Northwestern has a lot of question marks coming into this season. A shaky offense, to say the least, and the overall skepticism in playing a full season left many fans looking to the consistently strong defensive unit as the one piece of certainty.
However, when the program announced last week that senior DL Samdup Miller and S Travis Whillock would opt out of the season, even the defense came into question.
The graduation of program-great DE Joe Gaziano last season meant Miller –– a three-year starter with 17.5 career TFL and 7.