Northwestern’s options at quarterback in 2021

Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images With quarterback Peyton Ramsey declaring for the NFL Draft, Northwestern has a clear hole under center. Following Clayton Thorson’s graduation after the 2018 season, hopes were high that Clemson transfer QB Hunter Johnson, a former top recruit, would be more than the answer to NU’s signal caller question. However, several factors led Johnson and a chorus of quarterbacks to struggle to a historically bad 2019, and thus Ramsey was brought in to plug the gap for a year.

Johnson is still around and now settled into NU with a new offensive coordinator, and if he were to win the job this summer that would certainly bring a jolt of excitement to the fan…