Mark Huygens

Mark Huygens

Player Profile

Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

High School:
Sergeant Bluff

Height / Weight:
6-6 / 277

Position:
DL

Birthdate:
06/13/1985

Experience:
3L

Mark Huygens


Mark Huygens


The Sports Network Second Team All-America - 2007
CollegeSportsReport.com All-America - 2007
CollegeSportingNews Fabulous 50 Team - 2007
Second Team All-Gateway - 2006, 2007

Panther Plus: Second-team All-America pick by The Sports Network in 2007 ... earned a spot on CollegeSportsReport.com's All-America team ... named to the CollegeSportingNews.com's Fabulous 50 team ... will be a starter on the interior of the Panthers' defensive line.

2007: Second-team all-Gateway Football Conference pick for the second straight season ... played in all 13 games ... awarded starts in 12 of 13 games ... led the team with 4.5 quarterback sacks ... tied for fourth in the Gateway in quarterback sacks ... his 7.0 tackles-for-loss tied for third on the team ... tallied six stops and a sack in helping UNI to a 23-13 win at Illinois State (9/29) ... secured a season-high eight tackles (six solos) and 1.5 sacks in UNI's 30-24 win over Southern Illinois (10/13) ... broke up a season-high two passes against Delaware (12/1) in the FCS quarterfinals.

2006: A second-team all-Gateway Football Conference pick ... played in all 11 games, while earning nine starts ... five starts came in the interior line, while his four other starts came at the defensive end position ... ranked second in the Gateway in quarterback sacks ... ranked No. 27 in the nation in sacks ... led the team with 10 tackles-for-loss ... secured two sacks and forced a fumble in a 38-7 win over Missouri State (10/7) ... blocked a kick in UNI's 31-23 win at No. 5-ranked Youngstown State ... notched two more sacks in a 31-20 win over Western Kentucky (11/4) ... had at least three tackles in seven games.

2005: Saw action in 13 games ... earned a pair of starts against Drake and Minnesota-Duluth ... made at least one tackle in seven contests ... tallied 14 of his 19 tackles in the NCAA I-AA Playoffs ... recorded 1 ½ quarterback sacks in UNI's 31-10 homecoming victory over Indiana State (10/15) ... recovered a fumble in the Panthers' 41-17 victory over Northern Arizona (11/19) ... recorded a sack of Walter Payton Award winner Erik Meyer in UNI's 41-38 NCAA first-round playoff win over Eastern Washington (11/26) ... notched a season-high nine tackles in UNI's win over No. 1-ranked New Hampshire (12/3) in the NCAA I-AA playoff quarterfinals.

2004: Redshirted.

High School: Earned four letters in football playing for Chris Zyzda ... team was district champion in 2003 ... Des Moines Register first-team all-state defensive lineman in 2002 and '03 ... Iowa Newspaper Association first-team all-state in 2003 ... District 1 Class 2A 2001-03 ... three-time Omaha World-Herald all-western Iowa ... Sioux City Journal all-northwest Iowa defense ... broke the school record for tackles in a season with 127 ... also earned three letters in basketball and track.

Personal: Born June 13, 1985 ... son of Sue and Chuck Huygens ... general studies major ... enjoys all sports, fishing and jet skiing.

Huygens' Career Defensive Stats

Year	G-GS	UT	AT	Total	TFL	Sacks	INT	FF	FR	PBU	BK
2005	13-2	6	13	19	3.0	3.0	0-0	0	1	0	0
2006	11-9	22	7	29	10.0	7.0	0-0	1	0	1	1
2007	13-12	13	21	34	7.0	4.5	0-0	0	0	3	0
Totals	37-23	41	41	82	20.0	14.5	0-0	1	1	4	1

Huygens' Game-by-Game Tackle Stats (Solo-Ast)

2005 Drake 2-3 Minnesota-Duluth 0-0 @Iowa 0-0 @Western Illinois DNP @Missouri State DNP Indiana State 2-2 @Illinois State 0-0 Youngstown State 0-0 @Western Kentucky 0-0 Southern Illinois 0-0 Northern Arizona 0-1 Eastern Washington 2-0 @New Hampshire 5-4 @Texas State 1-2 Appalachian State 0-1

2006 @Drake 3-0 North Dakota 1-1 South Dakota State 3-0 @Iowa State 0-1 Missouri State 3-1 @Indiana State 1-1 @Youngstown State 1-2 Western Illinois 1-0 Western Kentucky 4-0 @Southern Illinois 3-0 Illinois State 2-1

2007 Minnesota State 2-0 @Iowa State 1-2 @South Dakota State 0-3 @Drake 1-0 @Illinois State 1-5 Southern Illinois 6-2 @Western Illinois 2-1 Youngstown State 0-4 @Missouri State 1-2 Indiana State 0-0 Southern Utah 1-3 New Hampshire 1-2 Delaware 0-0

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