Northwestern four-star pound Glover goes into portal

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

• Senior WriterJul 17, 2023, 06:52 PM ET Close College football press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Northwestern freshman linebacker Nigel Glover got in the transfer portal Monday, the first Wildcats player to do so considering that the school fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on July 10. Glover, an Ohio local, was an ESPN four-star hire and Northwestern’s highest-rated possibility in the 2023 class. He dedicated to bet Fitzgerald and Northwestern in April 2022 and checked in December. Glover thought about several other Big Ten schools before choosing Northwestern, including Iowa and Illinois.Editor’s Picks 1 Associated The NCAA permits players to get in the transfer website for 30 days after a head-coaching modification at their school. Northwestern fired

Fitzgerald three days after concluding an investigation into hazing accusations within the program.After details of the hazing occurrences appeared in The Daily Northwestern, university president Michael Schill said he was reassessing Fitzgerald’s discipline and ultimately fired the coach, although the school’s examination did not discover proof Fitzgerald understood of the problems.Northwestern on Friday called protective organizer David Braun as interim head coach. The team is set to start preseason practice in a number of weeks and opens the season Sept. 3 at Rutgers.