The Big Ten had a banner year at cornerback last season.
Iowa's Desmond King won the Jim Thorpe Award. Michigan's Jourdan Lewis was an All-American. Minnesota will have two corners drafted in Eric Murray and Briean Boddy-Calhoun, while Maryland's Will Likely earned plenty of attention as a big-play machine. Ohio State's Eli Apple is a potential first-round pick. And on and on.
It was understandably difficult to stand out in that crowd. Which is why Northwestern's Matthew Harris's season went a little unnoticed.