2017 Football Roster
Matt Alviti
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 204
- Position:
- QB
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Park Ridge, Ill.
- High School:
- Maine South
2017: Redshirt senior ... Backup quarterback who appeared in four games during the regular season ... Completed three passes for 49 yards and his first career touchdown pass at Duke ... Had a career-long 68-yard rush in the Wildcats’ win over Bowling Green ... Completed a career-high four passes for a career-high 56 yards and rushed for 20 yards and his second career touchdown versus Penn State ... Also appeared on Senior Day versus Minnesota ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Entered in the second quarter of the Music City Bowl after Clayton Thorson was lost to injury ... finished the game with 4 completions with 50 yards passing and 54 yards rushing en route to a 24-23 victory for NU.
2016: Redshirt junior … Backup quarterback for the Wildcats who appeared in four games during the regular season … Made season debut versus Illinois State with one carry for three yards … Completed a pass for two yards at No. 6 Ohio State … Had one carry for seven yards in the ’Cats’ 45-17 win at Purdue … Academic All-Big Ten.
2015: Redshirt sophomore ... Appeared in games against Eastern Illinois and Michigan ... Completed a 12-yard pass at Michigan ... Also rushed three times versus Michigan ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2014: Redshirt freshman ... Appeared in the final four games of the season (debuting vs. Michigan), primarily as an option threat at QB ... Credited with nine rushes for 13 yards gained but finished with one net yard for the season ... Scored on a one-yard touchdown run on NU's first drive of the game in the upset of No. 15 Notre Dame on Nov. 15 ... Completed 2-of-4 pass attempts ... Named NU's Practice Player of the Week following NIU game ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2013: Redshirted his freshman season ... Named NU's Offensive Practice Player of the Week following the Maine game.
High School: Ranked the No. 7 overall prospect in Illinois and the eleventh-best dual-threat QB recruit in the country by Rivals.com ... Ranked as a four-star recruit and the No. 22 quarterback nationally by Scout.com ... Won 2010 Class 8A Illinois State Championship as a sophomore ... Three-time CSL Conference Champions ... Compiled 33-4 record in 3 years playing varsity ... Earned letters in football, basketball, and track ... Compiled 9,750 career passing yards, 85 passing TD's, 2,040 career rushing yards, 43 rushing TD's, 128 total TD's, and had a 65.3% completion percentage ... Earned 2010 All-State Honors from Chicago Tribune ... Three-time CSL All-Conference and All-Area ... Two-time conference Player of the Year on offense ... Named 2012 Offensive Player of the Year in Illinois ... Listed on 2012 All-State Team by Chicago Tribuneand Illinois Coaches Association ... Competed in Semper Fi All-American Game ... Named to 2010 and 2012 Academic All-State Team ... Earned 2012 Scholar Athlete Award in CSL ... Dean's List student all four years.
Personal: Born Matthew James Alviti ... Son of Jim and Rose Alviti ... Major in communication studies and minor in business institutions.
