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 Draft Scout College Football Player News: Northern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Defensive Back - Mykelti Williams, Northern Illinois,...An Indianapolis native (Warren Central HS), Williams led NIU in tackles from his safety position with 88 tackles, including 50 solo. He posted double-digit stops in four games and recorded four of his 8.5 career tackles for loss as a senior. - Northern Illinois Football

(DS#45 SS) rSr/2020 SS Mykelti Williams, Northern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Offensive Lineman - Jordan Steckler, Northern Illinois,...Steckler's selection to the first team marks the seventh straight season that a Huskie offensive lineman has been named first team All-MAC. The senior started 42 games during his NIU career and led the way as the Huskie offense featured a 1,000-yard rusher and a 2,000-yard passer. A native of Two Rivers, Wis. (Two Rivers HS), Steckler was also a semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy and the Huskies' nominee for the National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award. "Obviously Jordan Steckler is very deserving of first team all-conference honors," Hammock said. "He went out and did everything the right way off the field, in the community and it showed in his play. He was consistent, he was physical, he was dominant, and he epitomizes what it means to be an offensive lineman at NIU." - Northern Illinois Football

(DS#34 OT) rSr/2020 OT Jordan Steckler, Northern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE THIRD TEAM (COACHES): Placekicker - John Richardson, Northern Illinois,...In his redshirt freshman season, Richardson (Orland Park, Ill./Brother Rice HS) made 14-of-18 field goals and all 30 of his PAT tries to lead NIU in scoring. He made game-winning field goals in the final minute at Ohio and at Toledo. - Northern Illinois Football

(DS#999 K) rSr/2024 K John Richardson, Northern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): TE Miles Joiner,...Caught 21 passes for 219 yards and three touchdowns...in MVFC games, had 17 receptions for 220 yards and all three scores...had touchdowns against South Dakota State, North Dakota State and Western Illinois...had a season-high five grabs vs. SDSU. - Youngstown State Football

(DS#999 TE) rSr/2024 TE Miles Joiner, Northern Illinois
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  2019 ALL-MISSOURI VALLEY FIRST TEAM (COACHES): FB Clint Ratkovich, Western Illinois,...Ratkovich recorded his 1,000th career receiving yard vs. Illinois State...ranked third in the MVFC in receptions per game (4.8)...finished second on the team with 444 receiving yards while adding a team-high 258 rushing yards...six touchdowns on the year (all in MVFC action)...two-year captain. - Western Illinois Football

(DS#5 FB) rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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  12/02/19 - Matt Ference, rSr/2022, Northern Illinois, 5-11, 184 (DS#30 P) + More +

  DEC 2 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Illinois P Matt Ference,...Northern Illinois junior punter Matt Ference (St. Louis, Mo.) had a career night and his punting ability on a rainy night in DeKalb was critical to the Huskies' ability to control field position and time of possession in their 17-14 upset win over Western Michigan on Nov. 26. Ference punted seven times for a career best 50.3 yards per punt. He had five punts of 50 or more yards, including a 63-yard punt for his longest kick since 2017. Four of his punts pinned the Broncos to start drives inside their 20-yard line as NIU's net punting average of 48.4 yards was its best of the season. He effectively “flipped the field” for the Huskies throughout the night. Ference also adeptly handled a pair of low snaps. - MAC Football

(DS#30 P) rSr/2022 P Matt Ference, Northern Illinois
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  Mark Dantonio made his clearest statement yet about his future, saying he intends to be Michigan State's coach next season. Dantonio had been vague recently when the topic had come up, but Tuesday he quickly said “yes” when asked if he planned to be the coach for next season's opener against Northwestern. "I can't predict the future, but my intentions are to be the head football coach here," Dantonio said. "I've always said I live in the present, though. I've always said that." He has talked a lot lately about living in the present, and comments like that left Dantonio's future uncertain, but he seemed committed Tuesday to staying with the Spartans beyond 2019. Michigan State is coming off a 44-10 loss to Michigan last weekend and needs wins over Rutgers and Maryland to secure bowl eligibility. The Spartans have lost five games in a row.

Athletic director Bill Beekman told the Lansing State Journal recently there had been no discussion of firing Dantonio, so the focus has been on the 63-year-old coach's own wishes, and whether he wanted to return. "My father always taught me to complete circles, complete the circle," Dantonio said Tuesday. "So that's what I'm trying to do." Dantonio said Michigan State aspires to win the Big Ten title, something that's happened three times during his tenure. The most recent championship was in 2015, though, and the Spartans are 15-19 in conference play since then. - AP College Football

(DS#27 QB) rSr/2024 QB Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois
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  NOV 18 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Illinois K John Richardson,...Northern Illinois freshman kicker John Richardson (Orland Park, Ill.) made his second game-winning field goal of the season with a 25-yard kick with 41 seconds on the clock to provide the Huskies' a 31-28 win at Toledo on Nov. 13. NIU drove the ball from its 25 to the Toledo seven-yard line on a 13-play drive to set up Richardson's game-winner. He also made all four of his PAT attempts to remain perfect on the year. Richardson leads NIU in scoring with 62 points and has made a field goal in all nine games he has attempted at least one three this year. - Mid-American Conference Football

(DS#999 K) rSr/2024 K John Richardson, Northern Illinois
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  11/04/19 - Matt Ference, rSr/2022, Northern Illinois, 5-11, 184 (DS#30 P) + More +

