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2007 Northern Illinois University Football Roster
Coaches  |  Alphabetical  |  Numerical 

Alphabetical
NO NAME POS HT WT Year Hometown/High School/Last College
70 Chris Acevedo OG 6-5 310 SR Lyons, IL/Curie
50 Eddie Adamski C 6-2 282 RS SO Kildeer, IL/Carmel
13 Evans Adonis WR 6-0 170 JR Miami, FL/Southwest
79 Ade Ajose WR 5-10 177 RS SO Chicago, IL/Sullivan
77 Eli Alafogainanis OL 6-4 290 FR New Castle, IN/Chrysler
9 Josh Allen LB 5-11 211 JR North Chicago, IL/North Chicago
21 Justin Anderson TB 5-11 222 RS SO Chicago, IL/Steinmetz
49 Anthony Antonacci DE 6-1 250 RS SO Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley
88 Brandon Beal TE 6-4 243 JR St. Louis, MO/Vianney
96 Bryan Beckner TE 6-4 255 RS FR Bourbonnais, IL/Bishop McNamara
56 Brandon Bice DE 6-3 254 RS SO McCook, IL/Lyons Township
1 Paul Blalock QB 6-0 222 RS SO Aurora, IL/Waubonsie Valley/Illinois
60 Jon Brost OL 6-6 304 JR Maple Grove, MN/Maple Grove
52 Phil Brown LB 5-11 222 RS SO Chicago, IL/Morgan Park
4 David Bryant RB 5-10 202 RS SO St. Louis, MO/Ladue Horton Watkins
36 Chase Carter CB 5-11 170 JR Wichita, KS/Wichita Heights/Coffeyville C.C.
20 Montell Clanton TB 5-9 185 JR Rockford, IL/Guilford
10 Willie Clark WR 6-1 192 FR Roselle, IL/Lake Park
84 Tyler Clasey WR 6-1 189 RS FR Champaign, IL/Centennial
54 Jake Coffman DE 6-3 240 RS FR German Valley, IL/Forreston
80 Landon Cox WR 6-3 203 FR Calumet City, IL/Thornton Fractional North
28 Ricky Crider TB 5-9 180 RS FR Evansville, IN/Reitz
47 Jason Cruikshank LB 6-3 229 RS FR Elk Grove, IL/Elk Grove
83 Reed Cunningham TE 6-4 250 RS SO Cambria, WI/Pardeevile
87 Brandon Davis TE 6-4 262 SR Broadview, IL/Riverside-Brookfield
7 Britt Davis WR 6-3 205 JR Broadview, IL/Riverside-Brookfield
18 Andy Dittbenner P 6-1 194 JR Bloomington, IL/Normal University
67 Jon Ellison C 6-5 270 RS JR Rockford, IL/East
51 Larry English DE 6-3 254 JR Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy
88 Brett Eriksen TE 6-4 233 FR Plainfield, IL/Plainfield South
6 Connor Flahive LB 6-0 240 RS FR Niles, IL/Notre Dame
32 Jeff Fontana FS 5-11 195 RS SO Libertyville, IL/Libertyville
33 Patrick George DB 5-11 180 FR Chicago, IL/Gordon Tech
3 DeMarcus Grady QB 6-1 196 FR Grand Rapids, MI/East Grand Rapids
26 Cory Hanson LB 6-1 209 RS SO Minneapoiis, MN/DeLaSalle
12 Chandler Harnish QB 6-3 211 FR Bluffton, IN/Norwell
46 Dan Hilbert LB 6-2 210 FR Plainfield, IL/Plainfield South
76 Nico Holmes WR 5-10 184 RS FR Woodbury, MN/Senior
66 Tony Holmes OT 6-6 304 RS SO Woodbury, MN/Senior
63 Zack Holycross DT 6-5 290 SR Georgetown, IL/Georgetown-Ridge Farm
94 John Hopkins DL 6-3 274 FR St. Louis, MO/Oakville
23 Saul Ibarra LB 5-11 214 SR Elmwood Park, IL/Chicago St. Patrick
90 Ed Jackson DE 6-4 278 RS FR Belleville, IL/Cahokia
30 James Jefferies CB 5-9 180 RS FR Chicago, IL/Mount Carmel
9 Nick Kamenjarin LB 6-0 209 RS FR Chicago, IL/New Prairie
