Returning starters: Sam Gerak (Sr.), Peter Skoronski (So.), Ethan Wiederkehr (R-Sr.)
Key losses: Nik Urban (graduation), Gunnar Vogel (Chicago Bears),
Returners: Josh Priebe (So.), Charlie Schmidt (Jr.), Ben Wrather (So.), Dom D’Antonio (R-So.), Zachary Franks (R-So.)
After Rashawn Slater opted out of the 2020 football season, expectations were relatively low for Kurt Anderson’s “Trench Cats”. Fortunately, Anderson’s unit surpassed all predictions and performed well last season. While the offensive line struggled at times to create holes for the running backs, the pass protection was much better as NU’s quarterbacks were sacked 13 times in 2020 compared to 23 occasions in 2019, a drop in the per-game average from 1.