Honors

Northern IllinoisHuskies

2 consensus All-Americans between 1993 and 2017, 1 unanimous.

All-Americans

1993–2017 · 1 unanimous

Heisman

no winners

Consensus All-Americans

Season	Player	Pos
2017	Sutton Smith	DL
1993	LeShon Johnson unanimous	RB

Award voting — other places

Second through fourth in the voting. Never counted as wins.

Season	Award	Player	Place	Points
2013	Heisman Memorial Trophy	Jordan Lynch	3rd	558

Source: the NCAA’s official Football Records and Awards books, 2026 edition — printed there as NIU. Consensus All-America is the NCAA’s own designation, recognising players named by a majority of the official selectors in a given season.