Northwestern University Athletics

2020 Signing Day Roster

Xander Mueller

Xander Mueller

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Weight:
    210
  • Position:
    LB
  • Class:
    First-Year
  • Hometown:
    Wheaton, Ill.
  • High School:
    Wheaton North
Committed to Northwestern on April 13, 2019 … Rated a three-star prospect, the 56th-ranked outside linebacker in the nation and 15th-ranked player in Illinois by 247Sports … Three-year letter winner and two-time captain … Recorded 100-plus tackles in of his final two prep seasons … Finished 2018 with 109 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, three sacks and three interceptions to earn First-Team All-Conference, First-Team All-Area and Team Defensive MVP honors … Had 102 tackles, six tackles for loss, two sacks and an interception in his senior campaign to garner First-Team All-Conference, First-Team All-Area and First-Team All-State 7A honors … Also lettered twice in basketball and was a team captain … National Honor Society Member … Earned Gold Honor Roll accolades as a freshman, sophomore and junior … Brother Erik is a linebacker for the Wildcats … Attended the same high school of former Wildcat and current Dallas Cowboys quarterback Clayton Thorson … Chose Northwestern over offers from Air Force, Louisville, Bowling Green, Kent State, Ohio, Toledo and Eastern Michigan … Anticipated major is economics.
 
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