  NOV 4 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Illinois P Matt Ference,...Northern Illinois junior punter Matt Ference (St. Louis, Mo.) punted seven times for a 45.0 average in a 48-10 loss at Central Michigan. He had a long punt of 53 yards with one that forced the Chippewas to start inside their 20-yard line. Three of his seven punts were returned for a total of just 14 yards and two were fair caught as the team recorded a net punting average of 43.0 yards per punt. As a junior, Ference already ranks fifth at NIU all-time in career punts (220) and is fourth in punting yards (9,035) and second in career punting average (41.07). - MAC Football

(DS#30 P) rSr/2022 P Matt Ference, Northern Illinois
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  Clint Ratkovich scored on a 9-yard run with 34 seconds left and Western Illinois won for the first time in 364 days with a 38-34 victory over South Dakota on Saturday. Ratkovich's touchdown was the fifth lead change of the fourth quarter, capping a five-play, 59-yard drive that took 45 seconds. Eric Carrera sealed the victory for the Leathernecks (1-8, 1-4 Missouri Valley) intercepting Austin Simmons' pass near the goal line with 4 seconds left. The Coyotes (3-6, 2-3) took a 34-31 lead on Caleb Vander Esch's 3-yard TD reception with 1:24 left in the game. Connor Sampson completed 31 of 50 passes for 368 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions for Western Illinois. Ratkovich had 116 yards from scrimmage and two total TDs, and Tony Tate caught six passes for 100 yards and a score. Simmons passed for 274 yards, three touchdowns and an interception for South Dakota. Kai Henry rushed for a career-high 145 yards. The Leathernecks' last win came against Southern Illinois on Nov. 3, 2018. - AP College Football

(DS#5 FB) rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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  Northern Illinois football coach Thomas Hammock confirmed Tuesday at his weekly press conference that redshirt senior outside linebacker Antonio Jones-Davis and sophomore cornerback Antwain Walker both will miss the remainder of the season with injuries suffered in the Ohio game. - Daily Chronicle

(DS#49 ILB) rSr/2020 ILB Antonio Jones-Davis, Northern Illinois
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  OCT 14/WEEK 7 MAC WEST DIVISION SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Northern Illinois K John Richardson,...Northern Illinois redshirt freshman kicker John Richardson (Orland Park, Ill.) drilled a game-winning 37-yard field goal as time expiring for a 39-36 win at Ohio Saturday to snap the Huskies' four-game losing streak. Richardson also hit a career long 51-yard field goal in the first quarter which tied as the sixth longest field goal in NIU history and was the longest since 2015. He scored nine total points in the game with three extra points added to the two field goals and averaged 61.6 yards on seven kickoffs. - MAC Football

(DS#999 K) rSr/2024 K John Richardson, Northern Illinois
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  SEPT 23/WEEK 4 MISSOURI VALLEY FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK NOMINEE: WR Kacper Rutkiewicz, Illinois State,...Freshman Kacper Rutkiewicz made the quite the impression in ISU's 40-27 victory over NAU. The Mount Prospect, Illinois, native recorded a career-best 105 yards on four receptions against the Lumberjacks to record his first career 100-plus yard receiving effort. Rutkiewicz hauled in a career-long pass of 42 yards from Davis to help put him over the century mark. - Missouri Valley Conference Football

(DS#999 WR) rSr/2024 WR Kacper Rutkiewicz, Northern Illinois
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  Ross Bowers threw a pair of touchdown passes to Tyrice Ritchie, including a 66-yard fourth-quarter bomb to put the Huskies on top for good, and Thomas Hammock won his coaching debut at his alma mater as Northern Illinois knocked off Illinois State, 24-10 in a season opener Saturday night. The game marked the 57th meeting between the in-state rivals, but the first since September 9, 2000 when the Huskies pummeled the Redbirds 52-0. Hammock made his first career start at tailback for NIU in that game, rushing for 140 yards on 29 carries. The teams traded first-half field goals and neither team managed to get into the end zone until Bowers found Ritchie from 22-yards out with 2:11 left in the third quarter.

Illinois State answered on its next series when Brady Davis found Taylor Grimes with a 42-yard touchdown pass to start the fourth quarter. On the first play of the Huskies' next possession, Bowers hit Ritchie on a short pass that turned into a 68-yard go-ahead score. Jalen McKee added a 32-yard interception return of a Davis pass with 2:31 left to set the final score. Bowers was 20 of 33 for 299 passing yards with an interception. Ritchie finished with three catches for 102 yards. Tre Harbison carried 23 times for 99 yards. Northern Illinois held the Redbirds to just 51 yards rushing. Davis was 14 of 32 for 187 yards. - AP College Football

(DS#999 QB) rSr/2022 QB Ross Bowers, Northern Illinois
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  2019 PRESEASON PHIL STEELE/DRAFT SCOUT ALL-FCS FIRST TEAM: Clint Ratkovich, Western Illinois, Jr.,...A 2017 MVFC All-Newcomer honoree at the end of his freshman season, Ratkovich earned first-team recognition a year ago and is the only WIU first teamer to return this season. Last year, the Crete, Ill., native finished second on the team with 616 receiving yards and chipped in with 39 rushing. Ratkovich was voted team captain at the start of his sophomore slate and also finished it with three touchdowns. - Western Illinois Football

(DS#5 FB) rSr/2022 FB Clint Ratkovich, Northern Illinois
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