Mrs. Irrelevant? Last pick in NFL Draft, Colts Chandler Harnish gets creepy invitation (video)
I’m sure NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish never dreamed that “perks” like these would come with his new job. The greatest signal called in Huskies college football history became the last guy picked in our nation’s biggest gym class on Saturday when he went #253 overall in the 7th round to the Indianapolis Colts.
And that status is exactly why he has a special...
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28 days ago
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28 days ago
NIU QB Chandler Harnish: 2012 NFL Draft MR. IRRELEVANT
(Update: the Indianapolis Colts have selected NIU quarterback Chandler Harnish with the final pick of the 2012 NFL Draft. So the Colts bookend the draft, with QBs)
Northern Illinois University is kind of known as the mid-major version of “Tailback U.” The DeKalb, IL institution has produced some of the most electric runners (LeShon Johnson, Michael Turner, Garrett Wolfe...
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29 days ago
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29 days ago
NFL Draft Talk: Sleeper Quarterback Chandler Harnish
With the NFL Draft right around the corner, teams and scouts are looking for those later round players that could develop into something special in the league.
Enter Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish.
Harnish is a 6’2”, 219 lbs. quarterback from Bluffton, Indiana. Coming out of high school, he was given the term ‘Dual-Threat Quarterback’, but thrived to prove...
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March 26, 2012
N Illinois rallies for 38-20 win over Arkansas St
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish's ankle was hurting. Even worse, Arkansas State had a 13-point lead.
To an outsider, the Huskies looked like they were in trouble. But NIU coach Dave Doeren knew his team was right where it needed to be.
The Huskies' eight-game winning streak had been built on overcoming bad situations just like this one.
''We just...
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January 09, 2012
NIU, Arkansas State meet in GoDaddy.com Bowl
Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren is a huge fan of his quarterback Chandler Harnish, who has been one of country's top dual-threats under center.
There's no wonder why. He's the top rushing quarterback in the Football Bowl Subdivision, averaging more than 106 yards per game. He's also thrown for 2,942 yards, 26 touchdowns and just five interceptions.
But that...
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January 07, 2012
NIU Huskies Win MAC Title; Furious Comeback in Championship Game
Your NIU Huskies are MAC champions for the first time since 1983, and they did it in dramatic style. NIU improved to 10-3 and finished an up and down season with a tremendous high- winning their first conference title game in the last three attempts.
The very definition of the extremely tired cliche “tale of two halves,” Ohio won the first half 20-0, but NIU beat the...
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December 03, 2011
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December 03, 2011
Northern Illinois' humble QB talks success, 'Harnishing' (with video)
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish is a born leader on the field and a pretty modest guy for someone who led the Huskies to a 7-1 MAC West record, 9-3 overall.
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December 02, 2011
Football. NIU's Harnish Wins MAC Vern Smith Leadership Award as League MVP
Northern Illinois quarterback Chandler Harnish has been named the winner of the Mid-American Conference's Vern Smith Leadership Award, which is presented annually to the MAC's top football player, the league office announced Wednesday. Mid-American Conference head coaches voted on the award and on the league's all-conference team, which features nine Huskies in all, four...
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November 30, 2011
N. Illinois 18, E. Michigan 12
Chandler Harnish ran for 148 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown, and threw a 54-yard touchdown pass as Northern Illinois wrapped up a spot in the Mid-American Conference championship game by beating Eastern Michigan 18-12 on Friday.
The Huskies (9-3, 7-1) clinched a share of the MAC West title, and because they beat Toledo 63-60 on Nov. 1, they own the tiebreaker and have earned...
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November 25, 2011
Harnish has 6 TDs, NIU tops Toledo 63-60 (AP)
Chandler Harnish threw a 4-yard strike to Perez Ashford with 19 seconds left for his sixth touchdown pass of the game, lifting Northern Illinois to a wild 63-60 victory over Toledo on Tuesday night. The Huskies and Rockets combined for 1,121 yards of offense and a Mid-American Conference-record 17 touchdowns in the second-highest scoring game in league history.
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November 02, 2011
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