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Northwestern Football’s No. 6 player of 2022: Malik Washington

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Today, we continue our top ten countdown by evaluating wide receiver Malik Washington, who led the ‘Cats in receiving in 2022. His last season in Evanston saw him become one of the main weapons for the Northwestern offense.

On a Northwestern team which had one of the worst offenses in the Big Ten and played five (five!) quarterbacks throughout the course of the season, Malik Washington was one of the players who made a constant impact.

Washington led NU in receiving with 65 receptions for 694 yards and a touchdown this year, after a 2021 season where he had 44 receptions for 578 yards and two touchdowns.