Larry English was selected in the 1st Round, pick No. 16 by the San Diego Chargers in the 2009 NFL Draft. With the pick, English is the highest draft pick in Huskie football history. He will join new teammates LaDanian Tomlinson and Phillip Rivers. Check...

Known simply as "The Cowboy," LeShon Johnson became the most decorated running back in NIU history in just two seasons. In 1993, Johnson set an NIU and Big West rushing record with 1,976 yards and 179.6 yards a game. That same season, he finished sixth...

Saturday marks the annual spring football game at Huskie Stadium. The game also marks the end of Jerry Kill's second spring as head coach. For the past five weeks, Kill's team has been on the field at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as either...

Following Carl Appell and George "Chick" Evans, Ralph McKinzie became NIU's third full-time head coach and served for 24 years as a basketball, baseball, tennis, track coach, football aide and athletic trainer. "Mac" won three Little 19/IIAC titles on...

Tomorrow finally ends all the speculation. The 2009 NFL Draft will come and go like a warm spring day, and NIU's own Larry English will finally have a home in the NFL. As of today, however, where and what position he will play is still in question. Most...

Joe Novak took an NIU football team in dire straights and turned it into a competitor in the MAC. In 1999, the Huskies finished runner-up in the MAC West and made the MAC Championship game in 2005 after tying for first in the MAC West the previous season....

Larry English will go down as the most prolific pass rusher in Huskie football history. In 2008, he set the career sack record with 31.5. English is the only defensive player to win back-to-back Vern Smith Awards for MAC MVP. English led the 2008 NIU...

Bill Mallory coached the 1983 Hall of Fame football team that went 10-2 and defeated Cal State Fullerton in the 1983 California Bowl. The 1983 team is also the only Huskie football team to win the MAC Championship. In his time, Mallory recruited 11 All-Century...

Throughout the first 50 years of NIU sports, Reino Nori was the best. Standing only 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing in at 155 pounds, Nori won 17 varsity letters in five sports (football, basketball, wrestling, baseball and track). The "Flyin' Finn"...

Tim Tyrrell spearheaded the hall of fame 1983 NIU football team that won the MAC Championship and went to the school's first major bowl, the California Bowl, defeating Cal State Fullerton 20-13. Tyrrell was named the MAC MVP for his efforts that season...

Jerry Ippoliti led the Huskie football team to its first winning 1-A record in 1972 with a 7-4 record. Despite being a coach at NIU, Ippoliti set his legacy as a Huskie as the Mid-American Conference commissioner. Ippoliti led the expansion of the conference...

Tom Wittum is arguably the best kicker to play at Northern Illinois. Wittum, nicknamed ‘The Toe,' is a two-time NIU Hall of Famer in football and baseball. He was also voted onto the All-Century team in 1999 as a punter. When he graduated from NIU...