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Northern Illinois University wide receivers: the 2027 room.

Who's leaving, how much production comes back, and how open the room looks for a transfer. Rebuilt every night from public roster and stats pages.

Updated Oct 30, 2026

70%of production projected to return
3 of 14wide receivers projected to leave
0incoming signees and transfers
37/100opening scoreprojection

The short version

3 of the 14 wide receivers on the 2026 roster project to leave before 2027.

The wide receivers projected to return produced 70% of last season's production at the position.

Its opening score of 37 ranks 4th of 10 Mountain West wide receiver rooms.

No incoming signees or committed transfers are on record yet.

The room by class

Class (2026)Projected to leaveShare of last season's production
FR010%
SO044%
JR011%
SR236%

Classes with fewer than 3 wide receivers aren't shown. Counts are rounded per class, so they may not add up to 3.

How open is it?

The opening score runs from 0 (no room) to 100 (wide open). 60% of it is the share of last season's wide receiver production that's projected to leave. 40% is how many starting spots aren't already held by returning starters or proven incoming transfers.

Wide receivers here: 30% of production projected to leave, 0 incoming. Score: 37/100. It's a projection from public data, not a depth chart.

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Other Mountain West wide receiver rooms

SchoolProjected to leaveProduction returningOpening score
University of Nevada, Reno5 of 1545%55
University of Wyoming3 of 1358%45
University of Texas at El Paso2 of 1466%40
North Dakota State University7 of 1961%37
University of New Mexico6 of 1570%31
United States Air Force Academy3 of 1473%28
University of Hawaii at Manoa5 of 1773%27
University of Nevada, Las Vegas6 of 1879%16
San Jose State University2 of 1584%13