Teams Northwestern 2012 Roster ← 2011 2013 → 2012 Northwestern roster 108 players. From 20 states; the most from Illinois (32) and Ohio (17). The 2012 season .
Quarterbacks 4 Running backs 6 Receivers 16 Offensive line 18 Defensive line 15 Linebackers 14 Defensive backs 17 Specialists 10 Athletes and others 8
Quarterbacks 4 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 13 QB 6′3″ Windermere, FL 1,312 passing yards, 6 TD 2 QB 6′0″ Denver, CO 872 passing yards, 8 TD; 894 rushing yards, 12 TD 10 Zack Oliver QB 6′4″ Baton Rouge, LA 14 passing yards 15 P.J. Carollo QB 6′1″ 185 Lake Bluff, IL
Running backs 6 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 5 Venric Mark RB 5′8″ Tomball, TX 1,366 rushing yards, 12 TD 32 Mike Trumpy RB 6′1″ Wheaton, IL 349 rushing yards, 3 TD 3 Tyris Jones RB 6′0″ Fort Wayne, IN 143 rushing yards, 2 TD 22 Treyvon Green RB 5′10″ Mesquite, TX 73 rushing yards, 1 TD 27 Mike Panico RB 5′8″ Libertyville, IL 33 Malin Jones RB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ Naperville, IL
Receivers 16 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 14 Christian Jones WR 6′3″ Houston, TX 35 catches, 412 yards, 2 TD 17 Rashad Lawrence WR 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ Orlando, FL 34 catches, 321 yards 8 Demetrius Fields WR 6′0″ Dallas, TX 33 catches, 305 yards, 1 TD 6 Tony Jones WR 6′0″ Flint, MI 29 catches, 335 yards, 4 TD 21 WR 5★ 5-star recruit 6′5″ Maywood, IL 10 catches, 54 yards 19 Cameron Dickerson WR 6′3″ Englewood, NJ 9 catches, 54 yards, 1 TD 80 Mike Jensen WR 6′0″ Rancho Santa Fe, CA 2 catches, 21 yards 25 Jordan Perkins WR 6′0″ Lodi, CA 7 rushing yards 11 Pierre Youngblood-Ary WR 6′3″ Orlando, FL 1 catch, 1 yard 2 Christian Salem WR 6′3″ Santa Monica, CA 6 Mike McHugh WR 6′3″ Kirkwood, MO 8 Stephen Buckley WR 6′0″ Forney, TX 12 Cermak Bland WR 5′11″ 185 West Linn, OR 80 Austin Carr WR 6′1″ Benicia, CA 82 Andrew Scanlan WR 6′2″ Royersford, PA 84 Drew Moulton WR 5′11″ Freeland, MI
Offensive line 18 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 78 Paul Jorgensen OL 6′6″ DeWitt, MI 1 catch, 24 yards, 1 TD 53 Geoff Mogus OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 305 Lorain, OH 57 Matt Frazier OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 295 Bourbonnais, IL 61 Alex Pietrzak OL 6′4″ 290 Burr Ridge, IL 62 Taylor Paxton OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ 295 Centennial, CO 63 Ian Park OL 6′4″ 305 Pittsburgh, PA 65 Hayden Baker OL 6′2″ 295 Trout Valley, IL 66 Brandon Vitabile OL 6′3″ Edison, NJ 68 Connor Mahoney OL 6′4″ 285 Malvern, PA 70 Patrick Ward OL 6′7″ 310 Homer Glen, IL 70 Shane Mertz OL 6′8″ 300 Hazlet, NJ 72 Brian Mulroe OL 6′4″ 295 Glenview, IL 73 Adam DePietro OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 295 Lancaster, PA 74 Chuck Porcelli OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′7″ 315 Oak Brook, IL 75 Jack Konopka OL 6′5″ Inverness, IL 76 Eric Olson OL 6′6″ 305 Sudbury, MA 77 Kenton Playko OL 6′5″ 300 Lewis Center, OH 79 Neal Deiters OL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′8″ 315 Elmhurst, IL
