Defense: How the Recruits Fit In

Purple Reign keeps a chart of all the players on the Northwestern Roster by year recruited and how much eligibility each has. Usually we post this with a story, but today, the day after signing day, here's where each of the defensive players fits in NU's grand scheme of things...

Northwestern went after Defense in this year's class

and at first it appears that that's what Coach Pat Fitzgerald and his staff have done.

Here's where the class of 2007 fits... [with corrections from our sharp eyed message board fans included]

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Northwestern Wildcat Defense
2007 - 2011

D-Line - 14	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
DE 03**	72 David Ngene
DE 03**	91 Mark Koehn
DE 04**	95 Kevin Mims	95 Kevin Mims+
DE 05**	99 Corey Wootton	99 Corey Wootton	99 Corey Wootton
DE 06 **	89 Corbin Bryant	89 Corbin Bryant	89 Corbin Bryant	89 Corbin Bryant
DE 07 ***  (S)	Vincent Browne	Vincent Browne	Vincent Browne	Vincent Browne	Vincent Browne
DT 04**	57 Matt Clark	57 Matt Clark
DT 05**	70 John Gill	70 John Gill
DT 05***	79 Adam Hahn	79 Adam Hahn	79 Adam Hahn
DT 05**	92 Keegan Kennedy	92 Keegan Kennedy
DL W05 *	71 Tanner Highlen	71 Tanner Highlen	71 Tanner Highlen
DT 06 **	69 Marshall Thomas	69 Marshall Thomas	69 Marshall Thomas
DL 07 **	Jack DiNardo	Jack DiNardo	Jack DiNardo	Jack DiNardo	Jack DiNardo
DT/NT/ 07 ***	Niko Mafuli	Niko Mafuli	Niko Mafuli	Niko Mafuli	Niko Mafuli
LB - 14	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
MLB 03**	43 Adam Kadela
OLB 03**	40 Eddie Simpson
OLB [QB/FB] 03	82 Chris Malleo
LB W04	15 Phil Brunner	15 Phil Brunner
LB 04***	48 Rajaie Johnson	48 Rajaie Johnson
MLB 05***	31 Mike Dinard	31 Mike Dinard
LB 05***	51 Chris Jeske	51 Chris Jeske	51 Chris Jeske
LB 05**	36 Prince Kwateng	36 Prince Kwateng
LB 05***	46 Malcolm Arrington	46 Malcolm Arrington
LB 06 **	54 Nate Williams	54 Nate Williams	54 Nate Williams	54 Nate Williams
LB 06 **	41 Quentin Davie	41 Quentin Davie	41 Quentin Davie	41 Quentin Davie
LB *** 07	Bryce McNaul	Bryce McNaul	Bryce McNaul	Bryce McNaul	Bryce McNaul
LB ** 07	Ben Johnson	Ben Johnson	Ben Johnson	Ben Johnson	Ben Johnson
LB 07 **	Kevin Watt	Kevin Watt	Kevin Watt	Kevin Watt	Kevin Watt
D-Backs-19	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
CB 03****	22 Deante Battle
CB [RB] 04**	23 Gerard Hamlett	23 Gerard Hamlett
CB 06*	24 Sherrick McManis	24 Sherrick McManis	24 Sherrick McManis
CB 06**	28 Justan Vaughn	28 Justan Vaughn	28 Justan Vaughn	28 Justan Vaughn
CB 07 ****  (S)	Jordan Mabin	Jordan Mabin	Jordan Mabin	Jordan Mabin	Jordan Mabin
CB 07 **  (S)	Michael Bolden	Michael Bolden	Michael Bolden	Michael Bolden	Michael Bolden
SAF W03	47 Chaz Richart	47 Chaz Richart
CB W03	49 Tim Downing	49 Tim Downing
SAF 03**	27 Reggie McPherson
SAF W03	45 Ben Rothrauff
SAF/CB 04**	39 David Oredugba	39 David Oredugba
SAF [RB] 04**	4 Akeem Hunter	4 Akeem Hunter
SAF 05**	39 Brendan Smith	39 Brendan Smith
SAF/ATH 06**	17 Brad Phillips	17 Brad Phillips	17 Brad Phillips
SAF 07 *** (S)	David Arnold	David Arnold	David Arnold	David Arnold	David Arnold
SAF 07 **	Brian Peters	Brian Peters	Brian Peters	Brian Peters	Brian Peters
SAF/LB W05	44 Todd Dockery	44 Todd Dockery	44 Todd Dockery
SAF W06	26 James Nussbaum	26 James Nussbaum	26 James Nussbaum	26 James Nussbaum
DB W06	83 Rob Brown	83 Rob Brown	83 Rob Brown	83 Rob Brown

This chart represents the best guess estimate by Purple Reign of the status of the players on the Northwestern Football Defensive Team. Here is a link to the Scout Eligibility Tracker for Northwestern
Colors and symbols represent the following:

Bold - on last 2 Deep
Red - Possible Redshirt Year
Bold Red - Commits/Redshirt year?
"*" After year is # of Stars on Scout.com [Original Recruited Position in brackets]
(S) means a "super" designation by Tom Lemming
W = Walkon

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