Josh Fussell

2025 Redshirt Sophomore: Named to PFF Big Team of the Week with an 84.2 grade and three pass breakups against Western Illinois (9/5) ... Secured PFF Big Ten Team of the Week honors with a pass breakup and a 75.4 grade against Oregon (9/13). 2024 Redshirt First-Year: Played in 12 games, starting the final eight, in his a redshirt first-year season, tallying 39 tackles, five pass breakups, and one tackle for loss … Named Academic All-Big Ten … Finished with three tackles in consecutive weeks against Miami (Ohio) (8/31) and Duke (9/6) … Recorded the first pass breakup of his career while totaling five tackles against Washington (9/21) … Registered a pass breakup and three tackles in a win over Maryland (10/11) … Logged a pass breakup against Wisconsin (10/19) … Had three tackles in a win at Purdue (11/2) … Set a career-high with seven tackles while recording a pass breakup against Ohio State (11/16) … Totaled seven tackles for the second consecutive game, while recording his first career tackle for loss against Michigan (11/23) … Recorded a pass breakup and two tackles against Illinois (11/30). 2023 First-Year: Played in one game against Penn State (9/30) … Redshirted. High School: Four-year varsity letterwinner at Lakota West High School … Consensus three-star prospect according to 247Sports, Rivals and ESPN, and was named the No. 33 player in Ohio by ESPN … Combined for 72 total tackles, 19 pass breakups and nine interceptions throughout his high school career … Posted eight pass breakups in both his junior and senior campaigns … As a junior, led the Greater Miami Conference with six interceptions … Verbally committed to Northwestern on May 19, 2022.