to the All-Gazette, All Sentinel, All Moco, and All-Metro Honorable Mention team in his junior year ... As a junior, recorded 188 carries for 1,251 yards and 21 touchdowns, as well as 22 receptions for 302 yards and one TD ... Selected to compete in the Big 33 All-Star game ... Two-sport team captain (football, track and field) ... Member of the honor roll ... Also received the African-American Award for Academic Excellence.
Personal: Born Solomon Laurence Vault ... Son of Brooks and Cheryl Vault ... Undergraduate major was communication studies ... Currently enrolled in integrated marketing communications master's program.
