Northwestern greats
22 players, ranked by what they did at Northwestern: the Heisman, the College Football Hall of Fame, national awards, consensus All-America teams, first-round picks and leading a national champion. Before 2004 our records hold the honors and the draft; from 2004 they add season stats for most players (not linemen, and not every name before 2010, when the source’s rosters fill in).
Pat FitzgeraldHall of Fame, 2008- Ron BurtonHall of Fame, 1990
Otto GrahamHall of Fame, 1956
Ernie RentnerHall of Fame, 1979
Ralph BakerHall of Fame, 1981- Steve ReidHall of Fame, 1985
- Jack RileyHall of Fame, 1988
Paddy DriscollHall of Fame, 1974
James JohnsonHall of Fame, 1969- Alex SarkisianHall of Fame, 1998
- Edgar ManskeHall of Fame, 1989
Peter SkoronskiConsensus All-American, 2022- Alf BaumanConsensus All-American, 1940
Rashawn SlaterNo. 13 pick, 2021
Damien AndersonConsensus All-American, 2000- Jack CverckoConsensus All-American, 1962
Brandon JosephConsensus All-American, 2020
Frank BakerConsensus All-American, 1930
Greg Newsome IINo. 26 pick, 2021- Max MorrisConsensus All-American, 1945
- Dallas MarvilConsensus All-American, 1931
- Darnell AutryFourth in the 1995 Heisman vote
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