Northern Illinois Quarterbacks by Year (2017–2026)
FBS regular-season games in the player game logs StatIQ has loaded, 2017–2026
Primary starter by season
the quarterback with the most starts that seasonNorthern Illinois primary starting quarterback by season, 2017–2026| Season | Primary starter | Record | Yds | TD |
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| 2026 | Taron Dickens8 starts | 0–8 | 1,617 | 8 TD |
| 2025 | Josh Holst6 starts | 2–4 | 689 | 4 TD |
| 2024 | Ethan Hampton10 starts | 6–4 | 1,608 | 12 TD |
| 2023 | Rocky Lombardi11 starts | 6–5 | 2,074 | 10 TD |
| 2022 | Ethan Hampton4 starts | 0–4 | 798 | 7 TD |
| 2021 | Rocky Lombardi12 starts | 9–3 | 2,416 | 13 TD |
| 2020 | Ross Bowers6 starts | 0–6 | 1,365 | 10 TD |
| 2019 | Ross Bowers8 starts | 3–5 | 2,140 | 7 TD |
| 2018 | Marcus Childers13 starts | 8–5 | 1,996 | 15 TD |
| 2017 | Marcus Childers8 starts | 6–2 | 1,440 | 15 TD |
Other quarterbacks who threw for the team
every season 2017–2026, newest firstNorthern Illinois other quarterbacks by season, 2017–2026| Season | Quarterback | Record | Yds | TD |
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| 2026 | Jalen Macon0 starts | – | 20 | 0 TD |
| 2025 | Brady Davidson4 starts | 0–4 | 384 | 3 TD |
| 2025 | Jalen Macon2 starts | 1–1 | 105 | 1 TD |
| 2024 | Josh Holst2 starts | 1–1 | 411 | 0 TD |
| 2023 | Ethan Hampton1 start | 0–1 | 147 | 2 TD |
| 2022 | Nevan Cremascoli4 starts | 1–3 | 600 | 5 TD |
| 2022 | Rocky Lombardi3 starts | 2–1 | 645 | 5 TD |
| 2022 | Justin Lynch1 start | 0–1 | 146 | 0 TD |
| 2019 | Marcus Childers4 starts | 2–2 | 474 | 6 TD |
| 2017 | Daniel Santacaterina3 starts | 2–1 | 712 | 7 TD |
| 2017 | Ryan Graham1 start | 0–1 | 190 | 2 TD |
A start here is a game in which the player threw more passes than any teammate (college: completed more passes), not an official start. A starter pulled early can read as no start. Record counts starts with a final score on file. College game logs carry completions, yards and touchdowns only, so there are no pass attempts or interceptions here. Loaded seasons: 2017–2026; earlier ones are not in StatIQ’s data.