Awww, the freshman just had their numbers assigned to them. How cute. You can check out the updated NIU Football roster here. Here are their new numbers with their corresponding vital stats.
Scholarship Players
1 - WR Martel Moore, 6'2" 168 (Ever since Garrett Wolfe left, nobody else has come close to filling the #1 jersey)
2 - CB Sean Evans, 5'11" 167
7 - WR Perez Ashford, 5'10" 168 (WR Britt Davis held on to this forever)
9 - LB Devon Butler, 5'11" 209
13 - WR Anthony Johnson, 6'3" 177
14 - QB Jordan Lynch, 6'1" 195 (Yes he's listed at QB and yes that's Brandon Rogers' old number)
17 - QB A.J. Hill, 6'2" 198
19 - WR Daniel Rodriguez, 5'11" 182
24 - CB Dominique Ware, 6'0" 170
29 - SO LB Jordan Delegal, 6'1" 203
36 - LB Tyrone Clark, 5'11" 202
43 - RB Antoine Kirkland, 5'11" 190
51 - DT Zach Anderson, 6'2" 298 (Larry English's old number)
77 - OL Jared Volk, 6'3" 302
79 - OL Matt Krempel, 6'4" 297
85 - DE Stephen O'Neal, 6'4" 219
88 - JR TE Nick Groeniger, 6'5" 242
90 - DE Alan Baxter, 6'0" 241
91 - DE Anthony Wells, 6'3" 232
99 - DT Nabal Jefferson, 5'11" 270
Make sure to check out the new transfers, the new walk-ons, number changes and weight changes after the jump
Transfers
39 - JR SS Garrett Barnas, 6'1" 205
32 - JR RB Cameron Bell, 6'2" 243 (From Iowa State, will be wearing the vaunted Michael Turner jersey #)
28 - RS SO TB/DB Furqan Muhammad, 5'7" 148 (From Valdosta State)
Walk-ons
4 - K Ryan Salerno, 5'8" 152
18 - QB Tommy Coughlin, 6'2" 161
45 - LB George Rainey, 6'2" 208
46 - FB Calvin Smith, 6'1" 242
64 - LB Ross Elliott, 6'1" 219
69 - DT Jon Phillips, 6'3" 260
85 - WR Riley O'Toole, 6'3" 193 (WR Matt Simon's old #)
Number changes
16 to 32 - DB Boone Thorgesen
19 to 17 - WR Matt Ng
29 to 53 - MLB Pat Schiller (Tim McCarthy's old number)
33 to 41 - FB Pat McAvoy
46 to 35 - LB David Pratt
35 to 66 - MLB Jeff Sayre
90 to 60 - OL Ed Jackson
8 to 20 - CB Tommy Davis
1 to 18 - WR Ron Walker
91 to 89 - TE Travis Bond
Dramatic weight gains (citing Independence Bowl roster)
LB Spencer Williamson up to 218 from 205
DB James Jeffries up to 193 from 180
MLB Victor Jacques up to 224 from 210
DE Darnell Bolding up to 224 from 215
DE Jake Coffman up to 255 from 245
OG Kevin Skatrud up to 327 from 315
OL Ed Jackson up to 297 from 285
OL Keith Otis up to 314 from 295
C Scott Wedige up to 296 from 285
OL Adam Kiel up to 305 from 290
TE Reed Cunningham up to 255 from 245
WR Ron Walker up to 188 from 175
DL Ron Newcomb up to 265 from 235
DT Brian Lawson up to 272 from 260
DT Adam Coleman up to 266 from 245
DT D.J. Pirkle up to 285 from 270
Dramatic weight losses
TB Ricky Crider down to 178 from 190
WLB Alex Kube down to 212 from 220
K Steve Ivanisevic down to 180 from 195
OL Logan Pegram down to 293 from 310
TE Bryan Beckner down to 240 from 260
TE Jack Marks down to 232 from 240
Other notes:
Sean Progar-Jackson is simply Sean Jackson now. No other departures other than the ones listed in my previous post.
Am I missing anything?
(HT to Huskie Wire)