DEKALB, Ill. – Northern Illinois University quarterback Marcus Childers has been named to the 2019 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award Watch List.
 
Childers, a native of Adairsville, Ga., led the Huskies to their fifth Mid-American Conference championship is school history last year when he led a second-half comeback over Buffalo. He earned Offensive Player of the Game honors after throwing for a career-high 300 yards and four touchdowns on 21-of-33 passing while rushing for 58 yards.
 
The Huskie junior finished the season with 2,175 yards passing and 531 yards rushing. He ranks 10th all-time at NIU in career passing yards (3,849), and his career average of 148.0 passing yards per game ranks sixth all time at NIU.
 
Childers is one of five MAC quarterbacks on the watch list and one of three Huskies on a preseason watch list heading into the season opener against Illinois State Aug. 31. Linebacker Antonio Jones-Davis was tabbed to both the Chuck Bednarik Award and Bronco Nagurski Award Watch List, while Tre Harbison was named to the Doak Walker Award Watch List.
 
Season Tickets for all five 2019 NIU home games are still available, starting at as little as $60 for an East Side (general admission) season ticket. Purchase four tickets for family or a group of friends on either the East or West Side for as little as $55 or $75 per person with the Huskie Family Pack, including the ability to purchase tickets at those rates for additional people. 
 
Three-game Mini-Plans, which include a choice of any two Saturday and either #MACtion (weeknight) game are just $70 each for all three games, while the new Huskie Flex Pass offers the chance to purchase a minimum of five tickets to any game or combination of games for $75, or just $15 each. The new Saturdays Special includes a ticket to all three Saturday home games as well as a voucher good for a hot dog, chips and a soda for each game for just $110.
 
To renew or purchase new season tickets and #JointhePack for 2019, click the links above, which are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Tickets are also available by calling 815-753-PACK (7225), emailing huskiestickets@niu.edu or stopping by the NIU Athletics Ticket Office in the Convocation Center, which is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 
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