For the past *cough* weeks, this column hasn't gone up because of various technological and personal failures, but now it's back better than ever to help you get through this long, ongoing bowl season. We've now organized how each of the MAC players in the NFL by position, making it easier to see who did what.
Aaaand we're going to kick this off by James Harrison doing what he does best:
there are a hundred different versions of this, all pointing a camera at the tv.. le sigh
Yup, as you might have guessed Harrison has been suspended one game for this concussion-inducing hit on Colt McCoy. On the other side of the ball, Ben Roethlisberger put up some decent stats after being knocked out in the 2nd quarter with an ankle injury against the Browns.
Two new players from Northern Illinois made NFL rosters recently in S Tracy Wilson for the NY Jets and CB Chris Smith for the St. Louis Rams. Smith was injured early on in the season, but he's back due the fact the Rams have 9 CBs on IR right now. Both had two special teams tackles.
Smith had a rather inauspicious debut giving up a puntblock to the Seahawks on the punt team, and it didn't help that Rams G Jacob Bell is now on the IR with a knee injury. In other injury news, the Texans Brett Hartmann (CMU) went down with a torn ACL, but Houston is still heading to the playoffs for the first time ever.
Offense POW
WR Antonio Brown had 5 rec for 151 yds and a touchdown, while TE Antonio Gates had 68 yds off 7 rec with 2 touchdowns of his own. Both led their teams to dominant victories
Defense POW
DE Jason Babin beat up on the now coach-less Miami Dolphins registering 3 sacks.
As always after the jump you can see all the NFL stats from former MAC players. Let me know if there are any mistakes (using a new system):
Quarterbacks
Ben Roethlisberger (PIT/MU) - 16 of 21, 180 yds, 2 tds, 1 int, ankle injury
Charlie Batch (PIT/EMU) - 0 for 2, zero yds
Bruce Gradkowski (CIN/UT) - dnp
Running Backs
Michael Turner (ATL/NIU) - 21 car, 76 yds
James Starks (GB/UB) - inj, ankle
Chester Taylor (ARI/UT) - played
Wide Receivers
Antonio Brown (PIT/CMU) - 5 rec, 151 yds (79 lg), 1 td
Josh Cribbs (CLE/KSU) - 2 rec, 36 yds
Andrew Hawkins (CIN/UT) - 1 rec, 22 yds
Sam Hurd (CHI/NIU) - played
Greg Jennings (GB/WMU) - 2 rec, 20 yds, knee injury
Lance Moore (NO/UT) - 4 rec, 20 yds
Naaman Roosevelt (BUF/UB) - inj, shoulder
Kevin Walter (HOU/EMU) - 6 rec, 76 yds, 1 td
Stephen Williams (ARI/UT) - dnp
Tight Ends
Antonio Gates (SD/KSU) - 7 rec, 68 yds, 2 tds
Tony Scheffler (DET/WMU) - played
Tom Crabtree (GB/MU) - dnp
Jake O'Connell (KC/MU) - dnp
Offensive Line
C Kevin Kowalski (DAL/UT) - played
C Scott Mruczkowski (SD/BG) - IR, concussion
G Jacob Bell (STL/MU) - IR, right MCL
G Ryan Diem (IND/NIU) - start
G John Greco (CLE/UT) - played
G T.J. Lang (GB/EMU) - start
T Doug Free (DAL/NIU) - start
T Steve Maneri (KC/TU) - played
T Joe Reitz (IND/WMU) - played
T Joe Staley (SF/CMU) - start
Defensive Line
DE Jason Babin (PHI/WMU) - 3 tkl, 3 sck
DE Raheem Brock (SEA/TU) - inj, calf
DE Jason Jones (TEN/EMU) - played
DE Trevor Scott (OAK/BUF) - inj, shoulder
DE Muhammad Wilkerson (NYJ/TU) - 5 tkl
DT Terrance Knighton (JAC/TU) - 1 tkl
DT Andre Neblett (CAR/TU) - 5 tkl
Linebackers
Nick Bellore (NYJ/CMU) - 2 tkl
James Harrison (PIT/KSU) - 6 tkl, vicious hit on Colt McCoy
Jason Taylor (MIA/UA) - 2 tkl, 2 sck
Frank Zombo (GB/CMU) - 3 tkl, 1 sck
Defensive Backs
DB Julian Edelman (NE/KSU) - 5 tkl
CB E.J. Biggers (TB/WMU) - 6 tkl
CB Reggie Corner (BUF/UA) - dnp
CB Josh Gordy (STL/CMU) - 4 tkl
CB Chris Smith (STL/NIU) - 3 tkl
CB Josh Thomas (CAR/UB) - dnp
S Barry Church (DAL/UT) - 2 tkl
S Louis Delmas (DET/WMU) - inj, knee
S Abram Elam (DAL/KSU) - 4 tkl
S Jaiquawn Jarrett (PHI/TU) - dnp
S Mike MItchell (OAK/OU) - 4 tkl, int
S Tracy Wilson (NYJ/NIU) - 2 tkl
S Usama Young (CLE/KSU) - 4 tkl
Special Teams
K Shaun Suisham (PIT/BG) - 2 for 2 xp
P Brett Hartmann (HOU/CMU) - IR, torn left ACL
P Brett Kern (TEN/UT) - 5 p, 45.2 avg 1 i20
P Brad Maynard (CLE/BSU) - 6 p, 34.2 avg, 4 i20
P Dave Zastudil (ARI/OU) - 7 p, 46.6 avg, 66 lng, 1 i20