14   Courtney Stephen
Courtney Stephen

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Brampton, Ont., Canada

High School:
Turner Fenton

Last College:
Wilfred Laurier Univ.

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 194

Position:
S

Experience:
1L


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

11/21/2011

Huskies Close Out Regular Season with Friday Morning Home Game

Northern Illinois Seeks to Clinch MAC Title Shot versus Eastern Michigan

11/11/2011

NIU Returns Home to Face Ball State in Tuesday's Blackout Game

Huskies and Cardinals Play for Bronze Stalk on ESPNU

11/04/2011

Northern Illinois Takes Four-Game Winning Streak to Bowling Green

NIU Takes on Falcons Tuesday Night on ESPN2

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

11/26/2011

NIU defeats Eastern Michigan

Huskies defeat Eagles to win MAC West

11/17/2011

NIU retains Bronze Stalk trophy

NIU defeats Ball State, 41-38, in a thriller

2011: Posted four tackles in six games at safety and on special teams before missing the rest of the season with a knee injury. Returned a blocked punt 16 yards for a touchdown against Army (9-3) to ignite the Huskies early. Added one solo stop against the Black Knights. Recorded a season-best two tackles against Wisconsin (9-17). Made one tackle versus Kent State (10-8). Earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors against Cal Poly (9-24) and Central Michigan (10-1).

2010: Sat out the season and made his mark on the "work" team after transferring from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Earned work team player of the week recognition for the Toledo (11-9) game.

Prior to NIU: Played two seasons as a starting safety at Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada. Selected second team All-Canadian as a sophomore in 2008 when he was also a first team All Ontario University Athletics Conference. Made 59 tackles, with 46 solo, forced two fumbles, recovered three and broke up five passes his sophomore season. Also intercepted two passes for the 7-3 Golden Hawks, who boasted the No. 5 overall defense in the country. WLU was the only team to beat the eventual national champions that year. As a freshman, recorded 54 tackles, 35 solo, broke up nine passes and picked off five en route to second team all-conference and Rookie of the Year honors.

High School: Two-year letterwinner in football for Turner Fenton Secondary School who was named to the Toronto All-Star Football team as a senior. Served as team captain in football his junior and senior years. Played free safety, quarterback, and punt returner. Scored six rushing touchdowns in six games and picked off six passes. Also scored on a punt return and caught a TD pass. Blocked a punt and forced a pair of fumbles. Named MVP of his high school team four times, including twice in football (as a junior and as a senior) and as a sophomore basketball player. His team compiled a 5-1 record his senior season.

Personal: Son of Bertha and George Stephen. Majoring in psychology. His older brother, Patrick, was a four-time letterman and three-time Academic All-American at NIU from 1995-98, and earned a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Award in 1998.

STEPHEN'S CAREER GAME HIGHS

Tackles: 2, vs Wisconsin, 9-17-11

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