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Michael Turner

School: Northern Illinois
Position: RB

Career Rushing: 940 Att, 4941 Yds, 5.3 Avg, 43 TD
Career Kick Returns: 22 Ret, 646 Yds, 29.4 Avg, 2 TD
Career Scoring: 48 TD, 288 Pts

Rushing & Receiving

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Year School Conf Class Pos Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
2000 Northern Illinois MAC FR RB 200 983 4.9 7 4 45 11.3 0 204 1028 5.0 7
2001 Northern Illinois MAC SO RB 92 395 4.3 3 10 76 7.6 0 102 471 4.6 3
2002 Northern Illinois MAC JR RB 338 1915 5.7 19 10 100 10.0 0 348 2015 5.8 19
2003 Northern Illinois MAC SR RB 310 1648 5.3 14 19 230 12.1 3 329 1878 5.7 17
Career Northern Illinois 940 4941 5.3 43 43 451 10.5 3 983 5392 5.5 46

Kick & Punt Returns

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Year School Conf Class Pos Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
2000 Northern Illinois MAC FR RB 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 Northern Illinois MAC SO RB 9 319 35.4 1 0 0 0
2002 Northern Illinois MAC JR RB 10 269 26.9 1 0 0 0
2003 Northern Illinois MAC SR RB 3 58 19.3 0 0 0 0
Career Northern Illinois 22 646 29.4 2 0 0 0

Scoring

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 ▪ Statistics complete back to 2000
Touchdowns Kicking
Year School Conf Class Pos Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
2000 Northern Illinois MAC FR RB 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 42
2001 Northern Illinois MAC SO RB 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 24
2002 Northern Illinois MAC JR RB 19 0 0 0 0 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 120
2003 Northern Illinois MAC SR RB 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 0 102
Career Northern Illinois 43 3 0 0 0 2 0 48 0 0 0 0 288

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

Career leaders since 2000 ▪ Tackles, passes defended, and forced fumbles since 2005

Rush Attempts

2000 MAC 200 (6th)
2002 NCAA 338 (2nd)
2002 MAC 338 (1st)
2003 NCAA 310 (6th)
2003 MAC 310 (2nd)
Career NCAA* 940 (6th)
Career MAC* 940 (1st)

Rushing Yards

2000 MAC 983 (7th)
2002 NCAA 1915 (2nd)
2002 MAC 1915 (1st)
2003 NCAA 1648 (5th)
2003 MAC 1648 (1st)
Career NCAA* 4941 (9th)
Career MAC* 4941 (2nd)

Rushing Yards Per Attempt

2002 MAC 5.7 (5th)
2003 MAC 5.3 (5th)
Career MAC* 5.3 (12th)

Rushing Touchdowns

2000 MAC 7 (8th)
2002 NCAA 19 (7th)
2002 MAC 19 (2nd)
2003 MAC 14 (2nd)
Career MAC* 43 (6th)

Plays From Scrimmage

2000 MAC 204 (7th)
2002 NCAA 348 (4th)
2002 MAC 348 (2nd)
2003 NCAA 329 (7th)
2003 MAC 329 (2nd)
Career NCAA* 983 (9th)
Career MAC* 983 (2nd)

Yards From Scrimmage

2000 MAC 1028 (7th)
2002 NCAA 2015 (4th)
2002 MAC 2015 (1st)
2003 NCAA 1878 (5th)
2003 MAC 1878 (1st)
Career NCAA* 5392 (10th)
Career MAC* 5392 (2nd)

Touchdowns From Scrimmage

2002 NCAA 19 (7th)
2002 MAC 19 (2nd)
2003 MAC 17 (2nd)
Career MAC* 46 (8th)

Touchdowns

2002 NCAA 20 (7th)
2002 MAC 20 (2nd)
2003 MAC 17 (2nd)
Career MAC* 48 (5th)

Points

2002 NCAA 120 (9th)
2002 MAC 120 (2nd)
2003 MAC 102 (4th)
Career MAC* 288 (14th)

Kickoff Return Yards

2001 MAC 319 (9th)

Kickoff Return Touchdowns

2001 NCAA 1 (5th)
2001 MAC 1 (2nd)
2002 NCAA 1 (7th)
2002 MAC 1 (2nd)
Career MAC* 2 (3rd)