Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Northern Illinois Huskies uniform

Taron Dickens

Northern Illinois
QB
Position
#5
Number
5'11"
Height
180 lbs
Weight
Junior
Class
2026
75.6%
Comp Pct
289
Pass Yds
1
Pass TD
7
Yds/Pass
133.1
Rating
2
Games
-35
Rush Yds
0
Rush TD
2
Int
6
Sacked
Career
71.7%
Comp Pct
319
Pass Yds
1
Pass TD
6.9
Yds/Pass
128.5
Rating
3
Games
-19
Rush Yds
0
Rush TD
2
Int
7
Sacked
Latest Performance
Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Northern Illinois Huskies uniform

Taron Dickens

Sep 12

vs

ILST

ILST

L 24-28
22
Comp
27
Att
81.5%
Pct
193
Yds
7.1
Avg
1
TD
1
Int
2
Sacked
36
Long
146.3
Rating
177
Total Yds
1
Total TD
0 (0)
Fum (L)
Games

  1. Next

    at

    Arizona Wildcats

    ARIZ

    CAREER

    at ARIZ

  2. L 24-28

    YDS

    193

    TD

    1

    INT

    1

    RTG

    146.3

  3. L 0-40

    YDS

    96

    TD

    0

    INT

    1

    RTG

    107.6

Summary

Taron Dickens has played 2 seasons for Northern Illinois and Western Carolina. He has thrown for 319 yards and 1 touchdown.

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

289

Dickens

Taron Dickens

RUSH

99

Johnson

Telly Johnson Jr.

REC

89

Bryant

La'Don Bryant
Team Rankings

PPG

12.0

163rd

OPP PPG

34.0

139th

RUSH YDS/G

59.5

190th

PASS YDS/G

154.5

152nd

2026 MWC Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
6
UTEP UTEP
0-0
1-1
7
Wyoming Wyoming
0-0
1-1
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0-0
0-2
9
Air Force Air Force
0-1
1-1
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
0-1
1-2
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/19
NIU NIU
@
ARIZ ARIZ
10:30 PM
Sat
9/26
NIU NIU
@
GAST GAST
1:00 PM
Sat
10/10
AFA AFA
@
NIU NIU
7:30 PM
Sat
10/17
NIU NIU
@
WYO WYO
3:30 PM
Sat
10/24
HAW HAW
@
NIU NIU
3:30 PM
Last Game
ILST Illinois State

1 - 0

28

Final

24

NIU Northern Illinois

0 - 2

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

795

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

794

Alejado

Micah Alejado
Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

Jaylin Carter

374

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

319

Bates

Jabari Bates
Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

Jesse Legree

333

Duff

KJ Duff

330

Toney

Malachi Toney
Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

9

Hejny

Hauss Hejny

8

Weaver

Luke Weaver
Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter

6

Knight

Wayne Knight

5

Baugh

Jadan Baugh
Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

KJ Duff

5

Dixon

Collin Dixon

5

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

271.7

Mensah

Darian Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

66.5

Miami

61.0

Florida

59.0

Virginia Tech

58.5

Houston

55.0

Utah

54.5
Opp PPG Rankings
South Carolina

4.5

Penn State

4.5

Kansas State

5.0

Virginia

5.5

Notre Dame

6.5

North Carolina

6.5
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

702.5

Mississippi State

620.5

LSU

586.0

Georgia

576.5

South Carolina

573.5

Florida

569.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

South Carolina

341.5

Cincinnati

336.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

314.0
Pass Yards Rankings
SMU

442.0

Miami

427.0

Oregon State

389.5

LSU

358.0

Ohio State

356.0

Pittsburgh

346.0
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

12.0

Vanderbilt

11.0

LSU

11.0

Tennessee

10.0

Maryland

10.0

Old Dominion

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
2
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
0
1.000
3
Florida Florida
2
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
2
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
0
1.000
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
2
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
2
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
2
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
0
1.000
10
Tennessee Tennessee
2
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
2
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
0
1.000
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
2
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
1
.500
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
1
.500
16
Kentucky Kentucky
1
1
.500
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
0
1.000
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
0
1.000
4
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
1
.500
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
1
.500
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
1
.500
8
Louisiana Louisiana
1
1
.500
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
1
.500
10
Marshall Marshall
1
1
.500
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
1
.500
12
South Alabama South Alabama
1
1
.500
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
1
.500
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
2
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
BYU BYU
2
0
1.000
2
Cincinnati Cincinnati
2
0
1.000
3
Colorado Colorado
2
0
1.000
4
Houston Houston
2
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
2
0
1.000
6
Texas Tech Texas Tech
2
0
1.000
7
Utah Utah
2
0
1.000
8
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
9
Arizona State Arizona State
1
1
.500
10
Baylor Baylor
1
1
.500
11
Iowa State Iowa State
1
1
.500
12
Kansas Kansas
1
1
.500
13
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
1
1
.500
14
TCU TCU
1
1
.500
15
UCF UCF
1
1
.500
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
0
1.000
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
0
2
.000
7
Utah State Utah State
0
2
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
0
2
.000
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
2
.333
2
UMass UMass
2
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
1
.500
4
Ball State Ball State
1
1
.500
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
1
.500
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
1
1
.500
7
Kent State Kent State
1
1
.500
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
1
.500
9
Ohio Ohio
1
1
.500
10
Toledo Toledo
1
1
.500
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
1
1
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
2
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
2
.333
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
2
0
1.000
2
SMU SMU
2
0
1.000
3
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
4
California California
1
1
.500
5
Duke Duke
2
0
1.000
6
North Carolina North Carolina
2
0
1.000
7
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
2
0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
2
0
1.000
9
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
0
1.000
10
Boston College Boston College
1
1
.500
11
Clemson Clemson
1
1
.500
12
Louisville Louisville
1
1
.500
13
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0
2
.000
14
Florida State Florida State
1
1
.500
15
NC State NC State
1
1
.500
16
Stanford Stanford
1
1
.500
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
1
.500
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
1
1
.500
3
Tulsa Tulsa
2
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
0
1.000
5
Memphis Memphis
2
1
.667
6
North Texas North Texas
1
1
.500
7
Rice Rice
1
1
.500
8
Temple Temple
1
1
.500
9
Tulane Tulane
1
1
.500
10
UAB UAB
1
1
.500
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
2
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
0
2
.000
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
3
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
2
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
2
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
2
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
0
1.000
7
Nebraska Nebraska
2
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
2
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
2
0
1.000
11
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
12
Illinois Illinois
1
1
.500
13
Minnesota Minnesota
1
1
.500
14
Ohio State Ohio State
1
1
.500
15
Oregon Oregon
1
1
.500
16
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
1
1
.500
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
2
.000
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
1
1
.500
2
Florida International Florida International
1
1
.500
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
1
.500
4
Liberty Liberty
1
1
.500
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
1
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
1
.500
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
2
.333
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
2
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
2
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
0
1.000
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
UTEP UTEP
1
1
.500
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
1
.500
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
8/29
UNC UNC
@
TCU TCU
15-10
Sat
8/29
SJSU SJSU
@
USC USC
26-42
Sat
8/29
NCST NCST
@
UVA UVA
8-34
Sat
8/29
JVST JVST
@
NDSU NDSU
7-33
Sat
8/29
SAC SAC
@
EMU EMU
17-28

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/17
SYR SYR
@
PITT PITT
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
MIA MIA
@
WAKE WAKE
7:30 PM
Fri
9/18
HOU HOU
@
TTU TTU
8:00 PM
Fri
9/18
PRST PRST
@
ORE ORE
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
CCAR CCAR
@
DEL DEL
11:30 AM