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Lynch takes home third MAC Offensive Player of the Week

By Northern Star Staff | October 8, 2012

After a career performance last week against Ball State, quarterback Jordan Lynch received a number of honors, including his third MAC West Offensive Player of the Week award. An NIU player has won this award every week this season. Defensive end Sean...

Huskies trample Cardinals in 5th win of season

By Matt Hopkinson | October 7, 2012

Behind timely defense and continued excellent output from the quarterback position, NIU football picked up its fifth win of the season in Muncie, Indiana. The Huskies (5-1, 2-0 MAC) defeated the Ball State Cardinals, (3-3, 1-2 MAC) 35-23 as NIU’s defense...

Football find number one tail back in Leighton Settle

By Brian Thomas | September 10, 2012

Going into this season, a shroud of questions surrounded the NIU football team. How would Jordan Lynch respond to being the starting quarterback? How effective could the inexperienced offensive line be? Those questions have quickly been answered and put...

Lynch, Red team shine at spring football exhibition

By Jimmy Johnson | April 22, 2012

NIU football coach Dave Doeren said he wanted to see his starting offense jump to a fast start, and that’s exactly how the unit played Saturday during the controlled spring exhibition. Huskies quarterback Jordan Lynch guided the Red team offense two...

Womble’s last chance

By Jimmy Johnson | May 4, 2011

Give Jamal Womble the eye test, and you'll see a classic bruiser, but your notion will quickly be put to rest.Sure, the NIU running back is built like a soda machine, but his feet tell a different story."As soon as we got out there for the first day...

Jamal Womble gets a chance to run with the Huskies

By Jimmy Johnson | May 3, 2011

Give Jamal Womble the eye test, and you'll see a classic bruiser, but your notion will quickly be put to rest. Sure, the NIU running back is built like a soda machine, but his feet tell a different story. "As soon as we got out there for the first day...

Burning question #2: Replacing Spann at tailback

By Andrew Singer | April 12, 2011

 It’s probably good that junior-college transfer Jamal Womble never saw Chad Spann run for the NIU football team. Spann racked up 49 career touchdowns to go along with 2,916 rushing yards in his four years in DeKalb. In 2010, he picked up the Vern...

Football practice notes: Thursday, March 31

By Andrew Singer | March 31, 2011

-Running back Cameron Bell missed his second consecutive practice on Thursday morning. The redshirt senior injured his hamstring in Saturday's practice. Bell was on the sideline in shoulder pads on Thursday, but the Huskies' tailback was wearing the orange...