(11-17-2016 06:00 PM)Suptroop Wrote:  As far as talent towards relative position I would put Ward as a top 5 player in NIU history. Lurry is a definite baller with some of the best "it" factor NIU has ever seen. I think the only reason he's not up there a bit more is his size limitations.

I agree. However at the same time, for almost all of our studs, that's the reason they were at NIU in the first place. Undersized...

Wolfe, Lynch, Ward, Lurry, etc are never at NIU to begin with if they were a few inches taller and a few lbs heavier


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(11-17-2016 02:07 PM)Striker2388 Wrote:  Jimmie Ward is the best DB in NIU history. And it's not even close.

+1 Jimmie Ward was magic.

(11-17-2016 05:03 PM)murph83 Wrote:  This goes back a few years, but no one could throw on the secondary of the 1983 MAC champions. A big reason why that team finished first and won a bowl game. Rich Burns, Steve Hirsch, Lee Hicks, Jeff Sanders (also a stud kick returner) and Charles Jones(?) Old-timers, did i miss anyone?

Jeff Sandets was one of the fastest guys to ever don a NIU jersey.

A lot of 49ers fans are calling Ward a soft bust as a 1st round pick in his 3rd year. I would like to see them move him to safety, but regardless the 49ers have hardly any pass rush to speak of..

how is Justin Dole not on this list

Ward did not have a good game today.

(11-17-2016 05:25 PM)niuco90 Wrote:  Here is a name from the late 80's. What about Kevin Cassidy. His twin brother played WR. He was a Free not a Strong but still had some game.

His brother was the one that caught the lateral in that game against Jeff Blake and East Carolina on the last play of the game and went out of bounds at the 1, just missing a game winning score at the gun, remember that?

49ers have no pass rush. When the QB has all day to throw it's easy to make the DBs look bad.

(11-17-2016 03:34 PM)NIU32 Wrote:  

(11-17-2016 02:07 PM)Striker2388 Wrote:  Jimmie Ward is the best DB in NIU history. And it's not even close.

I'm a huge Ward fan and he was a first round pick, but Lurry was a 1st Team All American! Hard to argue that...

It repeat some of what Striker said..."and it's not even close." Ward was a 1st round draft pick. If luck finds him, Lurry will be a non drafted invitee to a camp when his time comes.

Jimmie is a top ten player in the history of this program---and that is being very conservative.

Clarence Vaughn played on the Redskins Super Bowl winning team.

(12-05-2016 01:16 PM)NIUAlum90 Wrote:  Clarence Vaughn played on the Redskins Super Bowl winning team.

Didn't he play LB at NIU?