66   Matt Battaglia
Matt Battaglia

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Chicago, IL

High School:
Marist

Last College:
Harper College

Height / Weight:
6-3 / 287

Position:
OL

Experience:
2L


05/15/2013

Fifty Huskie Student-Athletes Earn NIU Degrees

Graduates Represent 15 Northern Illinois Teams and 25 Different Majors

04/10/2013

Teams Set for Inaugural Huskie Bowl

Both coaches satisfied with depth and talent

09/29/2012

Northern Illinois-Central Michigan Postgame Quotes

NIU coach Dave Doeren, CMU coach Dan Enos and NIU players

06/13/2012

Nine Huskies Participate in NCAA Career in Sports Forum

NIU student-athletes learn about careers in intercollegiate athletics

10/08/2011

Dominating Defensive Effort Leads NIU Over Kent State, 40-10

Huskie defense allows just 70 yards while recording seven sacks and three turnovers

01/03/2013

Huskies Fall to Seminoles

Highlights from the Huskies historic game

12/30/2012

NIU players visit children at the hospital

Players and coach Rod Carey visit children at Baptist Children Hospital

12/28/2012

NIU's Orange Bowl Uniforms

Behind the scenes look at the new uniforms

12/28/2012

The Huskies get some beach time

Lots of sand, lots of food and jet skis.

12/27/2012

NIU arrives in Miami

The Huskies arrive in Miami

2011: Saw action against Army (9-3), Kansas (9-10), Wisconsin (9-17), Cal Poly (9-24), Kent State (10-8), Western Michigan (10-15), Bowling Green (11-8), Ohio (12-2) and Arkansas State (1-8) as a back-up guard. Also got playing time on the Huskies' FG/PAT unit.

2010: Saw action at offensive guard versus Central Michigan (10-23), Toledo (11-9) and Eastern Michigan (11-26). Also got into several of those games as a back-up on the PAT/Field Goal unit.

Junior College: Earned a varsity letter playing offensive line for Harper College in 2009. The Hawks averaged 253.1 yards of total offense a game with 88.4 yards rushing and 164.7 yards passing.

High School: Three-year letterwinner at Marist High School. Helped lead the Red Hawks to a 9-3 record and the Illinois 8A quarterfinals his senior year. Served as team captain as a senior. Named the team's offensive lineman of the year his final year. Earned all-conference and all-area honors in 2008. High school teammate of current Huskie Nabal Jefferson.

Personal: Born February 20, 1991 in Chicago, Ill. Son of Bernadette and Frank Battaglia. History major.

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