While it may appear there are too many holes to fill on football’s defensive line, all is well for the Huskies on the home front.Last season, the defensive line was one of the nation’s best. The Huskies as a team were 17th in the nation in sacks by...
Football was back in the air in DeKalb on Wednesday, when the Huskies took the field in pads for the first time this summer.The Huskies are coming off an historic season in which they repeated as MAC Champions, defeating Kent State in the MAC Championship,...
With 15 of his 16 career sacks coming in the last two seasons, senior defensive end Alan Baxter has come on strong the last two years of his career. Baxter’s efforts during the regular season schedule were good enough to lead the team in sacks and tackles...
This week, senior defensive tackle Nabal Jefferson of football and sophomore guard Amanda Corral of women’s basketball were named the NIU Scholar-Athletes of the Week. Jefferson played a big role in helping the Huskies win their second consecutive MAC...
Last season, NIU and Toledo played one of the craziest college football games of the season, with the Huskies coming out on top with a 63-60 victory at Toledo. Each team featured what seemed to be unstoppable, high-powered offenses—that showed at the...
Senior defensive end Alan Baxter, senior defensive tackle Nabal Jefferson, senior tight end Jason Schepler and sophomore fullback Rob Sterling were all selected to the Academic All-District first team. With their selection to the All-District first team,...
With MAC Championship and GoDaddy.com Bowl victories already under their belt, nine NIU football players added more to their resume by receiving All-MAC Academic honors. "Obviously to be the conference champs on the field and then to represent the MAC...
