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Recruiting#35the 2027 class
Offense#5133 touchdowns in 2025
Defense#30by rating, of the 68
Money$20–27Mspend #57
Week 3 · NextColorado at Northwestern7:30 PM ET

Depth Chart

10102020303040405050
WRWILDE$1.4MAhumaraeze
WRAHUMARAEZE$0.3MCovey
SLOTCOVEY$0.1MEligon
TEHONIG$0.3MDehnicke
LTSEAGREN$0.7MFuchs
LGFORS$0.3MOratokhai
CORATOKHAI$0.3MCarsello
RGCARSELLO$0.2MBirsa
RTFUCHS$0.4MMcguire
QBCHILES$1.2MMarchiol
RBSAWCHUK$1.0MKomolafe
Defense · 4-3
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DEKILBANE$1.0MZalewski
DTKIRKS$1.1MJohnson
DTJOHNSON$0.5MO'Rourke
DEZALEWSKI$0.3MHoskins
LBBRUS$1.2MMckinzie
LBMCKINZIE$0.6MGlover
LBGLOVER$0.3MMohring
CBFITZGERALD$2.2MTurner
CBTURNER$1.2MWalters
SDAVIS-RAY$0.2MDorsey
SDORSEY$0.2MVaughn

The chip is the model price. Best 11 by role and value from the 2026 roster and the NIL valuations.

The schedule

Play it out →
SEP 6vs SouthW 34-18
SEP 19vs ColoradoW 41-7
SEP 26@ IndianaL 23-29
OCT 3vs Penn StateW 34-13
OCT 10vs Ball StateW 45-14
OCT 17@ MichiganW 24-21
OCT 24vs Rutgers
OCT 31@ Oregon
NOV 7vs Iowa
NOV 14@ Ohio State
NOV 21@ Minnesota
NOV 28vs Illinois

This week

Week 3: the game, our number against the market, one trend.

Colorado at Northwestern
Kickoff
2026-09-19 7:30 PM ET
The line
Northwestern -3.5 · O/U 48.2
Full write-up →
Our number vs the market

Our number: Northwestern by 8.4. Market: Colorado -3.5.

4.9 points apart. A lean, not a play.

Trend

Northwestern has covered 9 of 12 at home

9 of 12, 75%
10 of 23, 43% the rest of the time
2023-2026

Roster & NIL

Who is paid, who is worth it, and where the money sits.

$24Mmodel payroll across 70 priced players
Where the money sits
DB$6.3M
DL$5.6M
OL$2.6M
LB$2.5M
WR$2.4M
RB$2.0M
QB$1.7M
The top five
1
Robert FitzgeraldCB · Senior · starter
88.3model$2.5M
2
Griffin WildeWR · Senior · starter
87.2model$1.5M
3
Braden TurnerCB · Senior · starter
66.9model$1.3M
4
Braydon BrusLB · Senior · starter
84.5model$1.3M
5
Aidan ChilesQB · Senior · 4-star · starter
81.5model$1.3M

Player Movement

Who came through the portal, who left, and what each room looks like now.

Position rooms · by Model Score
TE81Honig, Dehnicke
LB77Brus, Mckinzie
OL77Seagren
QB75Chiles, Marchiol
CB75Fitzgerald, Turner
EDGE74Kilbane
WR71Wilde, Eligon
RB68Komolafe, Sawchuk
IOL65Oratokhai
IDL60Flakes, Gant
DB58Pate
Portal flow · 17 in, 8 out
In $5.9M
Aidan ChilesQB · from Michigan State
$1.2M
Dominic KirksEDGE · from Ohio State
$1.1M
Gavin SawchukRB · from Florida State
$1.0M
Grant SeagrenOT · from Oklahoma State
$0.7M
13 more
Out $2.0M
Anto SakaEDGE · to Texas A&M
$1.6M
Hunter WelcingTE · to Ohio State
$0.2M
Evan SmithCB · to Duke
$0.2M
Hayden WrightOT · to Houston
4 more
Net +$3.9M

Draft

Northwestern on the 2027 board, our rank beside the consensus.

On the 2027 board · 10 Northwestern players
Griffin WildeWR · No. 215 our board87.2modelconsensus 264 ↑
Robert FitzgeraldS · No. 378 our boardconsensus 448 ↑
Luke DehnickeTE · No. 383 our board76.4modelconsensus 414 ↑
Aidan ChilesQB · No. 385 our board81.5modelconsensus 409 ↑
Jackson CarselloOC · No. 425 our boardconsensus 478 ↑
Michael KilbaneDL · No. 436 our board73.7modelconsensus 458 ↑
Braden TurnerCB · No. 484 our board66.9modelconsensus 612 ↑
Ezomo OratokhaiOG · No. 546 our board65.4modelconsensus 558 ↑
Moving on our board · since Oct 12
Risers
Nobody moved.
Fallers
Nobody moved.

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