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NORTHERN
ILLINOIS HUSKIES
2013
College Football
Early Preview
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| OFFENSE
- 9 |
------RETURNING
STARTERS------ |
DEFENSE
- 5 |
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| KEY
LOSSES |
| OFFENSE:
Martel Moore-WR, Perez
Ashford-WR, Jason Schepler-TE |
| DEFENSE:
Alan
Baxter-DE, Nabal Jefferson-DT,
Sean Progar-DE, Victor
Jacques-MLB, Tyrone Clark-OLB,
Rashaan Melvin-CB, Demetrius
Stone-SS, Ryan Neir-P |
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QB
Jordan Lynch |
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Quarterback
/ Offensive Line |
| The
Jordan Lynch
running
and passing
broken record
is playing
again. The
melody is
good enough
to get NIU
back into
BCS bowl
discussions.
The offensive
line will
be a year
older and
better.
They don't
lose anybody.
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| Defensive
Line |
The
run defense
is suspect.
Luckily
NIU plays
in a pass-oriented
conference
but losing
big time
bookends
Alan Baxter
and Sean
Progar will
take the
bite out
the Husky
defense. |
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DB
Jimmy Ward |
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DEPTH CHARTS were
only designed as a simplistic
gauge for listing players
that departed and players
that received the most
playing experience (consistent
starters). NationalChamps.net
recognizes the importance
of missing personnel data
not listed such as redshirts,
transfers, injuries, incoming
recruits, back ups and
alternates. Their coverage
will begin with our full
2013 Preseason Preview
due out this coming spring.
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NORTHERN
ILLINOIS 2013
DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
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OFFENSE |
| QB |
Jordan
Lynch-Sr |
Matt
McIntosh-So |
| FB |
Rob
Sterling-Jr |
Ricky
Connors-Jr |
| TB |
Settle
Leighton-Sr |
Akeem
Daniels-Sr / Keith
Harris-So |
| WR |
Tommylee
Lewis-Jr |
Juwan
Brescacin-So |
| WR |
Da'Ron
Brown-Jr |
Jamison
Wells-Sr / Angelo
Sebastiano-So
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| TE |
Tim
Semisch-Jr |
Desroy
Maxwell-So |
| TE |
Luke
Eakes-Jr |
.. |
| OT |
Tyler
Loos-Jr |
.. |
| OG |
Jared
Volk-Sr |
Tyler
Pitt-Jr |
| C |
Andrew
Ness-So |
.. |
| OG |
Aidan
Conlon-So |
.. |
| OT |
Ryan
Brown-Jr |
Matt
Krempel-Sr |
| K |
Mathew
Sims-Sr |
.. |
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NORTHERN
ILLINOIS 2013
DEPTH CHART
Returning
Starters/Key
Players |
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DEFENSE |
| DE |
Jason
Meehan-Jr |
.. |
| DT |
Ken
Bishop-Sr |
Anthony
Wells-Sr |
| DT |
Donovan
Gordon-Jr |
.. |
| DE |
Joe
Windsor-Sr |
George
Rainey-Sr |
| OLB |
Jamaal
Bass-Jr |
Rasheen
Lemon-So |
| MLB |
Boomer
Mays-So |
.. |
| OLB |
Michael
Santacaterina-Jr
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.. |
| CB |
Jhony
Faustin-Sr |
Marckie
Hayes-Jr |
| CB |
Marlon
Moore-So |
Sean
Evans-Sr |
| SS |
Dechane
Durante-Jr |
.. |
| FS |
Jimmie
Ward-Sr |
Dominique
Ware-Sr |
| P |
.. |
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| QUICK
TAKES |
1/8/13
Northern
Illinois will still
be the team to beat
in the Mid-American
Conference. Quarterback
Jordan Lynch alone would
make sure of that. The
Huskies are going to
bring back a great deal
of experience but some
of the losses are key
All-Conference players,
especially on defense.
As the Orange Bowl loss
to Florida State demonstrated,
NIU is not ready to
compete with the big
dogs. But teams from
this conference are
no slouch at mixing
it up with BCS-aligned
conference teams. So
it's really not so far
fetched to believe this
2013 team can get back
to a BCS bowl with the
current rules in place...a
Top 16 finish might
be all that is required
again. And that is doable.
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