2019 Football Roster
Rashawn Slater
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 305
- Position:
- OL
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Sugar Land, Texas
- High School:
- Clements
2020: Graduated from Northwestern in December ... Preseason All-America recognition from Phil Steele and Athlon Sports ... Earned preseason First Team All-Big Ten honors (Phil Steele) ... Outland Trophy watch list ... Highest-graded returning Big Ten offensive tackle according to PFF ... Highest-graded run blocker among Big Ten returners (PFF) ... Graded No. 2 by PFF among returning Power Five offensive tackles.
2019: Consensus honorable mention All-Big Ten ... Started and appeared in 11 games at the left tackle position ... Allowed zero sacks, one QB hit, and five QB hurries, totaling just six QB pressures in 11 games ... Made 30 consecutive starts on the offensive line before missing NU's game at Nebraska (Oct. 5) ... Started 37 games in his career ... Named NU's offensive player of the week vs. Ohio State (Oct. 18) and Iowa (Oct. 26) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2018: Appeared in all 14 games in his sophomore season … Has started 26-straight games at right tackle … Was named Third-Team All-Big Ten by coaches … Ranked as the fourth-rated offensive tackle in the Big Ten, per Pro Football Focus … Helped protect quarterback Clayton Thorson as he threw for 3,183 yards, the third-highest mark in the Big Ten … also helped pave the way for first-year running back Isaiah Bowser, who averaged 108 rushing yards per game over the last eight games of the season … Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: One of 13 true first year players to see action during the regular season ... Started 12 games at right tackle ... Graded as the No. 1 freshman offensive lineman in the country by Pro Football Focus ... Named to the Freshman All-Big Ten Team by Big Ten Network ... Helped pave the way for running back Justin Jackson to rush for 1,000 yards for the fourth-straight season ... Protected All-Big Ten quarterback Clayton Thorson, who ranks fourth in the Big Ten in passing yards per game ... Helped lead an offense that scored 29.2 points per contest, good for fourth in the Big Ten.
High School: Verbally committed to Northwestern on January 27, 2016 ... Ranked as a consensus three-star prospect by 247Sports, Scout, Rivals and ESPN ... Rated the No. 32 offensive guard in the nation by 247Sports ... Ranked as the No. 11 guard in the Midland Region by Scout ... Team captain for the Rangers ... Two-time First Team All-District honoree on the offensive line, and a two-time Second Teamer on the defensive line ... 2016 Second Team All-Greater Houston ... Competed in the shot put in discus events in a four-year track & field career ... Father, Reginald, played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Nuggets, Raptors and Timberwolves after college career at Wyoming ... Three-time Academic All-District.
