The week before the 2018 season began, I wrote a profile on Clayton Thorson. The feature’s thesis: Thorson is on track to be the most accomplished Northwestern quarterback since Otto Graham, but what will his legacy ultimately be?
He had won big games, and he had set records. He had grown tremendously as a passer and a leader, and he provided valuable stability to a program that needed it.
What he hadn’t done, however, was gotten Northwestern to the next step as a program. He hadn’t brought a division title back to Evanston.
Well, this season he did that.