Northern Illinois QB Chander Harnish Dominates in Close Victory Over Toledo

Well, I can’t say I blame you if you were one of the many who missed the shootout on Tuesday night between Northern Illinois and Toledo. I myself had to be present at a flag football game, so I missed the end, but there’s no denying that UNI quarterback Chandler Harnish (link to our scouting report of Harnish) has some serious skills, and those were on display for the rest of the country to see on Tuesday night.

Harnish finished the game with six touchdown passes, despite only throwing the ball 26 times. He also carried the ball 16 times for 133 yards, giving him 398 yards of total offense with six touchdowns on the night.

The six touchdown passes are a slight outlier, but this type of production is nothing new for the UNI signal caller. This is the third game this season he has gone over 100 yards rushing, and he even has a game where he went off for 229 yards rushing.

On the season, Harnish has passed for 1,962 yards, 18 touchdowns, and has run for 864 yards and eight more touchdowns to only four interceptions. He’s also got great size at 6’2″ 221 pounds, so he should get some looks from NFL scouts. Prior to the start of this season, he was ranked in some scouts’ top ten overall quarterbacks.

Harnish was not the only sleeper to have a dominant game on Tuesday night.

The Toledo Rockets boast a top notch playmaker at the wide receiver position in junior Eric Page, and he did not disappoint. Page finished the game with nine receptions for 150 yards and five touchdowns. He also averaged just under 34 yards per kick return, and has now broken his career mark with nine  touchdown catches so far this season.