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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Northern Illinois
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  NOV 8 MAC WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Trayvon Rudolph, NIU, Wide Receiver, Freshman (2nd Year), Crete, Illinois (Crete-Monee HS),...NIU second-year freshman Trayvon Rudolph recorded just the 25th 300-yard receiving day in NCAA FBS history at Kent State with 309 receiving yards on 14 catches, breaking the Mid-American Conference and NIU records for receiving yards in a game. Rudolph's 309 yards rank as the 18th highest total recorded in a FBS game and are the most by any FBS player in 2021 while his 328 all-purpose yards (including 19 kickoff return yards) rank second. He caught touchdown passes of 36, 75 and 34 yards. Trayvon Rudolph's 14 catches at Kent State tied him for second on the NIU single game list and are the most catches by a Huskie since 2016. He is the first NIU player to record three receiving TDs in a game since 2011. He scored on a 75-yard pass play for the second consecutive week. - MAC Football

rSr/2025 WR Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Illinois
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  Northern Illinois' Trayvon Rudolph became the first FBS player with 300 yards receiving this season when he piled up a Mid-American Conference record 309 on 14 catches in a loss to Kent State on Wednesday. Rudolph was only the fifth receiver to go over 300 yards since 2014, and the first since LSU's Kayshon Boutte had 308 against Mississippi last season. - AP College Football

rSr/2025 WR Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Illinois
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  NOV 1 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rocky Lombardi, NIU, Quarterback, Junior (R), Clive, Iowa (Valley),...Lombardi led the NIU Huskies to a 39-38 Mid-American Conference road win over Central Michigan by throwing for a season-best 348 yards on 17-of-27 passing with three touchdowns. He threw a career-long 75-yard touchdown pass and also had touchdown throws of 21 and 15 yards. In addition to the 75-yard pass, he had completions of 46 and 50 yards as he averaged 20.5 yards per completion. Lombardi's 348-yard total ranks 12th all-time at NIU and are the most by a Huskie QB since 2015. Lombardi directed the Huskie offense to an 18-point comeback victory and led a game-winning field goal drive in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. - MAC Football

rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  OCT 25 MAC WEST DIVISION OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rocky Lombardi, NIU, Quarterback, Junior (R), Clive, Iowa (Valley),...Lombardi led the NIU Huskies to a 39-38 Mid-American Conference road win over Central Michigan by throwing for a season-best 348 yards on 17-of-27 passing with three touchdowns. He threw a career-long 75-yard touchdown pass and also had touchdown throws of 21 and 15 yards. In addition to the 75-yard pass, he had completions of 46 and 50 yards as he averaged 20.5 yards per completion. Lombardi's 348-yard total ranks 12th all-time at NIU and are the most by a Huskie QB since 2015. Lombardi directed the Huskie offense to an 18-point comeback victory and led a game-winning field goal drive in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. - MAC Football

rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  Rocky Lombardi threw for 320 yards and three touchdowns and freshman Kanon Woodill kicked the go-ahead field goal with under a minute to go in his first collegiate action to give Northern Illinois a 39-38 victory over Central Michigan on Saturday. Trayvon Rudolph kept the Huskies' final drive alive with a 7-yard gain off a reverse on fourth-and-1 at the 50. Jay Ducker followed with a 26-yard run and four plays later Woodill kicked a 26-yard field goal with 56 seconds left. CMU reached the Huskies' 22 with five seconds left and lined up for a field-goal attempt that ended with a low snap. NIU (6-2, 4-0) won its fifth straight to remain the only Mid-American team without a loss in conference play.