78 Dan Keller OG 6-4 300 RS SO Racine, WI/St. Catherines
44 Tom Kelly TE 6-3 253 SR Elgin, IL/Larkin
74 Adam Kiel OL 6-6 273 FR Wentzville, MO/St. Dominic
31 Tyler Knight WR 6-1 190 RS FR Park Ridge, IL/Maine South
91 David Koronkiewicz TE 6-3 263 JR Goshen, IN/Goshen
58 Mike Krause DL 6-3 264 RS FR Germantown, WI/Germantown
5 John Kremer DB 5-11 180 RS FR Oswego, IL/Oswego
48 Mike Kritikos LB 6-2 222 RS SO Addison, IL/Addison Trail
69 Alex Krutsch DT 6-2 258 JR Schaumburg, IL/Schaumburg
37 Alex Kube SS 6-1 203 RS FR Cary, IL/Cary-Grove
57 Zach Larsen LB 6-0 224 RS SO Northfield, MN/Northfield
45 Mike Lepper LB 6-2 211 RS FR Oak Lawn, IL/Richards
11 Marcus Lewis WR 6-2 205 SO Gurnee, IL/Warren
97 Jack Marks TE 6-5 222 FR Orland Park, IL/Marist
1 Anthony Mason DB 5-11 185 RS SO Hopkins Park, IL/Bishop McNamara/Valparaiso
6 Vincent Matthew CB 5-10 182 RS JR Miami, FL/Palmetto
77 Tim Mayerbock OG 6-4 312 RS SO Chicago, IL/St. Patrick
55 Pat McAvoy LB 6-0 203 FR Cary, IL/St. Viator
53 Tim McCarthy LB 6-0 232 JR Neenah, WI/Neenah
15 Ryan Morris QB 6-2 199 RS SO Carol Stream, IL/West Chicago
8 Matt Muckerheide DB 6-0 183 RS FR Naperville, IL/North
25 Chris Nendick PK 5-11 180 SR Naperville, IL/Central
89 Ron Newcomb DL 6-3 241 FR Wheatfield, IN/Chicago Mt. Carmel
19 Dan Nicholson QB 6-2 192 JR Chicago, IL/Brother Rice
62 Trevor Olson OL 6-6 278 FR Richfield, MN/Richfield
65 Jason Onyebuagu OL 6-2 310 SO Indianapolis, IN/Warren Central
68 Keith Otis OL 6-4 308 FR Chicago, IL/Hubbard
55 Nolan Owen LS 6-0 215 FR Canyon Lake, CA/Temescal Canyon
81 Nathan Palmer WR 5-11 175 FR Elkhart, IN/Central
75 Ricardo Patton DB 6-2 185 SO Boulder, CO/Boulder/Morehouse
72 Joe Pawlak OL 6-5 294 FR Grayslake, IN/Grayslake
5 Marcus Perez WR 5-11 178 JR Elkhart, IN/Central
98 D.J. Pirkle DL 6-1 295 FR Frankfort, IL/Lincoln Way East
44 David Pratt DB 6-1 200 RS SO Macomb, IL/Macomb
22 Cas Prime TB 6-1 213 SR Janesville, WI/Parker
24 Bradley Pruitt DB 6-1 187 JR Chicago, IL/Hyde Park
8 Mark Reiter SS 6-1 203 SR New Lenox, IL/Providence
2 Melvin Rice CB 5-10 192 JR Chicago, IL/Morgan Park
14 Tony Roby DB 5-8 188 SO Chicago, IL/King College Prep
99 Craig Rusch DT 6-4 274 JR Hilbert, WI/Hilbert
11 Mike Salerno K/P 6-0 165 RS SO Orland Park, IL/Sandburg/Winona State
6 Matt Schiffler TB 5-9 199 RS SO LaGrange Park, IL/Nazareth Academy
29 Pat Schiller LB 6-2 218 FR Geneva, IL/Geneva
92 Adam Schroeder NT 6-5 280 SR Loves Park, IL/Boylan
85 Matt Simon WR 6-2 205 JR Farmington, MN/Farmington
86 Vernon Sims TE 6-5 268 RS FR Rockford, IL/Boylan
34 Kyle Skarb LB 6-0 210 FR Hawthorn Woods, IL/Lake Zurich
59 Kevin Skatrud OT 6-6 330 RS SO Brodhead, WI/Brodhead-Juda
35 Alan Smith TB 5-10 191 FR Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley
38 Mike Sobol SS 6-0 200 RS FR Pevely, MO/Herculaneum
3 Chad Spann TB 5-10 189 FR Indianapolis, IN/North Central
39 Justin Stewart FS 6-1 194 RS FR O'Fallon, IL/Township
