Finishing No. 10 in the AP poll for the 2020-21 season, Northwestern football dominated the Big Ten West en route to their second Big Ten Championship in three years. Thus, it should come as no surprise that several players from the squad are projected to hear their names called sometime from April 29 to May 1 during the NFL Draft.
Highest among the list of Northwestern players in the draft is someone who didn’t even play in the COVID-19 complicated season — Rashawn Slater. The former Wildcat offensive tackle is the favorite to be the second offensive tackle off the board in the 2021 draft class thanks to the impressive tape he accrued in the three years he played for the Wildcats.