Matthew Harris has got Northwestern's defense covered

Northwestern's Matthew Harris finished third in the league in passes defended last year and tied for third among Big Ten players with four interceptions.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. He was arguably one of the top…