2007 Northern Illinois roster

32 players. From 5 states; the most from Illinois (8) and Indiana (3). The 2007 season.

Our source’s roster for 2007 is partial: 32 names, most without a position or size. Rosters are complete from about 2010.

Quarterbacks 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
	Dan Nicholson QB					1,633 passing yards, 9 TD
15	Ryan Morris QB		6′3″		Carol Stream, IL	727 passing yards, 4 TD

Running backs 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
	Montell Clanton RB					140 rushing yards, 1 TD

Receivers 8

No.	Player	Ht	Hometown	2007
	Matt Simon WR			52 catches, 969 yards, 5 TD
	Britt Davis WR			33 catches, 391 yards, 2 TD
	Greg Turner WR			15 returns, 66 yards
	Brandon Davis WR			14 catches, 108 yards, 1 TD
	Marcus Perez WR			8 catches, 89 yards
11	Marcus Lewis WR	6′3″	Gurnee, IL	6 catches, 42 yards
80	Landon Cox WR	6′3″	Calumet City, IL	2 catches, 19 yards
	David Koronkiewicz WR			1 catch, 15 yards

Tight ends 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
83	Reed Cunningham TE		6′5″		Cambria, WI	18 catches, 166 yards, 1 TD
96	Bryan Beckner TE		6′4″		Bourbonnais, IL	1 catch, 9 yards

Offensive line 1

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
65	Jason Onyebuagu OL3-star recruit		6′2″		Indianapolis, IN	1 catch, 5 yards

Linebackers 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
42	John Tranchitella LB		6′1″		Addison, IL	2 INT
26	Cory Hanson LB		6′2″		Minneapolis, MN	1 INT

Specialists 2

No.	Player		Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
	Andy Dittbenner P				Normal, IL	59 punts, 43.5 average
	Chris Nedick K					6 of 9 field goals

Athletes and others 14

No.	Player	Ht	Wt	Hometown	2007
21	Justin Anderson	6′0″		Chicago, IL	1,245 rushing yards, 8 TD
4	David Bryant	5′11″	210	St. Louis, MO	245 rushing yards, 2 TD
	Chase Carter				2 INT
	Bradley Pruitt				1 INT
	Mark Reiter 2-star recruit			New Lenox, IL	1 INT
28	Chad Spann	5′9″		Indianapolis, IN	61 rushing yards
	Brandon Beal 2-star recruit			St. Louis, MO	4 catches, 27 yards
22	Ricky Crider	5′9″		Evansville, IN	20 rushing yards
	Evans Adonis				3 catches, 26 yards, 1 TD
	Jeff Fontana				1 return, 0 yards
	Anthony Mason				1 catch, 10 yards
	Zach Larsen				2 rushing yards
	Melvin Rice
	Tim McCarthy

Rosters from CollegeFootballData.com, as the school listed them, each group in order of its players’ 2007 production (yards, tackles, kicks), then by number. Hometowns are each player’s latest on file. Transfers are this season’s arrivals through the portal; stars are the player’s 247Sports composite rating as a recruit.