By Zack Rodriguez, Former Sports Reporter
| March 7, 2024
DeKALB – Six former Huskies and five other draft-eligible players worked out in front of NFL scouts ahead of April's 2024 NFL Draft Thursday at the Chessick Practice Center for NIU’s annual Pro Day.
Measurements were taken ahead of on-field testing....
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By: Zach Bertram, Senior Sports Reporter
For the second consecutive year, the Chicago Bears hold the No. 1 pick of the NFL Draft. Despite having the power to draft any college quarterback they’d like, the Bears should stick with current...
By Eddie Miller, Sports Reporter
| February 20, 2024
The 2024 NFL Draft is set for April 25 in Detroit, Michigan when 257 prospects will be drafted. Only two players from the MAC were invited to the NFL Combine – none from NIU – but one Huskie has the potential to make the pros.
The NFL Combine...
DeKALB – With the 2023 NFL Draft a few weeks away, general manager Ryan Poles and the Chicago Bears currently hold the ninth overall pick. At the start of the NFL offseason, Chicago held the first overall pick before trading it to the Carolina Panthers.
The...
By Skyler Kisellus, Senior Sports Reporter
| November 30, 2022
DeKALB – The first two players from NIU football’s 2022 squad have announced their intentions to go pro after senior wide receiver Shemar Thornton and redshirt senior defensive end Michael Kennedy declared for the 2023 NFL Draft on Tuesday via social...
Former NIU Huskies defensive tackle Ken Bishop was draft 251st overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL Draft May 10.At 6-foot, 301 pounds, Bishop is the second Huskie taken in the 2014 NFL Draft, joining strong safety Jimmie...
Jordan Lynch, former NIU Huskies quarterback and Chicago native, signed with the Chicago Bears as an undrafted free agent May 10.Lynch wasn't among the 256 players selected in the 2014 NFL Draft May 8 to 10, as fellow teammates Jimmie Ward and Ken Bishop...
It was an unusual homecoming in Bluffton, Ind. for Chandler Harnish this weekend. The former NIU quarterback didn’t head home for a family party, or to see an old friend. It was the NFL Draft, and Harnish wanted to spend this important moment in his...
We’re just one day away from the NFL Draft, and I can’t wait to see who new Chicago Bears general manager Phil Emery is zeroed in on with the No. 19 pick. Prior to joining the Bears this offseason, Emery was the college scouting Director for the Kansas...
DeKALB | Former NIU Huskie football players Chad Spann and Alex Kube are waiting for a phone call to be signed to play in the NFL. Both players went undrafted in April's NFL Draft, making them undrafted free agents."I'm just doing a lot of working out...
Apparently a laser-rocket arm that racked up 8,388 career passing yards at Michigan and Arkansas wasn't good enough to be chosen before the 74th overall pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. Why did Ryan Mallett last that long? Character issues, leadership questions,...
Chad Spann didn't get an invitation to the NFL combine in Indianapolis, but the now-former Huskie running back is still determined as ever to reach the next level. The departing senior is currently training for NIU's March 16 Pro Day. Scouts from an assortment...
