Aidan’s Attempts, Volume 1: New number, same results

Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports Clayton Thorson graduated and thus, so did Thorson’s Throws. But we’re back with a new edition of the same premise, this time charting every one of Hunter Johnson’s pass attempts across the 2019 season. Now, though, after Aidan Smith usurped Johnson for the matchup with Nebraska, we have tweaked things a little.

Join us for Hunter’s Heaves/Aidan’s Attempts each week to receive an in-depth breakdown of Northwestern’s passing scheme, Johnson/Smith’s success within it, and anything else of interest that we notice.

Pat Fitzgerald and Mick McCall chose to go in a new direction against Nebraska. Partially due to injury and partially due to knowledge of the offense…