After catching a 16-yard reception in a November contest against Purdue, redshirt freshman wide receiver Frank Covey IV had all the makings of a breakout ahead of him. The catch put him at 43 yards early in the second quarter, already a career-high. Covey, however, limped off the field with a knee injury after his...| The Daily Northwestern
NEW ORLEANS – Northwestern only needed one play from scrimmage to show what kind of fight it would put up against Tulane. On the first snap of the game, Tulane linebacker Harvey Dyson easily beat graduate student left tackle Caleb Tiernan and forced a fumble off a blind-side sack of graduate student quarterback Preston Stone. ...| The Daily Northwestern
Coach David Braun didn’t shy away from the quality of Northwestern’s week 1 opponent before his team ventured to the Big Easy to face Tulane. Commending the Green Wave as a potentially playoff-caliber team, Braun said in his weekly press conference he was “excited” about the progress his group had made over the last year...| The Daily Northwestern
More than four years ago, a 6-foot-4, three-star quarterback from Atlanta narrowed his collegiate commitment down to two schools, Northwestern and Vanderbilt. Mike Wright chose the latter program, electing to take his talents to the SEC in December 2019. After three seasons with the Commodores and a one-year stint at Mississippi State, Wright’s whirlwind path...| The Daily Northwestern
When Northwestern took the field at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, last September, coach David Braun’s squad was fresh off a commanding 38-7 win over UTEP. Then-No. 21 Duke flipped the script as the sun set, with a 38-14 win over its Big Ten foe. This year, the Blue Devils (1-0, 0-0 ACC)...| The Daily Northwestern
