Former Northwestern quarterback reflects on 'degrading, dehumanizing, embarrassing' hazing

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Lloyd Yates went from a quarterback in the Big Ten to not even being able to watch football.

A former member of the Northwestern football team, Yates, now 26, reflected on his experiences getting hazed while with the program.

The incidents included acts of sexual misconduct and what the school called "forced participation, nudity and sexualized acts of a degrading nature."

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Head coach Pat Fitzgerald of the Northwestern Wildcats before the game against the Wisconsin Badgers at Camp Randall Stadium on Sept. 28, 2019, in Madison, Wisconsin. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

"I was conditioned to think this stuff is normal, and this was what goes on in college football, this is what goes on in these locker rooms. And I think Northwestern has a bit of work to do to make things right, and make sure that this culture doesn’t exist," Yates said in a recent interview with the Chicago Tribune.

"We would get ambushed by you know, 10 different guys, and then they would come hold you down. They would put you in the doggy-style position and proceed to dry-hump you. Guys would take turns, and it’s just a very degrading, dehumanizing, embarrassing act."

One of the acts that was initially reported by a former player was an exchange of the football between a quarterback and a center, mimicking a snap, while both were naked. Yates, then a QB, said he was forced to take part.

"He snapped me the football, just like you would see on Sunday, but I was in the locker room simulating the act, with no clothes on. So obviously, that experience before I had to go on the field and practice with my teammates, was very