Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
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| Wk 5 | L 17-24@ NC State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
John Champe
Last confirmed: Northern Illinois, 2024. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′4″ · 321 lb · Brookfield, WI · Brookfield East
John Champe: OL · Northern Illinois · #76.
John Champe
Second year in the Northern Illinois offensive line. In 2024 he earned his first career honor: All-MAC.
News and fans
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
Northern Illinois in the news
Where to follow him
Game log
Signature game
2024 snapshot
Season context: team record and system
2 seasons under Thomas Hammock, all run-leaning offenses — 11-14 over that span.
2022Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning
Awards
A three-star recruit at offensive line for Northern Illinois -- now playing at an All-Conference level.
Offensive line play doesn't show up in a box score. Here's what actually tells you whether he's good.
DevelopingThree-star HS recruitAll-MAC (2024)
The unit he anchors ranks 45th nationally in line yards this season. See the full unit breakdown →
Northern Illinois has produced 6 All-Conference offensive linemen. 1 has gone on to the NFL Draft since 2019. Max Scharping went on to the NFL out of this room (2019).
Five seasons at Northern Illinois
- 2024 Northern Illinois HammockYear 5 · 1 gameAll-conference
- 2023 Northern Illinois HammockYear 4 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2022 Northern Illinois HammockYear 3 · 1 game
- 2021 Northern Illinois HammockYear 2 · on the roster, no stat line
- 2020 Northern Illinois HammockYear 1 · on the roster, no stat line
- Before collegeSigned with Northern Illinois in 2020 as a 3-star recruit, No. 2,990 in the country.
His moves
- Signed with Northern Illinois in the 2020 class, a 3-star recruit.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois — his college career is complete.
His career
2020
- Signed with Northern Illinois3-star out of Brookfield East
2024
- All-MACsecond
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC · 2ND TEAM
All-MAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
1 coach2020–2024
Northern Illinois
Played his entire career under Thomas Hammock.