61 Panan Tense OG 6-4 294 RS FR Hillside, IL/Fenwick
16 Boone Thorgesen DB 6-0 184 FR Elburn, IL/Kaneland
42 John Tranchitella LB 6-2 221 SO Addison, IL/Driscoll
43 Andrew Trimmerman PK 6-1 180 FR Geneseo, IL/Geneseo
40 William Tsutsumi LB 6-1 193 JR Arlington Heights, IL/Prospect
17 Greg Turner WR 6-0 190 JR Glendale Heights, IL/Driscoll
4 Brandon Venson WR 6-1 206 FR Glendale Heights, IL/Glenbard West
71 Scott Wedige OL 6-4 285 FR Elkhorn, WI/Elkhorn Area
64 Jake Wertz OT 6-4 286 RS SO Prairie View, IL/Lincolnshire Stevenson
59 Ohene Wiafe'Ababio OT 6-9 340 SO Bolingbrook, IL/Bolingbrook
3 Kyle Wideman LB 6-1 212 FR Schaumburg, IL/Schaumburg
93 Shaun Wild WR 6-1 200 RS FR Brown Deer, WI/Brown Deer
82 Preston Williams WR 5-11 173 RS SO Urbana, IL/Urbana
27 Spencer Williamson SS 6-2 205 RS SO Elkhart, IN/Central
41 Tracy Wilson DB 5-11 194 FR Harvey, IL/St. Francis DeSales

Coaches

Joe Novak - Head Coach
Denny Doornbos - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Roy Wittke - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Chris Beatty - Assistant Coach/Running Backs
Greg Bower - Assistant Coach/Tight Ends
Harold Etheridge - Assistant Coach/Offensive Line
P.J. Fleck - Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers
John Hauser - Assistant Coach/Secondary
Jeff Phelps - Assistant Coach/Defensive Tackles
Mike Sabock - Asst. Coach/Def. Ends/Recruit. Coord.
Michael Biehl - Graduate Assistant
James Brochu - Graduate Assistant
Alex Golesh - Graduate Assistant
Brandon Staley - Graduate Assistant
Matt Mangum - Strength & Conditioning Coach

Numerical
NO NAME POS HT WT Year Hometown/High School/Last College
1 Anthony Mason DB 5-11 185 RS SO Hopkins Park, IL/Bishop McNamara/Valparaiso
1 Paul Blalock QB 6-0 222 RS SO Aurora, IL/Waubonsie Valley/Illinois
2 Melvin Rice CB 5-10 192 JR Chicago, IL/Morgan Park
3 Chad Spann TB 5-10 189 FR Indianapolis, IN/North Central
3 Kyle Wideman LB 6-1 212 FR Schaumburg, IL/Schaumburg
3 DeMarcus Grady QB 6-1 196 FR Grand Rapids, MI/East Grand Rapids
4 Brandon Venson WR 6-1 206 FR Glendale Heights, IL/Glenbard West
4 David Bryant RB 5-10 202 RS SO St. Louis, MO/Ladue Horton Watkins
5 Marcus Perez WR 5-11 178 JR Elkhart, IN/Central
5 John Kremer DB 5-11 180 RS FR Oswego, IL/Oswego
6 Matt Schiffler TB 5-9 199 RS SO LaGrange Park, IL/Nazareth Academy
6 Connor Flahive LB 6-0 240 RS FR Niles, IL/Notre Dame
6 Vincent Matthew CB 5-10 182 RS JR Miami, FL/Palmetto
7 Britt Davis WR 6-3 205 JR Broadview, IL/Riverside-Brookfield
8 Mark Reiter SS 6-1 203 SR New Lenox, IL/Providence
8 Matt Muckerheide DB 6-0 183 RS FR Naperville, IL/North
9 Nick Kamenjarin LB 6-0 209 RS FR Chicago, IL/New Prairie
9 Josh Allen LB 5-11 211 JR North Chicago, IL/North Chicago
10 Willie Clark WR 6-1 192 FR Roselle, IL/Lake Park
11 Marcus Lewis WR 6-2 205 SO Gurnee, IL/Warren
11 Mike Salerno K/P 6-0 165 RS SO Orland Park, IL/Sandburg/Winona State
12 Chandler Harnish QB 6-3 211 FR Bluffton, IN/Norwell
