← the board · drewhoover.com · 2004–2026
Northern Illinois's best quarterbacks since 2004
Chandler Harnish leads with 8,846 passing yards in 46 games at Northern Illinois; Jordan Lynch had 6,209.
Every quarterback with 5 or more games at Northern Illinois since 2004, ranked by passing yards; the lines are each player's passing yards game by game, the top 8 drawn. A link opens the player's page, where he has one, or his row on the board.
19 quarterbacks with 5+ games at Northern Illinoispassing yards
| # | player | seasons | games | passing yards | passing touchdowns | wins | yards of total offense | interceptions thrown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chandler Harnish | 2008–2011 | 46 | 8,846 | 67 | 29 | 11,681 | 26 |
| 2 | Jordan Lynch | 2010–2013 | 49 | 6,209 | 51 | 42 | 10,552 | 14 |
| 3 | Rocky Lombardi | 2021–2023 | 30 | 5,516 | 31 | 18 | 6,118 | 16 |
| 4 | Phil Horvath | 2004–2006 | 27 | 4,887 | 35 | 16 | 4,827 | 24 |
| 5 | Drew Hare | 2013–2016 | 27 | 4,862 | 37 | 19 | 6,063 | 6 |
| 6 | Marcus Childers | 2017–2019 | 35 | 4,323 | 37 | 20 | 5,693 | 18 |
| 7 | Dan Nicholson | 2005–2008 | 26 | 3,559 | 23 | 13 | 3,373 | 25 |
| 8 | Ross Bowers | 2019–2020 | 15 | 3,495 | 17 | 3 | 3,325 | 10 |
| 9 | Ethan Hampton | 2021–2024 | 20 | 2,568 | 21 | 8 | 2,687 | 14 |
| 10 | Ryan Graham | 2015–2017 | 17 | 1,569 | 16 | 9 | 1,982 | 10 |
| 11 | Anthony Maddie | 2014–2016 | 15 | 1,440 | 8 | 10 | 2,199 | 6 |
| 12 | Josh Haldi | 2004 | 9 | 1,384 | 15 | 7 | 1,473 | 4 |
| 13 | Josh Holst | 2024–2025 | 14 | 1,282 | 6 | 6 | 1,667 | 5 |
| 14 | Taron Dickens | 2026 | 6 | 1,193 | 4 | 0 | 1,185 | 3 |
| 15 | Daniel Santacaterina | 2016–2017 | 8 | 1,073 | 8 | 7 | 1,156 | 7 |
| 16 | Ryan Morris | 2006–2009 | 13 | 744 | 4 | 4 | 642 | 5 |
| 17 | Brady Davidson | 2025–2026 | 9 | 411 | 3 | 1 | 388 | 3 |
| 18 | Jalen Macon | 2024–2026 | 8 | 175 | 1 | 2 | 417 | 1 |
| 19 | Justin Lynch | 2022–2025 | 21 | 153 | 1 | 11 | 604 | 0 |
Also at Northern Illinois: running backs, wide receivers, tight ends, defenders, kickers, punters. Every school and conference: schools, conferences. The games are ESPN's box scores since 2004 (the Method says where they fall short); a position is the roster's, else read off the box score, so a tight end from before 2014 may be listed with the wide receivers.