Tag: Trevor Olson
With four minutes remaining on the clock in The Big House – the fabled home of the University of Michigan Wolverines – the Akron Zips stand atop the scoreboard, 24-21. Can it happen? Will another David from the Mid-American Conference on the road beat a Big Ten Goliath, as NIU had done two weeks earlier...
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,...
Just days after celebrating a season-ending victory in the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala., a quartet of Northern Illinois University senior football players are taking a step toward a future in professional football as they begin training for postseason collegiate all-star games. Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish, named an honorable mention All-American by SI.com after...
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named the winner of the Mid-American Conference’s Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the MAC’s top football player, the league office announced Wednesday. Mid-American Conference head coaches voted on the award and on the league’s all-conference team, which features nine Huskies in all, four on...
NIU football head coach Dave Doeren is realistic about what’s coming Tuesday, Nov. 1: a trip into the Glass Bowl, home of perennial MAC powerhouse and threat Toledo. “Toledo is a very, very good football team at home, and has been for a number of years. Not just NIU, but a lot of teams have...
Northern Illinois senior quarterback Chandler Harnish continues to see his name added to the lists of the top quarterbacks in the nation this preseason as he was one of 31 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) quarterbacks named Monday to the Manning Award Watch List. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in...
Over the next two weeks, NIUHuskies.com will preview every position on the 2011 Northern Illinois football team, beginning with the offensive line. In addition, sign up for Huskies All-Access to see a video breakdown of every position with interviews and practice highlights. The video will be available within 24 hours after the article is posted....
Almost 24 hours after visiting with local and national media at Detroit’s Ford Field as part of MAC Media Day, Northern Illinois University head football coach Dave Doeren and members of the Huskie football team were at Soldier Field for NIU’s annual Chicago Media Day Wednesday. Doeren and seven members of the 2011 NIU football...
Northern Illinois University football player Trevor Olson (Richfield, Minn./Richfield) is one of 65 interior linemen named to the Outland Trophy Watch List. Awarded to the best interior lineman in college football, the Outland Trophy is named after John Outland, an All-American lineman at Penn and Kansas at the turn of the century. Olson, a senior,...
