Pat Schiller

Pat Schiller

Player Profile

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Geneva, IL

High School:
Geneva

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 235

Position:
LB

Experience:
3L

01/11/2012

Four Huskies to Play in Postseason Games

Harnish, Wedige, Olson and Schiller to Play in Senior All-Star Games

01/02/2012

Huskies Head South for Fourth-Straight Bowl Game

NIU faces Red Wolves in 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl

11/29/2011

Northern Illinois Plays Ohio with MAC Championship on the Line

Huskies Look to Make History in Return Trip to Detroit

11/29/2011

Weekly Press Conference Quotes - November 29, 2011

Doeren, Baxter, Delegal, Hopkins and Palmer discuss upcoming MAC Championship game

11/22/2011

Weekly Football Press Conference Quotes November 22, 2011

Doeren, Harnish, Schiller and Wedige discuss the upcoming game against Eastern Michigan

01/10/2012

Fans greet Huskies after bowl victory

NIU faithful greeted the Huskies at the team hotel following their bowl win.

01/10/2012

NIU defeats Arkansas State, 38-20

Huskies defeat Arkansas State, 38-20, in 2012 GoDaddy.com Bowl

01/08/2012

NIU players and Coach Doeren reflect on the GoDaddy.com Bowl

The Huskies reflect on their time in Mobile

12/03/2011

Huskies comeback to beat Bobcats, 23-20

NIU defeats Ohio, 23-20, to win its first MAC title in 28 years.

11/26/2011

NIU defeats Eastern Michigan

Huskies defeat Eagles to win MAC West

12/03/2011

2011 MAC CHAMPIONSHIP

NIU captured its first MAC football championship since 1983, defeating Ohio, 23-20

Enters senior season with 124 tackles, 49 solo, including 10.5 for a loss of 21 yards. Has recorded one sack for minus five yards, while forcing three fumbles and intercepting one pass. Played in 35 games with 13 starts. His career tackle totals are tops on the NIU team entering 2011.

2010: Came back from spring knee surgery to play in 10 games on the year as a back-up at middle linebacker. Missed the first four games of the year while rehabbing the knee before returning to the field at Akron (10-2). Recorded 18 tackles, a pair of tackles for loss and led NIU with two forced fumbles on the year. In on four stops in his return at Akron. Three of his four tackles versus Temple (10-9) were solos and he added a four-yard tackle for loss. Credited with a forced fumble and a solo tackle against both Buffalo (10-16) and Ball State (11-20). Made a season-high six stops, five solo, against Eastern Michigan (11-26).

2009: Ranked third on the team with 82 tackles, including 28 solo stops, while starting all 13 games at middle linebacker. Totaled 5.5 tackles for loss, half a sack, a pass break up and a forced fumble on the year. Hit double-digit figures in tackles twice with 12 stops and half a sack at Ball State (11-12) and 11 tackles versus Idaho (9-26). Registered nine stops versus both Toledo (10-17) and Central Michigan (11-27). Added one-and-a-half tackles for loss in the Toledo game and recorded a TFL in each of the last five games of the season, including the International Bowl. Broke up a pass versus Western Illinois (9-12) and forced a fumble in the regular-season finale at CMU. Named NIU's defensive skill player of the week against Akron (10-31) when he had five tackles. Tallied six tackles each in games against Wisconsin (9-5), Western Illinois, Eastern Michigan (11-5), and four stops each against Western Michigan (10-3), Miami (10-24), and South Florida (1-3). Added three tackles each versus both Purdue (9-19) and Ohio (11-21).

2008: Played in all 13 games at linebacker. Totaled 24 tackles, nine solo, to go with three tackles for loss, one interception and half a sack. Tallied a career-high six stops with one TFL at Ball State (11-5). Intercepted a pass to stop Toledo's final possession and had one tackle against the Rockets (10-18). Charted five tackles with two solo versus Miami (OH) (10-11). Made two stops, including sharing a sack with Larry English, against Central Michigan (11-12). Collected three tackles, one for loss, against Indiana State (9-20). Made his collegiate debut at Minnesota (8-30) and notched his first career tackle at Western Michigan (9-6).

2007: Redshirted.

High School: Named to the first team all-state squad as a senior. Two-time first team all-conference and all-area selection. Totaled 190 tackles, eight sacks, six forced fumbles, six pass deflections, and two blocked kicks in two-plus years on varsity. Also played running back and ran for 1,169 yards and 25 touchdowns with four touchdown catches. As a senior, ran 65 times for 487 yards and 12 scores. Led the Vikings to an 11-2 record in 2006, when he served as team captain. Member of the 2004 state semifinalist squad at Geneva and his team won Western Sun league titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Born Nov. 12, 1988. Son of Catherine and Patrick Schiller. Enjoys boxing, music and art. Holds a 3.225 GPA as a Huskie Scholar. Physical education major. Lifelong Huskie fan.

SCHILLER'S CAREER DEFENSIVE STATISTICS

Year G/GS Solo Assist Total TFL-Yds. Sk.-Yds. FF/FR Int/PBU
2008 13/0 9 15 24 3-3 0.5-2 0/0 1/1
2009 13/13 28 54 82 5.5-12 0.5-3 1/0 0/1
2010 9/0 12 6 18 2-6 0-0 2/0 0/0
Career 35/13 49 75 124 10.5-21 1-5 3/0 1/2

SCHILLER'S CAREER GAME HIGHS
Tackles: 12, vs. Ball State, 11-12-09
TFLs: 1.5, at Toledo, 10-17-09

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