From the April 29th Chicago Tribune by Fred Mitchell.
Former Northern Illinois University quarterback Chandler Harnish expected to be drafted somewhere between the 5th and 7th rounds in this past week's NFL draft. Little did he know that he would have the distinction of being the 253rd choice, meaning THE VERY LAST CHOICE TAKEN!! Being drafted very last earns Harnish the dubious honor of being "Mr. Irrelevant."
He finished his collegiate career as the Mid-American Conferences MVP and set 30 NIU records for passing, total offense and rushing. His 11,297 total yards ranks third all-time in the MAC behind Byron Leftwich of Marshall and Dan LeFevour of Central Michigan. The Chicago Bears drafted LeFevour in the sixth round of the 2010 draft, but he never played a regular-season game for them.
To make matters worse, the Indianapolis Colts, who drafted him had the very first draft choice and chose Stanford's quarterback Andrew Luck, heir-apparent of departed Peyton Manning. It is highly unlikely that Harnish will get much of a chance to play unless there are injuries.
Well, at least the Bears didn't draft him as dear old Lovie has no intention of playing an ex-NIU player after seeing what he did with rusher Garrett Wolfe.
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