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N Illinois Football Records
All-time career leaders for Northern Illinois Huskies football across 25 statistical categories. Each list below shows the top five; open a record for the full leaderboard.
Northern Illinois Huskies team pageUpdated Oct 6, 2026
Passing records
Career Passing Yards
Top 10- 1Chandler Harnish2008–20118,944
- 2George Bork1960–19636,782
- 3Chris Finlen19976,551
- 4Jordan Lynch2009–20136,209
- 5Josh Haldi2001–20046,015
- 1Chandler Harnish2008–201168
- 2George Bork1960–196360
- 3Josh Haldi2001–200455
- 4Jordan Lynch2009–201351
- 5Chris Finlen199742
Career Completions
Top 10- 1Chandler Harnish2008–2011687
- 2George Bork1960–1963577
- 3Jordan Lynch2009–2013509
- 4Chris Finlen1997502
- 5Rocky Lombardi2021–2023439
Career Pass Attempts
Top 10- 1Chandler Harnish2008–20111,110
- 2Chris Finlen1997910
- 3George Bork1960–1963902
- 4Jordan Lynch2009–2013824
- 5Josh Haldi2001–2004776
- 1George Bork1960–196364
- 2Phil Horvath2004–200662.5
- 3Chandler Harnish2008–201161.9
- 4Jordan Lynch2009–201361.8
- 5Drew Hare2013–201661.4
Rushing records
Career Rushing Yards
Top 20- 1Garrett Wolfe2004–20065,164
- 2Michael Turner2000–20034,941
- 3Jordan Lynch2009–20134,343
- 4Mark Kellar1971–19733,745
- 5Allen Ross1977–19803,500
- 1Garrett Wolfe2004–200652
- 2Chad Spann2007–201049
- 3Jordan Lynch2009–201348
- 4Michael Turner2000–200343
- 5Stacey Robinson1988–199038
- 1Garrett Wolfe2004–200622
- 1Jordan Lynch2009–201322
- 3Michael Turner2000–200321
- 4Mark Kellar1971–197319
- 5Charles Talley1993–199615
Receiving records
Career Receptions
Top 10- 1Justin McCareins204
- 2Hugh Rohrschneider1960–1963183
- 3P.J. Fleck179
- 4Martel Moore2009–2012178
- 5Tommylee Lewis2011–2015172
Career Receiving Yards
Top 20- 1Justin McCareins2,991
- 2Martel Moore2009–20122,544
- 3Sam Hurd2002–20052,322
- 4Da'Ron Brown2011–20142,295
- 5Kenny Golladay2015–20162,285
- 1Justin McCareins29
- 2Martel Moore2009–201224
- 3John Spilis1966–196822
- 4Sam Hurd2002–200521
- 5Al Eck1958–196019
Total Offense & Scoring records
Career Total Offense
Top 10- 1Chandler Harnish2008–201111,927
- 2Jordan Lynch2009–201310,552
- 3Chris Finlen1997–20016,778
- 4George Bork1960–19636,402
- 5Marshall Taylor1985–19886,138
Career All-Purpose Yards
Top 10- 1Michael Turner2000–20036,038
- 2Garrett Wolfe2004–20065,983
- 3Deon Mitchell1995–19984,732
- 4Justin McCareins4,367
- 5Jordan Lynch2009–20134,360
Career Total Touchdowns
Top 10- 1Garrett Wolfe2004–200657
- 2Chad Spann2007–201050
- 3Jordan Lynch2009–201349
- 4Michael Turner2000–200348
- 5Stacey Robinson1988–199038
Career Points
Top 10- 1Steve Azar2000–2003370
- 2Mathew Sims2010–2013364
- 3Garrett Wolfe2004–2006344
- 4Chris Nendick2004–2007332
- 5Chad Spann2007–2010300
Defense records
Career Tackles
Top 10- 1Frank Lewandoski1976–1979616
- 2Tim Griffin1982–1985471
- 3Larry Clark1970–1972446
- 4Ron Delisi1986–1989437
- 5Larry Williams1999–2002434
Career Sacks
Top 11- 1Larry English2004–200831.5
- 2Cary Caliendo1987–199031
- 3Sutton Smith2016–201830
- 4Sean Progar2009–201224
- 5Scott Kellar1982–198423
Career Interceptions
Top 12- 1Dan Meyer1964–196616
- 2Al Eck1958–196015
- 2Vince Thompson15
- 4Chris Blake1971–197314
- 4Randee Drew2000–200314
Career Tackles for Loss
Top 10- 1Larry English2004–200863
- 2Sutton Smith2016–201858
- 3Cary Caliendo1987–199053
- 4Scott Kellar1982–198447
- 5Doug Bartlett1983–198643
Career Pass Breakups
Top 11- 1Randee Drew2000–200338
- 2Rashaan Melvin2009–201235
- 3Paris Logan2012–201533
- 3Shawun Lurry2014–201733
- 5Vince Thompson28
Kicking records
Career Field Goals Made
Top 10- 1Steve Azar2000–200373
- 2John Richardson2019–202261
- 3Chris Nendick2004–200757
- 4Mathew Sims2010–201354
- 5John Ivanic1987–199046
Career Extra Points Made
Top 10- 1Mathew Sims2010–2013196
- 2Christian Hagan2014–2017169
- 3Chris Nendick2004–2007161
- 4Steve Azar2000–2003151
- 5John Richardson2019–2022117
Career Punting Average
Top 10- 1Matt Ference2017–202141.9
- 2Tyler Wedel2011–201441.1
- 3Mike Kent1985–198640.6
- 4Todd Van Keppel1981–198440.43
- 5Tom Wittum1969–197140.39
Returns records
Career Kick Return Yards
Top 10- 1Aregeros Turner2013–20162,499
- 2Deon Mitchell1995–19982,349
- 3Tommylee Lewis2011–20151,673
- 4Randee Drew2000–20031,524
- 5Trayvon Rudolph2020–20241,440
Career Punt Return Yards
Top 10- 1Dan Sheldon2001–20041,021
- 2P.J. Fleck716
- 3Rodney Taylor1985–1988627
- 4Justin McCareins609
- 5Chris Blake1971–1973493
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Sources & notes
- CFB Clipboard — Career leaderboards researched and compiled by CFB Clipboard.
Last updated Oct 6, 2026.