13 Evans Adonis WR 6-0 170 JR Miami, FL/Southwest
14 Tony Roby DB 5-8 188 SO Chicago, IL/King College Prep
15 Ryan Morris QB 6-2 199 RS SO Carol Stream, IL/West Chicago
16 Boone Thorgesen DB 6-0 184 FR Elburn, IL/Kaneland
17 Greg Turner WR 6-0 190 JR Glendale Heights, IL/Driscoll
18 Andy Dittbenner P 6-1 194 JR Bloomington, IL/Normal University
19 Dan Nicholson QB 6-2 192 JR Chicago, IL/Brother Rice
20 Montell Clanton TB 5-9 185 JR Rockford, IL/Guilford
21 Justin Anderson TB 5-11 222 RS SO Chicago, IL/Steinmetz
22 Cas Prime TB 6-1 213 SR Janesville, WI/Parker
23 Saul Ibarra LB 5-11 214 SR Elmwood Park, IL/Chicago St. Patrick
24 Bradley Pruitt DB 6-1 187 JR Chicago, IL/Hyde Park
25 Chris Nendick PK 5-11 180 SR Naperville, IL/Central
26 Cory Hanson LB 6-1 209 RS SO Minneapoiis, MN/DeLaSalle
27 Spencer Williamson SS 6-2 205 RS SO Elkhart, IN/Central
28 Ricky Crider TB 5-9 180 RS FR Evansville, IN/Reitz
29 Pat Schiller LB 6-2 218 FR Geneva, IL/Geneva
30 James Jefferies CB 5-9 180 RS FR Chicago, IL/Mount Carmel
31 Tyler Knight WR 6-1 190 RS FR Park Ridge, IL/Maine South
32 Jeff Fontana FS 5-11 195 RS SO Libertyville, IL/Libertyville
33 Patrick George DB 5-11 180 FR Chicago, IL/Gordon Tech
34 Kyle Skarb LB 6-0 210 FR Hawthorn Woods, IL/Lake Zurich
35 Alan Smith TB 5-10 191 FR Naperville, Ill./Neuqua Valley
36 Chase Carter CB 5-11 170 JR Wichita, KS/Wichita Heights/Coffeyville C.C.
37 Alex Kube SS 6-1 203 RS FR Cary, IL/Cary-Grove
38 Mike Sobol SS 6-0 200 RS FR Pevely, MO/Herculaneum
39 Justin Stewart FS 6-1 194 RS FR O'Fallon, IL/Township
40 William Tsutsumi LB 6-1 193 JR Arlington Heights, IL/Prospect
41 Tracy Wilson DB 5-11 194 FR Harvey, IL/St. Francis DeSales
42 John Tranchitella LB 6-2 221 SO Addison, IL/Driscoll
43 Andrew Trimmerman PK 6-1 180 FR Geneseo, IL/Geneseo
44 David Pratt DB 6-1 200 RS SO Macomb, IL/Macomb
44 Tom Kelly TE 6-3 253 SR Elgin, IL/Larkin
45 Mike Lepper LB 6-2 211 RS FR Oak Lawn, IL/Richards
46 Dan Hilbert LB 6-2 210 FR Plainfield, IL/Plainfield South
47 Jason Cruikshank LB 6-3 229 RS FR Elk Grove, IL/Elk Grove
48 Mike Kritikos LB 6-2 222 RS SO Addison, IL/Addison Trail
49 Anthony Antonacci DE 6-1 250 RS SO Naperville, IL/Neuqua Valley
50 Eddie Adamski C 6-2 282 RS SO Kildeer, IL/Carmel
51 Larry English DE 6-3 254 JR Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy
52 Phil Brown LB 5-11 222 RS SO Chicago, IL/Morgan Park
53 Tim McCarthy LB 6-0 232 JR Neenah, WI/Neenah
54 Jake Coffman DE 6-3 240 RS FR German Valley, IL/Forreston
55 Nolan Owen LS 6-0 215 FR Canyon Lake, CA/Temescal Canyon
55 Pat McAvoy LB 6-0 203 FR Cary, IL/St. Viator
56 Brandon Bice DE 6-3 254 RS SO McCook, IL/Lyons Township
57 Zach Larsen LB 6-0 224 RS SO Northfield, MN/Northfield
58 Mike Krause DL 6-3 264 RS FR Germantown, WI/Germantown
59 Ohene Wiafe'Ababio OT 6-9 340 SO Bolingbrook, IL/Bolingbrook
59 Kevin Skatrud OT 6-6 330 RS SO Brodhead, WI/Brodhead-Juda
