2018 Football Roster
Jeremy Larkin
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 197
- Position:
- RB
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- High School:
- La Salle
2018: Started the first three games of the 2018 campaign for Northwestern before announcing his retirement from football due to injury … Recorded the first multi-touchdown game of his career when he rushed for a 1-yard and 4-yard score against Purdue (8/30)… Larkin’s 143 rushing yards were the most by a running back in the season opener since Tyrell Sutton rushed for 144 against Syracuse (8/30/08) … Rushed for a career-high 26 attempts … Surpassed 100 yards for the third time in his career with a career-high 176 yards against Duke (9/8), also marking the third-straight game he rushed for 100-plus yards (Dec. 29, 2017 vs. Kentucky; Aug. 30 at Purdue), becoming the first NU player to score a rushing touchdown in at least three-straight games since Clayton Thorson last season (5, October 14 – November 11) … Recorded a career-high eight receptions versus Akron (9/15) and tied his career high with two rushing touchdowns … Larkin’s five touchdowns through three games were the most by a Northwestern player since Tyrell Sutton in 2005 (6) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
2017: Appeared in all 13 games as the primary backup running back to senior Justin Jackson ... Finished the regular season second on the team with 503 rushing yards and led the team with 6.0 yards per carry ... Rushed for 31 yards, had a season-long 39-yard reception and scored his first career touchdown in a win over Bowling Green ... Scored his second touchdown of the season and rushed for 32 yards in a win over Iowa ... Had a season-high 10 carries, 69 yards and a score in a win at Nebraska ... Rushed nine times for a season-high 71 yards and his fifth touchdown of the year in a win at Illinois ... Finished the season strong, rushing for 217 of his 319 yards and scoring three touchdowns over the final four games ... Had 11 catches for 115 yards ... Rushed nine times for a career-high 112 yards in the Music City Bowl, marking his first career 100-yard rushing game ... Had a season-long 64-yard rush in the fourth quarter, marking the Wildcats’ second-longest play from scrimmage of the season.
2016: Redshirted his freshman season.
High School: Earned a four-star rating from Scout, which ranked him as the No. 4 running back in the Midwest ... Earned a three-star rating from 247Sports, which ranked him as the No. 18 prospect in the state of Ohio and the No. 24 running back in the nation ... Rated by Rivals as the No. 10 all-purpose back in the country ... Two-time team captain led the Lancers to back-to-back Ohio Division II Championships ... Piled up 5,349 rushing yards, 6,399 total offensive yards, 8,326 all-purpose yards and 95 total touchdowns over his final three seasons at LaSalle ... Two-time Ohio Division II Offensive Player of the Year ... Two-time Ohio Mr. Football runner-up ... 2014 MaxPreps Junior All-American ... Two-time Greater Catholic League (GCL) Player of the Year ... Three-time First Team All-GCL ... Three-time LaSalle Player of the Year … Established school records for total offense in a season (3,247), rushing yards in a season (2,585), touchdowns in a season (42) and career rushing touchdowns (76) ... High school teammate of current Wildcats defensive lineman Jordan Thompson ... Also played four years of basketball at LaSalle ... Won three AAU basketball Ohio state championships ... Honor roll student.
Personal: Born Jeremy Randy Larkin in Cincinnati ... Parents Jeff and Shevelle Larkin ... Brother Jeff Jr. played basketball at Christian Brothers University ... Major is human development & psychological services.
