Gavin Sawchuk
Northwestern Wildcats
85
Great

Gavin Sawchuk

Northwestern WildcatsContender
RBOffenseGreatTRANSFER · Florida State
2nd String / Backup

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Gavin Sawchuk is listed 2nd string at RB for Northwestern Wildcats.

Graduate student · #27 · 6'0", 205 lbs

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Depth at RB · Northwestern Wildcats

  1. 1591Caleb KomolafeStarter
  2. 22785Gavin SawchukYou
  3. 3678Joseph Himon II
  4. 41268Marcus Romain

Northwestern Starting Lineup

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Up next for Northwestern

Northwestern plays Iowa at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Valor Christian, ranked #98 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 486 rushing yards, 8 rush TD. That's 23% of the team's production at his spot and 84th-percentile production nationally — good for a 85 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #98 NatlTeam Share23%Percentile84th
Littleton, CO
Jersey
#27
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
205 lbs
Transfer
Florida State

Stats

SeasonRush YdsRush TD
—4868

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9583
National Rank
#98
High School
Valor Christian
Hometown
Littleton, CO

Why this rating?

On a 89-rated offense; 84th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.92 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 85.

Team offense (SP+)
89
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 84% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 21% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.92)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 for role; −6 depth penalty

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31LOREYDS 6
CAR
1
YDS
2
AVG
2.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
6
AVG
6.0
TD
0

Final L 34-26

Oct 24WRUTGYDS 14
CAR
5
YDS
14
AVG
2.8
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 42-14

Oct 17WMSUYDS 15
CAR
4
YDS
15
AVG
3.8
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 24-21

Oct 10WBALLYDS 24
CAR
4
YDS
24
AVG
6.0
TD
0
REC
1
YDS
-3
AVG
-3.0
TD
0

Final W 45-14

Oct 3WPSUYDS 27
CAR
8
YDS
27
AVG
3.4
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 34-13

Sep 26LIUYDS 26
CAR
5
YDS
26
AVG
5.2
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final L 29-23

Sep 19WCOLOYDS 48
CAR
12
YDS
48
AVG
4.0
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 41-7

Sep 6WSDSTYDS 69
CAR
8
YDS
69
AVG
8.6
TD
0
REC
0
YDS
0
AVG
0.0
TD
0

Final W 34-18

Gavin Sawchuk's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

486 rush yds · 8 TD · 25% of carries
Usage / Involvement51%
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