The Big Ten West champions return to the field after finishing the 2018 season 9-5, going 8-1 in conference — Northwestern’s lone Big Ten regular season slip up was a 20-17 loss to then-No. 14 ranked Michigan Wolverines.
Katy, Texas, native and defensive captain Paddy Fisher is model of consistency at the middle linebacker position — the same position his head coach Pat Fitzgerald played at Northwestern in the mid 1990’s.
Overlooked by regional powers Oklahoma, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU as a high school recruit, Paddy Fisher has emerged as one of the best middle linebackers in the entire country.