DeKALB — After leading the charge to suspend the upcoming football season on Aug. 8 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, NIU will take it back to the turf come November.
Presidents from the 12 Mid-American Conference schools voted unanimously Friday to...
DeKALB — The postponement of the fall sports season wasn’t something that only came to Athletic Director Sean Frazier’s mind in the days before the Mid-American Conference announced it on Saturday.
Frazier, like many others, has seen COVID-19...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference and ESPN announced Friday that the Nov. 3 football game between the University at Buffalo and Northern Illinois University will be moved to another date.
Nov. 3 is the federal Election Day.
“The NCAA and...
DeKALB — The football team announced its final addition to Head Coach Thomas Hammock’s coaching staff on Friday, adding running back and full back’s coach Nic McKissic-Luke according to an NIU Athletics news release.
McKissic-Luke, a 12-year...
DeKALB — Three redshirt senior football players, all starters last season, left the NIU program Monday in favor of entering the transfer portal.
Tight end Mitchell Brinkman and defensive tackle Jack Heflin declared their entering of the transfer...
DeKALB — NIU’s very own Jordan Steckler signed a deal with the NFL’s New Orleans Saints Saturday as an undrafted rookie free agent, according to NIU Football’s Twitter account.
Steckler is a 6-foot-5, 305 pound offensive lineman from Two Rivers,...
DeKALB — The Mid-American Conference announced the 2020 Football season schedule Wednesday, finalizing dates for NIU’s upcoming games.
NIU will start the year with a pair of non-conference games, hosting the Rhode Island University Rams in the season...
DeKALB — Director of Athletics Sean Fraizer announced the return of the Chi-Town Showdown, with the football team hosting Brigham Young University on Oct. 24 at SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview.The announcement came Wednesday in a news release, with Fraizer...
DeKALB — The football team added 14 new members to their roster as part of Signing Day on Wednesday, including a former U.S. Navy SEAL with championship experience.Redshirt senior safety Greg DeLuca will be a walk-on for NIU after spending the last...
DeKALB — The sports staff give their predictions for Super Bowl LIV ahead of kickoff Sunday at 5:30 p.m. The game can be watched on FOX.Jarrett Huff | Sports Editor: Chiefs win 28-24With the New England Patriots finally giving up the throne to the AFC,...
DeKALB — San Francisco 49ers defensive back Jimmie Ward will represent NIU when the team faces the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIV Sunday in Miami.Ward is the first NIU alum to reach and start in the Super Bowl since Ryan Diem did so as an offensive...
DeKALB — Detroit Lions wide receiver Kenny Golladay was named to the NFL Pro Bowl roster on Tuesday, becoming the first NIU alumus to reach the Pro Bowl since 2011.Golladay, added to the roster to replace an injured Chris Godwin of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,...
