NIU Football

When Jalen Macon decided to leave Arkansas-Pine Bluff and take his chances in the transfer portal, he said he knew where he wanted to land. One trip to NIU made it official.

The NIU football team has cruised through 10 spring practices so far, with the latest wrapping up Tuesday with the team in light pads after running nearly 100 plays Saturday. Here's what we've learned so far.

Jaden Dolphin was a 170-pound walk-on safety when he joined NIU before the COVID-19 pandemic-shortened 2020 season. Four years later, Dolphin is a 220-pound linebacker and figures to be a key component for the Huskies’ defense.

Jalen Macon definitely showed what he's bringing to the table in the NIU quarterback battle on Thursday. That and a couple of other observations from the Huskies' fifth spring practice.)

After the first official practice of the spring, here are some takeaways on what's in store for Northern Illinois football.

The Northern Illinois University football team was forced inside the Chessick Practice Center due to the weather Tuesday for the teams first spring practice.

There's more to this spring than the team's first wide-open quarterback competition since 2017, although that is kind of a big deal. We look at four storylines to keep an eye on ahead of NIU spring camp March 25.

NIU announced Friday that All-American and Heisman Trophy Finalist Jordan Lynch will be inducted into both the NIU Athletics and Mid-American Conference halls of fame in 2024, 10 years after the completion of his record-setting career.

Good: An actual bye week. Bad: A six-day week late in the season. Ugly: The team's track record with FCS teams of late. We break down NIU's recently released 2024 football schedule.

NIU’s pro day was decidedly short on targets for quarterback Rocky Lombardi to throw to when it came time to show off his abilities in drills. So he reached out to a couple of former Huskies and current Canadian Football League players Clint Ratkovich and Cole Tucker to step in.

Several former Northern Illinois University football players along with other players from around the state worked out for NFL scouts Wednesday at the Chessick Practice Center during NIU pro day.

The NIU football team will be home on Saturdays this year. A lot.The Huskies will play five Saturday home games, including homecoming against rival Toledo, in the schedule released by the school and the Mid-American Conference on Tuesday.

The Mid-American Conference Council of Presidents has voted unanimously to add UMass as a full member in all sports, beginning with the 2025-26 academic season, the league announced on Thursday. The move will bring the conference’s membership to 13 institutions.

The NIU football team announced its late signing class on Wednesday, with nine new additions to the 20 announced in December and the six players added through the transfer portal announced in January.

Northern Illinois University Athletics Hall of Famer and trainer Al Kranz passed away on Tuesday at the age of 99, the school announced Friday. Kranz, who was inducted into the NIU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1989, was the athletic department’s first certified athletic trainer,