Anto Saka

2025 Redshirt Junior: Tabbed as the No. 56 player on Bruce Feldman's annual "Freaks List"... Tallied one sack, one tackle for loss and four tackles against UCLA (9/27)...Recorded a strip sack in win vs. Purdue (10/18). 2024 Redshirt Sophomore: Played in 11 games, registering 15 tackles, five tackles for loss, and 3.5 sacks ... Named All-Big Ten Honorable Mention and Academic All-Big Ten ... Finished the 2024 season ranked 13th in the Big Ten in pass rush win percentage, according to PFF ... Had 0.5 sacks and one tackle for loss in a win over Miami (Ohio) (8/31) ... Registered one sack and two tackles vs. Duke (9/6) ... Tallied one sack and three tackles at Washington (9/21) ... Logged three tackles, including a tackle for loss, in a win at Maryland (10/11) ... Totaled two tackles against Wisconsin (10/19) ... Recorded a sack in the season finale vs. Illinois (11/30). 2023 Redshirt First-Year: Played in 11 games, totaling 13 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss and 5.5 sacks, which ranked second on the team ... Posted most sacks by a Wildcat in their debut season since Sam Miller in 2017 (5.5 sacks) ... Made two tackles in his collegiate debut against Rutgers (9/3) ... Recorded his first-career sack against UTEP (9/9) ... Notched a sack for the second straight week against Duke (9/16) ... Tallied his third sack of the season and forced his first career fumble against Penn State (9/30) ... Became the first Northwestern player since 2008 to record three sacks in his first five collegiate games ... Logged at least 0.5 sacks in each of his final three games ... Recorded 0.5 sacks against Purdue in the final game at Ryan Field (11/18) ... Posted 1.0 sack in the win over Illinois (11/25) ... Recorded 1.0 sack and two tackles in Las Vegas Bowl win against Utah (12/23). 2022 First-Year: Did not make an appearance and redshirted. High School: Verbally committed to Northwestern on July 17, 2021 ... Ranked as the No. 23 edge rusher in the country and the No. 4 overall recruit in the state of Maryland by 247 ... Racked up nine sacks in eight games as a senior (Hudl) ... Added 46 tackles and two forced fumbles ... Also ran track & field in high school, posting an 11.5 second 100-meter dash time.