Just eight days out from the start of Northwestern’s 2020 football schedule, the program announced Friday that four veteran Wildcats — DL Samdup Miller, QB Aidan Smith, S Travis Whillock and QB/TE Jason Whittaker — elected not to participate in the coming season.
The opt outs mark the first for the Wildcats since Rashawn Slater chose to forgo the season and declare for the 2021 NFL Draft in late August. Additionally, the program announced at the beginning of the month that wide receiver Jace James and offensive lineman Sam Stovall medically retired ahead of the season and were no longer on the roster.