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#6 Paddy Fisher, Northwestern
This young man came in for Northwestern and was a monster as a freshman after a redshirt year, recording 111 tackles, nine for loss, four fumbles forced and a pick while taking over as the program’s leader of the future. Fisher says he models his game after Luke Kuechly and is reminiscent of his head coach Pat Fitzgerald, who was a two time All-American and Bronco Nagurski winner himself. Fisher plays with a tenacious attitude and tackles people like a bear. He chases after ball-carriers with a ferocious pursuit and truly is a sideline-to-sideline playmaker.
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The Wildcat cornerstone never goes less than full speed, sorts his way through traffic and rarely lets the guy with the ball escape. Fisher needs to take on blockers with better extension to keep vision on the backfield, but he has strong arms to take down ball-carriers trying to run past him. In an upset over Michigan State, he had 14 solo tackles.
Honorable mentions:
Shaquille Quarterman (Miami), T.J. Edwards (Wisconsin)
