Since 2011, the Northwestern football team has voted on the player who “truly embodies the values and character of the Northwestern football family,” awarding whoever earns it, no matter their position or roster status, the #1 jersey as recognition.
Thursday, head coach Pat Fitzgerald announced that former walk-on and senior defensive back Joe Bergin had been unanimously selected by his teammates to wear the prestigious number in 2019.
We don’t give the number out in recruiting.
You can’t ask for it once you’re here.
You have to earn it in the eyes of your teammates by representing everything we believe in.