Player Grades from Northwestern's win 21-14 win over Purdue

The saying "C's get degrees" has never been more appropriateEvery Sunday after a Northwestern win or loss, we'll be handing out player grades as a way to analyze the Wildcats' performance from an individual perspective. Rather than rush out the grades on Saturday, we'll sleep on them, and wake up Sunday ready to accurately evaluate NU's players, coaches and opponents.

To put it kindly, yesterday was not a good day for grades, as you'll see. Against one of the worst teams in the conference -- and perhaps one of the worst teams in the nation -- Northwestern had to grind out a victory until essentially the last whistle.

While the victory was an absolute must-have, and Northwestern did in fact…