NIU came into the game with the MAC's top rushing offense and last in passing yards. But against Central Michigan (4-4, 2-2), ranked second in rushing defense and last in passing defense, the Huskies changed gears. Trailing 35-18 in the third quarter, Lombardi and Rudolph connected on a 75-yard pass play that began the Huskies' rally. They had a 36-35 lead after Clint Ratkovich's 1-yard run in the fourth quarter before Marshall Meeder gave the Chippewas their last lead on a 38-yard field goal with six minutes remaining. Ducker finished with 183 yards on 31 carries while Rudolph had 160 yards receiving and two scores and Tyrice Richie 147 and a touchdown for NIU. Daniel Richardson threw for 289 yards and three scores for Central Michigan with Kalil Pimpleton collecting 130 yards receiving. Lew Nichols III had 192 yards rushing on 22 carries with two scores. The teams combined for 1,020 yards of offense. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  OCT 11 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Richardson, NIU, Kicker, Sophomore, Orland Park, Ill. (Brother Rice),...Sophomore John Richardson kicked five field goals, the last a 29-yarder with 26 seconds on the clock to give NIU a 22-20 win over Toledo Saturday at the Glass Bowl. Richardson tied the NIU school record for field goals in a game with his five three-pointers – of 43, 26, 43, 47 and 29 yards. His five threes tied the record held by Vince Scott (vs. Ohio, 11-6-82) and Chris Nendick (vs. Temple, 10-21-06). His 47-yard field goal was his longest of the year and he is now 11-of-12 on field goals this season. He accounted for all but six of the Huskies' point on the day with 16 total and also kicked off seven times for a 64.0 yard average with five touchbacks. - MAC Football

rSr/2024 K John Richardson, Northern Illinois
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  John Richardson kicked five field goals, including a 29-yarder with 26 seconds remaining in the game, and Northern Illinois rallied last in a 22-20 victory over Toledo in Mid-American Conference play on Saturday. In a game that saw six lead changes, Toledo (3-3, 1-1) used Dequan Finn's 11-yard TD toss to Devin Maddox to grab a 20-19 lead with 3:35 left to play. The Rockets were stopped on their two-point try. Rocky Lombardi took over from there, directing a nine-play, 60-yard game-winning drive. A pass interference penalty and Lombardi's 34-yard strike to Tyrice Richie on back-to-back plays gave the Huskies (4-2, 2-0) the ball at the Rockets' 7-yard line, setting the stage for Richardson.

Richardson's field goals covered 43, 26 and 43, respectively, in the first half. He kicked a 47-yarder with 6:19 left to play. Northern Illinois' lone touchdown was a 37-yard run by Antario Brown with 36 seconds left in the first half, giving the Huskies a 16-14 lead. Brown finished with 93 yards on 24 carries. Richie had eight catches for 98 yards. Lombardi was 14-of-24 passing for 154 yards with one interception. Bryant Koback's 40-yard TD run gave Toledo a 7-6 lead with 4:55 left in the second quarter. Finn's 75-yard scoring strike to Koback put the Rockets up 14-9 with 2:25 left before halftime. Koback ran for 91 yards on 12 carries and caught two passes for 85 yards. Finn completed 10 of 17 passes for 186 yards. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 K John Richardson, Northern Illinois
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  Antario Brown rushed for 101 yards and Northern Illinois scored the game's first 17 points then held on to defeat Eastern Michigan 27-20 on Saturday in a game delayed by lightning between the first and second quarters. The Huskies (3-2, 1-0 Mid-American Conference) built their lead on a 5-yard run by quarterback Rocky Lombardi, a 28-yard field goal from John Richardson and Jaden Dolphin's 59-yard interception return.

The Huskies led 17-3 at halftime and did not give up the lead although Eastern Michigan's Ben Bryant threw touchdown passes of 42 yards to Bryson Cannon and 17 yards to Dylan Drummond in the third quarter. Clint Ratkovich's 2-yard run in the third helped Northern Illinois maintain the lead at 24-17 and the teams traded field goals late in the fourth quarter. Bryant completed 27 of 40 passes for 338 yards with the two touchdowns and the interception. Hassan Beydoun caught 14 passes for 167 yards, but the Eagles (3-2, 0-1) had only 38 yards rushing. The Huskies rushed for 242 yards and Lombardi was only 9-of-20 passing for 84 yards. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

Sr/2025 RB Antario Brown, Northern Illinois
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  SEPT 27 MAC WEST DIVISION CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rocky Lombardi, NIU, Quarterback , Jr.-R, Clive, Iowa (Valley),...NIU quarterback Rocky Lombardi accounted for 401 yards of total offense with a season high 282 yards on 17-of-24 passing with a touchdown and 119 yards rushing on just 10 carries with three rushing touchdowns. Lombardi ran for touchdowns of 7, 64 and 18 yards to account for the first rushing TDs in his career, including his years at Michigan State prior to coming to NIU. Lombardi had a season-long 66-yard completion to Cole Tucker in the game. He completed 12-of-15 passes for 173 yards in the first half. - MAC Football

rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  Rocky Lombardi rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another, and Northern Illinois scored 27 unanswered points to beat Maine 41-14 on Saturday. Lombardi was 17 of 24 passing for 282 yards with an interception. He carried it 10 times for 119 yards, including scoring runs of 64 and 18 yards in the fourth quarter. Lombardi's earlier 7-yard run gave Northern Illinois a 21-14 halftime lead. Harrison Waylee added 130 yards on the ground with a touchdown for Northern Illinois (2-2). Cole Tucker caught four passes for 114 yards, and Tyrice Richie had seven catches for 76 yards. John Richardson kicked two short field goals to make it 27-14 early in the fourth. Freddie Brock and Elijah Barnwell each had a rushing touchdown for Maine (1-3). Brock had 85 yards rushing. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  SEPT 6 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt Ference, NIU, Punter, Senior, St. Louis, Mo. (Lafayette),...Ference punted seven times for a 41.0 yard average in NIU's upset win over Georgia Tech, with two punts downed inside the 10, including at the three- and seven- yard lines. Ference effectively flipped the field on multiple occasions to help the NIU defensive effort. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 P Matt Ference, Northern Illinois
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  SEPT 6 MAC WEST DIVISION DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lance Deveaux Jr., NIU, LB, Senior, Pompano Beach, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas),...After playing just one game over the last two seasons due to injury, Lance Deveaux Jr. came back in a big way with a career night to lead the Huskie defense. Deveaux made a career high 12 tackles with eight solo stops to lead a stellar defensive effort by NIU in its 22-21 upset win over Georgia Tech. At one point, Deveaux looked to have a fumble recovery touchdown but the runner was ruled down and the play overturned on review. - MAC Football

rSr/2022 OLB Lance Deveaux Jr., Northern Illinois
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  Thomas Hammock had no interest in his underdog Northern Illinois team settling for an overtime against Georgia Tech. Once Rocky Lombardi's second touchdown pass in the final minute brought the Huskies to within one point, Hammock didn't hesitate to keep his offense on the field. The coach ordered a 2-point play for the win. Lombardi's 2-point pass to Tyrice Richie with 38 seconds remaining survived an officials review and lifted Northern Illinois to a stunning 22-21 upset win over Georgia Tech on Saturday night. Hammock said a potential tying kick wasn't an appealing option after Lombardi's 3-yard touchdown pass to Clint Ratkovich cut Georgia Tech's lead to 21-20. "Easy decision," Hammock said. "We came here to win and we expected to win and that's what we got done." Georgia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference was favored by 18 1/2 points over Northern Illinois, of the Mid-American Conference. - Northern Illinois/AP College Football

rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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  Redshirt senior running back Clint Ratkovich has already made a large impression on NIU since transferring from Western Illinois University. Ratkovich was twice named to the All-Missouri Valley Football Conference First-Team and averaged 53.3 yards from scrimmage over the course of three seasons with the Leathernecks. The Louisville Sports Commission has named him to the 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List, an award given to the most "versatile" playing in FBS football. The versatility is what drew Head Coach Thomas Hammock to bring on Ratkovich during the offseason. "What stands out is his versatility," Hammock said in a Jan. 16 Northern Star article. "Western Illinois used him in a lot of different ways. He's a great runner, great receiver and great blocker. That allows him to be used in many different formations, and it's great to have chess pieces you can move around like him." - NIU Northern Star

rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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  Two new football players have joined NIU via the transfer portal, just in time for the start of offseason workouts. Junior quarterback Rocky Lombardi and junior running back Clint Ratkovich both enrolled at NIU for the spring semester and participated in team workouts that started this week after the Huskies finished their season winless. Ratkovich joins NIU from the not-so-distant Western Illinois University, where he was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team twice. On 97 collegiate rushing attempts, the Crete native has 429 yards and three touchdowns.

While he plays running back, Ratkovich might be at his most dangerous when lined up as a receiver. Ratkovich has been the Leathernecks leader in receptions the past two seasons, amassing 128 catches for 1,204 yards and 10 touchdowns over his time with WIU. Hammock describes the superback Ratkovich as a chess piece that can be used in many different ways for his offense. "What stands out is his versatility," Hammock said. "Western Illinois used him in a lot of different ways. He's a great runner, great receiver and great blocker. That allows him to be used in many different formations, and it's great to have chess pieces you can move around like him." - NIU Northern Star

rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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