Payton Roth
RB · Freshman
6'4" · 200 lbs · Offense
Also wearing #36: Nate Dawson (CB), Sean Morris II (RB)
Background
- Hometown
- Portland, Ore.
- High school
- Jesuit
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2026 season
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Season by season
2025tap to read
Made appearances in all 13 games … Logged eight total tackles and six solo tackles … Registered first career tackle against UCLA (9/27) … Added a solo tackle against Nebraska (10/25) … Posted one stop against Minnesota (11/22) … Set a career high in total tackles (2) against Illinois (11/25) … Logged a solo stop in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).
2024tap to read
Played in three games as a redshirt first-year … Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2023tap to read
Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Rutgers (9/3) … Redshirted. High School: Rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 59 player in the state of Oregon … Attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore., where he played both running back and linebacker … During his senior year in 2022, had 1,947 rushing yards (9.8 ypc) and 23 touchdowns … Was named First Team All-League at both running back and linebacker … Earned Class 6A All-State honors … Chose to be a preferred walk-on at Northwestern over Oregon and Oregon State.
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2025 Redshirt Sophomore:
Made appearances in all 13 games … Logged eight total tackles and six solo tackles … Registered first career tackle against UCLA (9/27) … Added a solo tackle against Nebraska (10/25) … Posted one stop against Minnesota (11/22) … Set a career high in total tackles (2) against Illinois (11/25) … Logged a solo stop in the GameAbove Sports Bowl against Central Michigan (12/26).
2024 Redshirt First-Year:
Played in three games as a redshirt first-year … Named Academic All-Big Ten.
2023 First-Year:
Made his collegiate debut in the season-opener against Rutgers (9/3) … Redshirted.
High School:
Rated as a two-star recruit by 247Sports, and ranked as the No. 59 player in the state of Oregon … Attended Jesuit High School in Portland, Ore., where he played both running back and linebacker … During his senior year in 2022, had 1,947 rushing yards (9.8 ypc) and 23 touchdowns … Was named First Team All-League at both running back and linebacker … Earned Class 6A All-State honors … Chose to be a preferred walk-on at Northwestern over Oregon and Oregon State.