Pat Fitzgerald and staff have been putting together a masterful 2017 recruiting class, but one question remained: could Northwestern still recruit elite skill players? All doubt that may have existed was washed away on Sunday, one day after Northwestern's spring practice, when the Wildcats received verbal commitments from tight ends (or likely superbacks-to-be) Trey Pugh and Bryce Wolma, the first two offensive skill player commits of the 2017 class.
Pugh announced his commitment at 11:25 a.m. on Sunday and Wolma followed him up with a tweet at 3:25 p.