2017 Football Roster
Flynn Nagel
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 194
- Position:
- WR
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Lemont, Ill.
- High School:
- Lemont
2018: Led the team in receptions with 68 and receiving yards (780) while totaling two touchdowns on the year in his senior year… All-Big Ten honorable mention … Recorded a career-high 12 receptions for 133 yards in the home opener against Duke (9/8) … Had a team-high 111 yards on 10 receptions on the road against No. 20 Michigan State (10/6), his second-most yards in a single game and his most in a Big Ten contest … Tied his career high with 12 receptions against Nebraska for a career-high 220 receiving yards, the third-most in program history. His 220 receiving yards are the most by a Big Ten wide receiver since 2013 ... Had 71 yards on eight catches in the win over Rutgers (10/20) ... Extended his consecutive games with a catch streak to 26 against No. 20 Wisconsin ... Finished senior season ranked 10th in all time in both career receptions (160) and most receptions in a season (68) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Started all 13 games and set career highs with 48 receptions and 489 receiving yards ... Had at least one catch in every game, extending his streak of games with a catch to 18 ... Recorded 11 multi-catch games, including four games with at least five grabs ... Hauled in a season-high eight catches for 87 yards and the game-winning touchdown in triple overtime versus No. 16 Michigan St. ... Made six catches for 78 yards in a victory over Purdue ... Also had five catches at No. 10 Wisconsin ... Scored his first touchdown of the season in a win at Maryland ... Finished with four catches for 48 yards versus the Terrapins ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2016: Started 11 games at wide receiver and served as the Wildcats’ primary punt returner ... Finished second on the team with 40 receptions and 447 receiving yards, both career highs ... Caught a pass in 11 of 13 games ... Hauled in three passes for 26 yards in the Wildcats’ victory over No. 23 Pittsburgh in the 2016 Pinstripe Bowl ... Had five catches for 48 yards in the Big Ten opener versus Nebraska ... Made a 57-yard touchdown catch in the Wildcats’ 54-40 win at Michigan State ... Finished with five catches for 81 yards versus the Spartans ... Caught a season-high six passes versus Indiana and Minnesota ... Recorded his second touchdown of the season versus the Gophers ... Returned five kicks for 98 yards and 19 punts for 132 yards ... Had a season-high 47-yard return in a 38-31 win at Iowa ... Ranked sixth in the Big Ten with a 6.9 punt-return average ... Named Northwestern’s Special Teams Player of the Week following games versus Duke, Nebraska and Iowa ... Earned Northwestern Offensive Big Playmaker honors after the Minnesota game ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2015: Played in five games before suffering a season-ending injury in victory over Minnesota ... Caught one pass for 24 yards versus Eastern Illinois ... Reeled in a pair of nine-yard receptions in shutout of Minnesota.
High School: Ranked as a three-star recruit and the No. 11 overall prospect in the state of Illinois by Scout ... Chicago Tribune All-State selection ... Named to the IHSFCA 6A All-State squad ... South Suburban Blue Conference Player of the Year ... Caught 93 passes for 1,431 yards and 28 touchdowns as a senior ... Finished one score shy of matching Illinois single-season touchdown record ... Helped the Indians finish 13-1 and reach the IHSA 6A state championship game ... Attended Marist H.S. as a junior and recorded 20 touchdowns on 103 receptions for 1,488 yards.
Personal: Born Flynn Anthony Nagel ... Son of Ron and Linda Nagel ... Brothers, Brett (2009-11) and Aaron (2010) played at Northwestern ... Sister, Erica, played softball at Loyola ... All six Nagel siblings have been NCAA scholarship student-athletes ... Chose Northwestern over Duke, Illinois, Indiana, Purdue, Cincinnati and others ... Major is economics with a minor in business institutions.
