After Saturday's scrimmage, and based on everything we have heard over the past few months, here's how we see Northwestern's depth chart heading into the Stanford game — pending a starting quarterback decision of course. The program usually releases an official two-deep during game weeks, so this will be our final full update until then.
Depth Chart
Players with a * beside their name have injury concerns. See notes at the bottom.
Offense
| Starter/1st String | Backup/2nd String | Sleeper/3rd String | |
| Quarterback | Clayton Thorson/Zack Oliver | Clayton Thorson/Zack Oliver | Matt Alviti |
| Running Back | Justin Jackson | Warren Long | Auston Anderson/Solomon Vault |
| H-Receiver | Solomon Vault | Stephen Buckley | Jelani Roberts |
| X-Receiver | Cameron Dickerson | Pierre Youngblood-Ary | Macan Wilson |
| Y-Receiver | Christian Jones | Flynn Nagel | Jelani Roberts |
| Z-Receiver | Miles Shuler | Mike McHugh | Andrew Scanlan |
| Superback | Dan Vitale | Garrett Dickerson | Jayme Taylor |
| Left Tackle | Geoff Mogus | Blake Hance | Tommy Doles |
| Left Guard | Ian Park | Adam DePietro | Sam Coverdale |
| Center | Brad North | Ian Park | Jared Thomas |
| Right Guard | Shane Mertz | Connor Mahoney | Matt Frazier* |
| Right Tackle | Eric Olson | Tommy Doles | Kenton Playko |
Defense
| Starter/1st String | Backup/2nd String | Sleeper/3rd String | |
| Defensive End | Dean Lowry | Joe Gaziano | Trent Goens |
| Defensive Tackle | C. |