60 Jon Brost OL 6-6 304 JR Maple Grove, MN/Maple Grove
61 Panan Tense OG 6-4 294 RS FR Hillside, IL/Fenwick
62 Trevor Olson OL 6-6 278 FR Richfield, MN/Richfield
63 Zack Holycross DT 6-5 290 SR Georgetown, IL/Georgetown-Ridge Farm
64 Jake Wertz OT 6-4 286 RS SO Prairie View, IL/Lincolnshire Stevenson
65 Jason Onyebuagu OL 6-2 310 SO Indianapolis, IN/Warren Central
66 Tony Holmes OT 6-6 304 RS SO Woodbury, MN/Senior
67 Jon Ellison C 6-5 270 RS JR Rockford, IL/East
68 Keith Otis OL 6-4 308 FR Chicago, IL/Hubbard
69 Alex Krutsch DT 6-2 258 JR Schaumburg, IL/Schaumburg
70 Chris Acevedo OG 6-5 310 SR Lyons, IL/Curie
71 Scott Wedige OL 6-4 285 FR Elkhorn, WI/Elkhorn Area
72 Joe Pawlak OL 6-5 294 FR Grayslake, IN/Grayslake
74 Adam Kiel OL 6-6 273 FR Wentzville, MO/St. Dominic
75 Ricardo Patton DB 6-2 185 SO Boulder, CO/Boulder/Morehouse
76 Nico Holmes WR 5-10 184 RS FR Woodbury, MN/Senior
77 Eli Alafogainanis OL 6-4 290 FR New Castle, IN/Chrysler
77 Tim Mayerbock OG 6-4 312 RS SO Chicago, IL/St. Patrick
78 Dan Keller OG 6-4 300 RS SO Racine, WI/St. Catherines
79 Ade Ajose WR 5-10 177 RS SO Chicago, IL/Sullivan
80 Landon Cox WR 6-3 203 FR Calumet City, IL/Thornton Fractional North
81 Nathan Palmer WR 5-11 175 FR Elkhart, IN/Central
82 Preston Williams WR 5-11 173 RS SO Urbana, IL/Urbana
83 Reed Cunningham TE 6-4 250 RS SO Cambria, WI/Pardeevile
84 Tyler Clasey WR 6-1 189 RS FR Champaign, IL/Centennial
85 Matt Simon WR 6-2 205 JR Farmington, MN/Farmington
86 Vernon Sims TE 6-5 268 RS FR Rockford, IL/Boylan
87 Brandon Davis TE 6-4 262 SR Broadview, IL/Riverside-Brookfield
88 Brandon Beal TE 6-4 243 JR St. Louis, MO/Vianney
88 Brett Eriksen TE 6-4 233 FR Plainfield, IL/Plainfield South
89 Ron Newcomb DL 6-3 241 FR Wheatfield, IN/Chicago Mt. Carmel
90 Ed Jackson DE 6-4 278 RS FR Belleville, IL/Cahokia
91 David Koronkiewicz TE 6-3 263 JR Goshen, IN/Goshen
92 Adam Schroeder NT 6-5 280 SR Loves Park, IL/Boylan
93 Shaun Wild WR 6-1 200 RS FR Brown Deer, WI/Brown Deer
94 John Hopkins DL 6-3 274 FR St. Louis, MO/Oakville
96 Bryan Beckner TE 6-4 255 RS FR Bourbonnais, IL/Bishop McNamara
97 Jack Marks TE 6-5 222 FR Orland Park, IL/Marist
98 D.J. Pirkle DL 6-1 295 FR Frankfort, IL/Lincoln Way East
99 Craig Rusch DT 6-4 274 JR Hilbert, WI/Hilbert

Coaches

Joe Novak - Head Coach
Denny Doornbos - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Roy Wittke - Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Chris Beatty - Assistant Coach/Running Backs
Greg Bower - Assistant Coach/Tight Ends
Harold Etheridge - Assistant Coach/Offensive Line
P.J. Fleck - Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers
John Hauser - Assistant Coach/Secondary
Jeff Phelps - Assistant Coach/Defensive Tackles
Mike Sabock - Asst. Coach/Def. Ends/Recruit. Coord.
Michael Biehl - Graduate Assistant
James Brochu - Graduate Assistant
Alex Golesh - Graduate Assistant
Brandon Staley - Graduate Assistant
Matt Mangum - Strength & Conditioning Coach