Jackson State University’s head coach Deion Sanders is looking to change the culture in Historically Black Colleges and Universities football by solving the issue of NFL teams not looking to scout players from HBCUs.  HBCU athletes have been overlooked...

DeKALB — NIU football’s spring practice schedule came to end at Saturday’s spring showcase at Huskie Stadium. NIU held 7-on-7 and full team drills in front of a crowd of approximately 1,000 fans for their final practice before summer. New year,...

Redshirt senior running back Clint Ratkovich has made a strong case to have his name called in this month’s NFL Draft after a lone season in NIU’s offensive backfield.  The “superback” out of Crete is widely considered to be a fullback despite...

Bend, don’t break. Defense wins championships. These mottos have been spoken for ages. Defense is an integral part of football, and having success coaching it can be difficult. This responsibility seems to have worked out well so far for newly hired...

DeKALB– The NIU football team held its Huskies’ 2022 Pro Day, Wednesday afternoon at the Northwestern Medicine Performance Center and the Chessick Practice Center. The Huskies had four players, running back Clint Ratkovich, linebacker Lance Deveaux,...

DeKALB— The NIU football team kicked off spring practice Wednesday. The Huskies have set high goals for the offseason after claiming the Mid-American Conference and will focus on certain areas of training in their roster prior to the Fall 2022 season. “I...

DeKALB— The Huskies will look to defend the Mid-American Championship with a schedule that features two non-conference bouts with the Southeastern Conference and one with American Athletic Conference, as the 2022 football schedule was revealed Friday.  NIU...

DeKALB — NIU football lost two more players to the NCAA transfer portal following its 2021 campaign that ended in a Mid-American Conference title. COVID-freshman running back Jay Ducker and redshirt junior defensive back Dillon Thomas have entered...

ORLANDO — This year’s Tailgreeter Cure Bowl proved football isn’t just a game of inches, it’s a game of seconds. After a first down conversion inside their opponents five-yard line, two seconds remaining was not enough time for the Huskies...

DeKALB — NIU football landed one of its first major additions of the 2022 offseason with the addition of freshman quarterback Justin Lynch via the transfer portal. Lynch comes in with a familiar last name, being the younger brother of former...

DeKALB — The Huskies can finish their turnaround season with double-digit wins if they can knock off the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers on Friday in Orlando for the Tailgreeter Cure Bowl. The past week has been “a blur” for head coach...