Over the next week or so, the staff here at Inside NU will be counting down our top 10 players from the 2022 football season using a composite ranking system created by polling our own writers. Today we’ll be diving into our No. 9 player of 2022: Brendan Sullivan.
After coming in for an injured and struggling Ryan Hilinski against Wisconsin, Sullivan started the next four games for the ‘Cats, throwing for 589 yards, four touchdowns and three interceptions while adding 97 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
Starting the season on the bench, Sullivan sparked the offense with life, keeping a historically bad Northwestern team competitive against Maryland and Ohio State.