Defensive line 15 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 88 Quentin Williams DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ Pittsburgh, PA 1 INT 1 Bo Cisek DL 6′2″ Chicago, IL −3 rushing yards 97 Tyler Scott DL 6′4″ Warren, OH −5 rushing yards 1 Max Chapman DL 6′3″ 270 Ponte Vedra, FL 7 Ifeadi Odenigbo DL 4★ 4-star recruit 6′3″ Centerville, OH 13 Deonte Gibson DL 6′3″ 265 Lakewood, OH 90 C.J. Robbins DL 6′5″ 305 Peru, IL 91 DL 6′5″ 300 Lake Elmo, MN 91 Sean McEvilly DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′5″ 300 Yorba Linda, CA 92 Will Hampton DL 6′3″ 295 Houston, TX 93 Greg Kuhar DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ Concord Township, OH 94 DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′6″ Rockford, IL 95 Davon Custis DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 255 Gahanna, OH 96 Anthony Battle DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′2″ 240 Dolton, IL 99 Chance Carter DL 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ 295 Evanston, IL
Linebackers 14 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 33 David Nwabuisi LB 6′1″ Houston, TX 3 INT 44 Chi Chi Ariguzo LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′3″ Gahanna, OH 2 INT 9 Jimmy Hall LB 6′2″ Toledo, OH 34 Michael Odom LB 6′0″ 195 Naperville, IL 35 Eric Wilson LB 6′2″ 205 Redford, MI 42 Joseph Jones LB 6′1″ Plano, IL 45 Collin Ellis LB 6′2″ St. Gabriel, LA 46 Damien Proby LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′0″ North Las Vegas, NV 48 Roderick Goodlow LB 6′2″ 220 Dallas, TX 50 Timmy Vernon LB 6′3″ Fort Washington, PA 51 Jaylen Prater LB 6′0″ Hamden, OH 54 Eric Hauser LB 6′0″ 235 Lake Barrington, IL 55 Drew Smith LB 3★ 3-star recruit 6′1″ 230 Cincinnati, OH 56 Will Studlien LB 6′2″ 225 Sunbury, OH
Defensive backs 17 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 23 Nick VanHoose CB 6′0″ Urbana, OH 3 INT 24 S 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ Philadelphia, PA 2 INT 22 Demetrius Dugar CB 5′11″ Houston, TX 1 INT 27 Jared Carpenter S 6′0″ Bowling Green, KY 1 INT 7 Hunter Bates S 5′10″ Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 2 returns, 17 yards 2 Dwight White CB 5′10″ Cypress, TX 2 Traveon Henry S 6′1″ Lauderdale Lakes, FL 3 Sean Oliver DB 5′11″ 175 Plano, TX 4 Jarrell Williams CB 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ 180 Robbins, IL 13 C.J. Bryant CB 5′11″ 180 Gahanna, OH 15 Daniel Jones CB 5′11″ 175 Monticello, FL 16 Davion Fleming S 5′10″ 200 Upland, CA 26 Terrance Brown S 6′1″ 200 Los Alamitos, CA 31 Quinn Evans CB 5′10″ 177 Chandler, AZ 36 Mike Eshun CB 5′8″ 175 Madison, WI 39 Joe Cannon CB 6′0″ 190 Oconomowoc, WI 47 Troy Sheppard CB 5′10″ 170 Joliet, IL
Specialists 10 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 37 Jeff Budzien PK 3★ 3-star recruit 5′11″ Hartland, WI 19 of 20 field goals 49 Brandon Williams P 6′2″ Nappanee, IN 64 punts, 39.9 average 34 Steve Flaherty PK 6′1″ Chicago, IL 1 of 1 field goal 8 Jack Mitchell PK 6′3″ San Diego, CA 31 Chris Gradone P 6′2″ Cincinnati, OH 33 Matt Micucci PK 5′11″ Lake Zurich, IL 38 Arthur Omilian PK 5′11″ Atlanta, GA 39 Zak Kucera P 6′2″ 205 Chesterland, OH 52 Chris Fitzpatrick LS 6′2″ Lawrenceburg, KY 59 Pat Hickey LS 6′0″ 205 Chicago, IL
