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Quarterback, Northwestern, 2007–⁠11

Dan Persa

Number: No. 7
Height: 6′1″
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Born: Nov 20, 1988, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Dan Persa played quarterback at Northwestern (2007–⁠11).

372passing yards, best game on filevs. Rice, 2011 4touchdown passes, best game on filetwice; last vs. Rice, 2011 109rushing yards, best game on fileat Penn State, 2010 3rushing touchdowns, best game on filevs. Michigan State, 2010

Honors

2010First-team All-Big Ten

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

224

2,581

2,376

8–⁠57–⁠66–⁠7

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2009	Northwestern	20	34	58.8	224	6.6	2	2
2010	Northwestern	222	302	73.5	2,581	8.5	15	4
2011	Northwestern	218	297	73.4	2,376	8.0	17	7
On file (2008–⁠11)		460	633	72.7	5,181	8.2	34	13

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Northwestern	2	−2	−1.0	0	0
2009	Northwestern	49	167	3.4	0	25
2010	Northwestern	164	519	3.2	9	31
2011	Northwestern	79	32	0.4	1	22
On file (2008–⁠11)		294	716	2.4	10	31

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Northwestern	7	QB
2009	Northwestern	7	QB
2010	Northwestern	7	QB
2011	Northwestern	7	QB	6′1″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Northwestern 10 games, 2,376 passing yards, 17 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Oct 1	atIllinois	L 35–⁠38	10	14	123	4	0	−3
Oct 8	vs.Michigan	L 24–⁠42	32	44	331	0	1	−5
Oct 15	atIowa	L 31–⁠41	30	39	242	1	1	−8
Oct 22	vs.Penn State	L 24–⁠34	26	34	294	1	1	9
Oct 29	atIndiana	W 59–⁠38	16	20	261	3	0	41
Nov 5	atNebraska	W 28–⁠25	9	14	79	0	1	35
Nov 12	vs.Rice	W 28–⁠6	25	32	372	4	2	0
Nov 19	vs.Minnesota	W 28–⁠13	22	31	216	2	1	7
Nov 26	vs.Michigan State	L 17–⁠31	23	32	245	2	0	−5
Dec 31 ✦	vs.Texas A&M	L 22–⁠33	25	37	213	0	0	−39

2010 Northwestern 10 games, 2,581 passing yards, 15 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 4	atVanderbilt	W 23–⁠21	19	21	222	3	0	82
Sep 11	vs.Illinois State	W 37–⁠3	19	23	240	2	0	13
Sep 18	atRice	W 30–⁠13	24	32	307	1	0	34
Sep 25	vs.Central Michigan	W 30–⁠25	23	30	280	2	1	43
Oct 2	atMinnesota	W 29–⁠28	23	30	309	2	1	99
Oct 9	vs.Purdue	L 17–⁠20	30	41	305	0	0	24
Oct 23	vs.Michigan State	L 27–⁠35	18	29	187	0	1	46
Oct 30	atIndiana	W 20–⁠17	18	28	212	2	0	19
Nov 6	atPenn State	L 21–⁠35	16	25	201	1	0	109
Nov 13	vs.Iowa	W 21–⁠17	32	43	318	2	1	50

2009 Northwestern 9 games, 167 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	vs.Towson	W 47–⁠14	1	2	72	1	1	7
Sep 12	vs.Eastern Michigan	W 27–⁠24	–	–	–	–	–	5
Sep 19	atSyracuse	L 34–⁠37	–	–	–	–	–	8
Oct 3	atPurdue	W 27–⁠21	–	–	–	–	–	9
Oct 10	vs.Miami (OH)	W 16–⁠6	–	–	–	–	–	2
Oct 17	atMichigan State	L 14–⁠24	–	–	–	–	–	4
Oct 31	vs.Penn State	L 13–⁠34	14	23	115	0	0	42
Nov 7	atIowa	W 17–⁠10	5	9	37	1	1	67
Nov 14	atIllinois	W 21–⁠16	–	–	–	–	–	23

2008 Northwestern 1 game, −2 rushing yards

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 13	vs.Southern Illinois	W 33–⁠7	–	–	–	–	–	−2

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 24–⁠17).

Drill	Pro day 2012
Height	5′11⅛″
Weight	210 lb
40-yard dash	4.57 s
10-yard split	1.59 s
Vertical jump	32″
Broad jump	8′11″
3-cone drill	7.11 s
20-yard shuttle	4.36 s

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