Huskies release depth chart

Northern Illinois released its depth chart for the Sept. 2 opener against Iowa State. Huskies coach Jerry Kill doesn't put much importance in the two-deep as he tends to frequently rotate his players at every position, with the exception of quarterback and the offensive line.

No answers are provided at quarterback, where it continues to be a three-man race between juniors Chandler Harnish and DeMarcus Grady and redshirt freshman Jordan Lynch, who had an impressive training camp. Starters at tight end, weakside linebacker and free safety are yet to be determined as well.

The depth chart is listed below. Starters are named first, followed by the backups.

OFFENSE

WR (X) Martel Moore (So.), Willie Clark (Jr.), Da'Ron Brown (Fr.)

WR (V) Nathan Palmer (Jr)., Akeem Daniels (Fr.), Anthony Johnson (Fr.-R)

TE Jason Schepler (Jr.) OR Jack Marks (Jr.), Nick Groeniger

LT Trevor Olsen (Jr.), Matt Battaglia (So.) OR Adam Kiel (Jr.)

LG Logan Pegram (So.), Matt Krempel (Fr.-R)

C Scott Wedige (Jr.), Jared Volk (Fr.-R)

RG Joe Pawlak (Jr.), Ed Jackson (Sr.)

RT Keith Otis (Jr.), Tyler Loos (Fr.)

WR (Z) Landon Cox (Sr.), Perez Ashford (So.)

QB DeMarcus Grady (Jr.) OR Chandler Harnish (Jr.) OR Jordan Lynch (Fr.-R)

FB Kyle Skarb (Sr.), Connor Flahive (Sr.)

TB Chad Spann (Sr.), Jasmin Hopkins (Jr.) OR Ricky Crider (Sr.)

DEFENSE

DE Jake Coffman (Sr.) AND Alan Baxter (So.), Anthony Wells (Fr.-R)

NG Mike Krause (Sr.), Brian Lawson (So.)

DT D.J. Pirkle (Sr.), Ron Newcomb (Jr.), Nabal Jefferson (So.)

DE Sean Progar (So.), Darnell Bolding (Sr.), Stephen O'Neal (Fr.-R), Joe Windsor (Fr.)

SLB Alex Kube (Sr.-R), Greg Barksdale (Fr.) AND Jamaal Bass (Fr.)

MLB Devon Butler (So.), Cameron Stingily (Fr.) AND Mike Hellams (Fr.)

WLB Tyrone Clark (So.) OR Jordan Delegal (Jr.)

LCB Chris Smith (Sr.), Rashaan Melvin (So.), Sean Evans (Fr.-R)

SS Tracy WIlson (Jr.), Jimmie Ward (Fr.) OR Garrett Barnas (Sr.)

FS Tommy Davis (So.) OR Mike Sobol (Sr.), Demetrius Stone

RCB Kiaree Daniels (Sr.), Patrick George (Sr.) OR Dominique Ware (Fr.-R)

SPECIAL TEAMS

K Matthew Sims (Fr.) OR Michael Cklamovski (Sr.), Ryan Fillingim (Jr.)

P Josh Wilber (Jr.), Ryan Neir (So.)

DS Nolan Owen (Jr.), Adam Coleman (Jr.)

H Chandler Harnish (Jr.), Mike Sobol (Sr.) OR Ryan Neir (So.)

PR Tommy Davis (So.), Perez Ashford (So.)

KR Ricky Crider (Sr.) AND Jasmin Hopkins (Jr.), Tommy Davis (So.) AND Akeem Daniels (Fr.)