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Millions and millions of Americans will gather around the television Sunday night to watch the Super Bowl. When time expires, we all will know which team won. We all will know which songs Katy Perry performed and with which special guests. And we all will have found a favorite commercial. But will we honestly remember...
Ken Bishop
Northern Illinois University defensive tackle Ken Bishop (Lauderhill, Fla./Piper HS/Ellsworth CC) became the second Huskie to be chosen in the 2014 National Football League Draft when he was selected Saturday in the seventh round by the Dallas Cowboys. Overall, Bishop was the 251st player chosen, joining NIU teammate Jimmie Ward, the first round selection of...
Jimmie Ward
Northern Illinois University safety Jimmie Ward became the second Huskie player ever to be selected in the first round of the National Football League Draft when he was chosen with the 30th pick in the first round by the San Francisco 49ers Thursday night. Ward is the Huskies’ second highest draft choice all-time, behind only...
Garrett Wolfe
Ever wonder what it’s like to play on an NFL team? Want to hear what goes into putting together a college football game plan? Or do you just want to get together with a group of guys and talk Huskie Football? Well guys, this is the event for you. On Friday, April 18, Northern Illinois...
Jimmie Ward and Jordan Lynch
Northern Illinois University All-Americans Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward, along with five of their 2013 senior teammates, took center stage Friday at the Kenneth and Ellen Chessick Practice Center at NIU’s Annual Pro Day. National Football League personnel from 30 different teams, the Huskie coaching staff, friends, family, teammates, members of the media and special...
Thomas Hammock
The Baltimore Ravens have hired NIU alumnus Thomas Hammock as its running backs coach. An 11-year collegiate coaching veteran, he joins the NFL ranks after serving the last three seasons as the assistant head coach, running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at the University of Wisconsin. “The opportunity to coach at the highest level –...
Former Northern Illinois University football players Sean Progar (Glenview, Ill.) and Jason Schepler (Sycamore, Ill.) have added their names to the list of 2012 Huskie seniors that signed with NFL teams this month. Invited to try out during the San Francisco 49ers rookie mini-camp last weekend, Schepler nabbed the last spot on the 90-man roster...
Following the completion of the National Football League draft this past weekend, four members of the winningest senior class in Northern Illinois football history signed free agent contracts with National Football League teams. Wide receivers Martel Moore (San Antonio, Texas/Earl Warren HS) and Perez Ashford (Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights HS), defensive end Alan Baxter (Buffalo...
Michael Turner
Northern Illinois great Michael Turner, a two-time Pro Bowl selection for the Atlanta Falcons who has rushed for more than 7,300 yards during a nine-year NFL career, has been added to the line-up for Friday’s “Xs and Os with the Pros” event. Turner will join former Huskie NFL veterans Ryan Diem (Indianapolis Colts, 2001-11) and...
Roy Manning
Roy Manning, a former University of Michigan linebacker who spent three seasons in the National Football League and has coached at both Michigan and the University of Cincinnati, has joined the Northern Illinois football staff as running backs coach, NIU head coach Rod Carey announced Wednesday. “We’re really happy to have Roy Manning come in...
Chad Spann
Northern Illinois University is welcoming 13 former Huskies who went on to play in the National Football League to Huskie Stadium for Wednesday night’s football game with Toledo. The 13 former Huskies are in town to celebrate the new NIU Executive Leadership Forum, comprised of prominent College of Business alumni. Scheduled to attend the game...
Trevor Olson
Northern Illinois offensive tackle Trevor Olson and fullback Cameron Bell have signed free agent contracts with Tampa Bay and San Francisco, respectively, to bring the number of Huskie football players to sign NFL free agent contracts this year to five. Olson (Richfield, Minn./Richfield) and Bell (Round Rock, Texas/Stony Point) join wide receiver Nathan Palmer (Elkhart,...
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