Athletes and others 8 No. Player Ht Wt Hometown 2012 40 6′2″ 235 Wheaton, IL 28 catches, 288 yards, 2 TD 1 Tim Hanrahan 6′0″ Frankfort, IL 31 rushing yards 43 Tim Riley 6′3″ Oswego, IL 36 rushing yards 41 Doug Diedrick 5′10″ Woodridge, IL 12 rushing yards 81 Evan Watkins 6′6″ Carol Stream, IL 85 Mark Szott 3★ 3-star recruit 6′4″ Naperville, IL 86 Jack Schwaba 6′4″ 260 Upper St. Clair, PA 87 Brian Smith 6′7″ 285 Medina, OH
Mike Trumpy, Dan Vitale, Doug Diedrick, Alex Pietrzak, Chuck Porcelli, Neal Deiters Christian Jones, Demetrius Dugar, David Nwabuisi, Will Hampton Malin Jones, Michael Odom, Evan Watkins, Mark Szott Matt Micucci, Eric Hauser, Hayden Baker, Jack Konopka Bo Cisek, Steve Flaherty, Pat Hickey Pierre Youngblood-Ary, Trevor Siemian, Rashad Lawrence C.J. Bryant, Chi Chi Ariguzo, Davon Custis Max Chapman, Hunter Bates Demetrius Fields, Roderick Goodlow Stephen Buckley, Treyvon Green Chris Gradone, Drew Smith Ian Park, Quentin Williams Brian Mulroe, Chance Carter Kenton Playko, Greg Kuhar Tim Hanrahan Christian Salem Dwight White Kain Colter Traveon Henry Sean Oliver Tyris Jones Jarrell Williams Venric Mark Mike McHugh Tony Jones Ifeadi Odenigbo Jack Mitchell Jimmy Hall Zack Oliver Cermak Bland Deonte Gibson Daniel Jones P.J. Carollo Davion Fleming Cameron Dickerson Kyle Prater Nick VanHoose Ibraheim Campbell Jordan Perkins Terrance Brown Jared Carpenter Mike Panico Quinn Evans Eric Wilson Mike Eshun Jeff Budzien Arthur Omilian Joe Cannon Zak Kucera Joseph Jones Tim Riley Collin Ellis Damien Proby Troy Sheppard Brandon Williams Timmy Vernon Jaylen Prater Chris Fitzpatrick Geoff Mogus Will Studlien Matt Frazier Taylor Paxton Brandon Vitabile Connor Mahoney Patrick Ward Shane Mertz Adam DePietro Eric Olson Paul Jorgensen Austin Carr Mike Jensen Andrew Scanlan Drew Moulton Jack Schwaba Brian Smith C.J. Robbins Brian Arnfelt Sean McEvilly Dean Lowry Anthony Battle Tyler Scott IL 32 OH 17 TX 11 CA 8 PA 8 Hometowns of the 2012 Northwestern roster; the five states sending the most labeled with their players. Hover a dot for names. Map: us-atlas (public domain).
Where the roster comes from By state Illinois 32 Ohio 17 Texas 11 California 8 Pennsylvania 8 Florida 7 Michigan 4 New Jersey 3 Top counties DuPage County, Illinois pop. 930,000 10 Cook County, Illinois pop. 5.2 million 9 Harris County, Texas pop. 4.8 million 6 Lake County, Illinois pop. 714,000 4 Dallas County, Texas pop. 2.6 million 3 Hometowns placed in their counties with the US Census Bureau’s Gazetteer files. Populations from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau. Which states send the most FBS players for their size .
Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2012 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.
Trevor Siemian QB
Kain Colter QB
Kyle Prater WR5-star recruit
Brian Arnfelt DL
Dean Lowry DL3-star recruit
Ibraheim Campbell S3-star recruit
Dan Vitale