#82

Andrew Scanlan

Wide receiver for Northwestern. 2016: 29 catches, 331 receiving yards.

WR · Northwestern · #82

6′2″ · Royersford, PA

Northwestern 2016 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WR recruit

No. 1327 nationally · Signed with Northwestern

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2016 wide receiver for Northwestern. 2016: 29 catches, 331 receiving yards.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2012.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Three seasons at Northwestern, 336 receiving yards — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

The week the volume broke through — put up 78 yds at Purdue.Purdue · W 45-172016

2012

Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Spring-Ford

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1327 national

CFB

College

Northwestern

2014–2016

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2016

1 coach

2014–2016

Pat Fitzgerald

Northwestern

Played his entire career under Pat Fitzgerald.

2016 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Pat Fitzgerald — 22-16 over that span.

2014Northwestern5-7HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced, fast tempo

2015Northwestern10-3HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Run-heavy

2016Northwestern7-6HC: Pat Fitzgerald · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: rec tds (6th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Receptions#277 / 524 · 46th pct

Rec yards#324 / 524 · 38th pct

331

Yards / catch#377 / 524 · 27th pct

11.4

Long catch#442 / 524 · 15th pct

Rec TDs#461 / 524 · 6th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2016 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home8g	2.1	18.6	8.1	0.0
Road5g	2.4	36.4	15.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	17.9	10.5	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.8	34.3	11.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

David Braun

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2016

Rotational

Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2016	Northwestern	29	331	11.4	0	--
2015	Northwestern	--	--	--	--	--
2014	Northwestern	1	5	5.0	0	--
Career		30	336	11.2	0	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2016

W 31–24

vs Pittsburgh

4 rec · 35 yds

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With J. Jackson — 224 rush yds (32 car) · 3 TD · C. Thorson — 214 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 52.3 · 16 rush yds (12 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2016 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 21-22vs Western Michigan	2	19	9.5	0	13
Wk 2	L 7-9vs Illinois State	1	5	5.0	0	5
Wk 3	W 24-13vs Duke	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 4	L 13-24vs Nebraska	1	8	8.0	0	8
Wk 5	W 38-31@ Iowa	1	18	18.0	0	18
Wk 7	W 54-40@ Michigan State	2	32	16.0	0	20
Wk 8	W 24-14vs Indiana	2	23	11.5	0	16
Wk 9	L 20-24@ Ohio State	—	—	—	—	—
Wk 10	L 7-21vs Wisconsin	5	46	9.2	0	19
Wk 11	W 45-17@ Purdue	5	78	15.6	0	31	Season-high 78 yds
Wk 12	L 12-29@ Minnesota	4	54	13.5	0	25
Wk 13	W 42-21vs Illinois	1	5	5.0	0	5
Bowl	W 31-24vs Pittsburgh	4	35	8.8	0	17
Total		29	331	10.7	0	31

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology