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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Jordan Lynch on all | ||||||
4 | of his accomplishments at Northern Illinois University, | ||||||
5 | including his 3rd place finish in the vote for the 2013 Heisman | ||||||
6 | Trophy; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch attended high school at Mt. Carmel in | ||||||
8 | Chicago, where he earned all-conference honors twice while | ||||||
9 | leading his team to 2 Class 8A semifinal appearances; and
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10 | WHEREAS, During the 2010 and 2011 football seasons, Jordan | ||||||
11 | Lynch served as the back-up quarterback behind Chandler | ||||||
12 | Harnish; during those seasons, he completed 19 of 26 passes for | ||||||
13 | 179 yards and 2 touchdowns; he also rushed for 608 yards on 76 | ||||||
14 | carries with 6 touchdowns; and
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15 | WHEREAS, In 2012, his first year as a starter, Jordan Lynch | ||||||
16 | broke 4 NCAA, 2 Mid-American Conference, and 14 Northern | ||||||
17 | Illinois University records en route to earning All-American | ||||||
18 | honors as an all-purpose player from the Associated Press; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch finished seventh place in the 2012 | ||||||
20 | Heisman Trophy voting; he also won the Vern Smith Leadership as | ||||||
21 | MAC Most Valuable Player, was named MAC Offensive Player of the |
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1 | Year, and was a consensus first team All-MAC selection; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch would lead the 2012 Huskies to a 12-2 | ||||||
3 | record, including a 12-game winning streak, a Mid-American | ||||||
4 | Conference Championship, and an invitation to the Orange Bowl, | ||||||
5 | the first Bowl Championship Series berth ever earned by a MAC | ||||||
6 | team; and
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7 | WHEREAS, During Jordan Lynch's senior year in 2013, he | ||||||
8 | continued his record-breaking performances; he was named MAC | ||||||
9 | West Offensive Player of the Week a school-record 8 times and | ||||||
10 | broke the NCAA record for most rushing yards in a game by a | ||||||
11 | quarterback twice, with 316 and 321-yard rushing performances; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch won his second consecutive Vern Smith | ||||||
14 | Leadership award as MAC MVP, his second consecutive MAC | ||||||
15 | Offensive Player of the Year award, and again was named a | ||||||
16 | consensus first team All-MAC selection; he was also honored as | ||||||
17 | a first team All-American by the Associated Press; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch was a top 5 finalist for the Walter | ||||||
19 | Camp Player of the Year, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, | ||||||
20 | and the 2013 Senior CLASS Award, which recognizes seniors who | ||||||
21 | excel in citizenship, leadership and the classroom as well as | ||||||
22 | on the field; he was also one of 10 finalists for the Manning |
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1 | Quarterback Award and a semi-finalist for the Davey O'Brien | ||||||
2 | National Quarterback Award; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch led the 2013 Huskies to a 12-2 | ||||||
4 | record, including a 12-0 undefeated regular season record, a | ||||||
5 | MAC West division title, and an invitation to the Poinsettia | ||||||
6 | Bowl; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch ended his Huskie career by setting | ||||||
8 | NCAA records for most rushing yards by a quarterback in a | ||||||
9 | season, most rushing yards by a quarterback in a single game, | ||||||
10 | most 100-yard rushing games by a quarterback in a season, and | ||||||
11 | most rushing yards per game by a quarterback in a season, while | ||||||
12 | ranking second in the NCAA in rushing yards as a senior; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch set 16 single season, 6 career, and 3 | ||||||
14 | single game records at Northern Illinois University, as well as | ||||||
15 | 8 total NCAA marks over 2 seasons, while becoming the fifth | ||||||
16 | player in FBS history to exceed 4,000 rushing and 6,000 passing | ||||||
17 | yards in their career; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch finished his career with 100 total | ||||||
19 | touchdowns; he is the third-leading rusher in the school's | ||||||
20 | history and has a 24-4 record as a starting quarterback; the | ||||||
21 | Huskies never lost a game at Huskie Stadium during his career; | ||||||
22 | and
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1 | WHEREAS, Jordan Lynch was invited to New York as a finalist | ||||||
2 | for the Heisman Trophy, where he finished third in voting by | ||||||
3 | receiving 40 first place votes and a total of 558 points; he | ||||||
4 | posted the highest finish ever by a Mid-American Conference | ||||||
5 | player; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
7 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
8 | we congratulate Jordan Lynch on his third place finish in the | ||||||
9 | voting for the Heisman Trophy and for all of his | ||||||
10 | accomplishments as quarterback of the Northern Illinois | ||||||
11 | University football team; and be it further
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12 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
13 | presented to Jordan Lynch and Northern Illinois University as a | ||||||
14 | symbol of our recognition of his great achievements.
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