Two former Northwestern football players have come forward with allegations of racism stemming from their time with the program in the early 2000s.
Noah Herron and Rico Lamitte, who are Black, detailed their experiences with the program during a news conference held by one of the attorney groups that filed lawsuits against the school following a hazing scandal that cast a dark cloud over the university and its athletics.
Herron, who played in the NFL from 2005 to '06, said, per USA Today's Tom Schad:
"I personally experienced impact bias and racism.