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Quarterback, Northern Illinois, 2007–⁠11

Chandler Harnish

Number: No. 12
Height: 6′2″
Hometown: Bluffton, IN
Born: Jul 28, 1988, in Bluffton, Indiana

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Chandler Harnish played quarterback at Northern Illinois (2007–⁠11). The Indianapolis Colts took Harnish in round 7, No. 253 overall in the 2012 NFL Draft.

Best season: 3,118; Passing yards, 2011 (Northern Illinois, 11–⁠3)
Drafted: No. 253; Round 7, 2012 NFL Draft (Indianapolis Colts)

370passing yards, best game on fileat Central Michigan, 2011 6touchdown passes, best game on fileat Toledo, 2011 229rushing yards, best game on filevs. Western Michigan, 2011 3rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Kansas, 2011

Honors

Team titles: MAC champions, 2011

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Passing

Passing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

1,528

1,670

2,530

3,118

6–⁠77–⁠611–⁠311–⁠3

Season	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int
2008*	Northern Illinois	118	211	55.9	1,528	7.2	8	9
2009	Northern Illinois	143	223	64.1	1,670	7.5	11	6
2010	Northern Illinois	189	292	64.7	2,530	8.7	21	5
2011	Northern Illinois	228	365	62.5	3,118	8.5	27	6
On file (2008–⁠11)		678	1,091	62.1	8,846	8.1	67	26

Rushing

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	Northern Illinois	118	539	4.6	4	32
2009	Northern Illinois	89	229	2.6	2	29
2010	Northern Illinois	137	836	6.1	7	69
2011	Northern Illinois	177	1,231	7.0	10	51
On file (2008–⁠11)		521	2,835	5.4	23	69

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	Northern Illinois	12	QB
2009	Northern Illinois	12	QB
2010	Northern Illinois	12	QB
2011	Northern Illinois	12	QB	6′2″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2011 Northern Illinois 13 games, 3,118 passing yards, 27 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 3	vs.Army	W 49–⁠26	12	19	195	5	1	80
Sep 10	atKansas	L 42–⁠45	27	33	315	2	0	89
Sep 17	vs.Wisconsin	L 7–⁠49	14	24	164	0	0	−2
Sep 24	vs.Cal Poly	W 47–⁠30	18	21	187	2	0	118
Oct 1	atCentral Michigan	L 41–⁠48	27	50	370	2	2	92
Oct 8	vs.Kent State	W 40–⁠10	12	15	113	1	0	65
Oct 15	vs.Western Michigan	W 51–⁠22	14	27	203	0	1	229
Oct 22	atBuffalo	W 31–⁠30	11	26	150	0	0	67
Nov 1	atToledo	W 63–⁠60	17	26	265	6	0	133
Nov 8	atBowling Green	W 45–⁠14	16	26	294	2	0	151
Nov 15	vs.Ball State	W 41–⁠38	26	36	338	2	0	181
Dec 2	vs.Ohio	W 23–⁠20	16	26	250	3	1	31
Jan 8 ✦	vs.Arkansas State	W 38–⁠20	18	36	274	2	1	−3

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Eastern Michigan, so that game is not listed.

2010 Northern Illinois 13 games, 2,530 passing yards, 21 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 11	vs.North Dakota	W 23–⁠17	14	25	146	1	1	178
Sep 18	atIllinois	L 22–⁠28	19	25	208	0	0	117
Sep 25	atMinnesota	W 34–⁠23	11	17	81	2	0	7
Oct 2	atAkron	W 50–⁠14	16	20	281	3	0	9
Oct 9	vs.Temple	W 31–⁠17	20	25	211	2	0	71
Oct 16	vs.Buffalo	W 45–⁠14	13	26	160	2	2	75
Oct 23	vs.Central Michigan	W 33–⁠7	12	19	138	0	0	69
Oct 30	atWestern Michigan	W 28–⁠21	18	30	214	2	1	33
Nov 9	vs.Toledo	W 65–⁠30	11	16	162	1	0	149
Nov 20	atBall State	W 59–⁠21	15	22	247	2	1	21
Nov 26	atEastern Michigan	W 71–⁠3	8	13	101	2	0	32
Dec 3	vs.Miami (OH)	L 21–⁠26	15	28	281	3	0	3
Dec 18 ✦	vs.Fresno State	W 40–⁠17	17	26	300	1	0	72

2009 Northern Illinois 10 games, 1,670 passing yards, 11 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Sep 5	atWisconsin	L 20–⁠28	15	24	174	0	0	10
Sep 12	vs.Western Illinois	W 41–⁠7	10	14	143	2	0	21
Sep 19	atPurdue	W 28–⁠21	15	26	174	1	1	35
Sep 26	vs.Idaho	L 31–⁠34	17	23	184	2	0	62
Oct 3	vs.Western Michigan	W 38–⁠3	9	15	135	1	0	15
Oct 17	atToledo	L 19–⁠20	15	24	157	0	1	42
Nov 12	vs.Ball State	W 26–⁠20	9	9	60	1	0	−22
Nov 21	atOhio	L 31–⁠38	24	35	307	2	1	30
Nov 27	atCentral Michigan	L 31–⁠45	17	28	206	2	2	39
Jan 2 ✦	vs.South Florida	L 3–⁠27	12	25	130	0	1	−3

2008 Northern Illinois 10 games, 1,528 passing yards, 8 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	Rush
Aug 30	atMinnesota	L 27–⁠31	17	29	326	2	0	10
Sep 6	atWestern Michigan	L 26–⁠29	2	4	58	0	0	9
Oct 11	vs.Miami (OH)	W 17–⁠13	4	9	48	0	0	15
Oct 18	vs.Toledo	W 38–⁠7	12	16	173	3	0	60
Oct 25	vs.Bowling Green	W 16–⁠13	5	12	45	0	2	113
Nov 5	atBall State	L 14–⁠45	14	22	115	0	1	59
Nov 12	vs.Central Michigan	L 30–⁠33	18	36	288	0	2	31
Nov 18	atKent State	W 42–⁠14	12	19	173	2	0	117
Nov 25	vs.Navy	L 0–⁠16	14	24	116	0	2	64
Dec 28 ✦	vs.Louisiana Tech	L 10–⁠17	20	40	186	1	2	61

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

Played in the 2012 East–West Shrine Game (West team, won 24–⁠17).

Drill	Combine 2012	Combine or pro day 2012
Height	6′1⅝″
Weight	219 lb
Arm length	32⅜″
Hand size	9¼″
40-yard dash	4.76 s
10-yard split		1.64 s
Vertical jump	32½″
Broad jump	9′4″
3-cone drill	6.78 s
20-yard shuttle	4.15 s

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data). Rosters and honors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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