Thomas Hammock
@NIUCoachHammock
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Head Coach & Alum of @NIU_Football MAC Champions 🏆 | ‘83 ‘11 ‘12 ‘14 ‘18 ‘21 | 2023 Camellia Bowl Champions 🌺 | Highest Team GPA in Program History 📚
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One of the best stats a coach can hear…SO PROUD of our guys earning the highest GPA in program history!!
#TheHardWay
📚🎓🤘🏽🐾
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Due to NCAA rules I’m not allowed to comment on specific recruits- even from the class of ‘14. I would like to state that all of our offers are committable & come personally from me. People pull offers every day, we’re not in that business. Honesty is a policy. Man he got me.😂🤣
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Representing
@NIU_Football
at the National Championship. Never say never. Was also able to help my dad cross something off of his bucket list.
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Class of 2021 the talent gap between a player with zero offers and 20 (twitter) offers is smaller than ever. Send me your film and I will watch a bunch tomorrow. Stay motivated your time is coming.
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Watching the 24 class this week drop your film below. I enjoy the process of building the board.
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Heading back home Champions. 2024 will be a special year this gives us great momentum heading into to the offseason l.
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Looking for 1 difference maker today to join the family.
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Proud of this group of men. Not the finish that we wanted but we beat the odds all year. We will reset, refocus and start the climb all over again. Thanks to the seniors that bought the DIP!!! You will forever be called champions.
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We recruit walk-ons no different that scholarship players. We trust our own 👀. Recruiting rankings don’t measure heart, toughness, discipline, focus and determination. If you earn it, we will reward you at
@NIU_Football
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The office was electric when this pick was a made. A memory I will never forget!!!
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That time of year when a hand written note goes a long way. It just means a little more. We still recruit the right way at
@NIU_Football
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Good defensive line group yesterday. I’m watching LB’s today drop your film.
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I want to apologize in advance because I don’t have my assistant coaches throw out fake overs. I will make more calls this week. When you hear from me you know it’s a committable offer. I love the way our board is coming together.
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Watching offensive skills players today Wr’s, RB’s & TE’s. Drop your film. Been a very productive week and I look forward to making a bunch of offers at our Junior days.
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Recruiting = Relationships
This time of year there are all kinds of players available. Find a place that can help you develop as a person and a player.
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Every young man that gets an offer from NIU will receive that call from me. That’s important for you to understand it’s real. It’s also important for me to build a relationship with every young man that comes into our program. This will be another great class.
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I know class of 2022 you guys are excited but I will not be making any calls at midnight. Recruiting is a marathon not a sprint. I have 14 months to get to know you.
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With our summer camp canceled and the foundation in place for the class of
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I am ready to start evaluating the 2022 class. Send me your film.
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What a great way to start the day off with. This 25 class is in 🔥🔥🔥
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That was for you Granddad. You believed in me from the very beginning. I felt your presence today.
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All that I am is because of my parents. They raised me
#TheHardWay
. Appreciate all their love and support.
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I’m going to apologize in advance to the class of 2022. We believe in building strong relationships 1st because we only offer committable offers.
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Great TEAM win. Proud of the players and the staff. There was no flinch or panic just a bunch of men working together to find a way.
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When you have a QB that loves to compete you always have a chance.
@rocky_lombardi
is what makes college football great. This guy wants to make his last year his best.
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Watching Defensive Lineman today. Drop your film. I was impressed with the QB group yesterday especially in the Midwest .
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Coaches - We want to offer you
Me - Can I commit right now?
Coaches - .....Um
Class of 2021 make sure your asking US the tough questions!!!
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Class of 2025 Pay close attention to this recruiting cycle. This time of year the focus have shifted to portal recruiting. The great thing g about us at NIU our foundation starts with you guys.
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I will be watching Offensive Lineman the next couple days feel free to drop your film. Film evaluation is the start for this position but our big man camp is a great evaluation too as well.
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Evaluate ✅
Build Relationships/Recruit ✅
Offer ✅
Accept Commitment✅
This is our Process at NIU, we want players that want to be a part of
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Now that the evaluations are done it’s time to start writing personal notes. IT JUST MEANS MORE!!!
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The landscape of recruiting is dramatically changing. You now have to compete against high school and college players for scholarships. We prefer the high school model at NIU. All of our offers are committable. Make sure to ask the right questions in this process.
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Since I arrived at NIU in 2019, 21 walk-on players have earned scholarships, including 19 players on the 2022 roster and eight – fully one third – of the Huskies starters on offense, defense or special teams. Of those 19, 15 are from the state of Illinois.
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Back to work. On to Wyoming. Need to have a great home field advantage next weekend. Our players are looking forward to your support.
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Looking for dominate competitors with grades to finish our class. Drop your film. I love evaluating tape. I have found some hidden gems from these links.
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We continue to thoroughly evaluate this class. We have added great players to our team because they played great as seniors. Send us your film.
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Sometimes you just need to show the young guys how to do it. 290x4 no warm up 😎
#STRAIN
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The great thing is we believe in our process of recruiting. Evaluations and relationships are the most important thing to our staff. We are always looking for players that embrace
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We still adding pieces. Love the way it’s coming together.
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At NIU we don’t consider text and Twitter conversations. We want to get to know you better by talking to you. Relationships that last are built on verbal communication.
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Rolling into the 2022 recruiting class with our 2nd commit🔥
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If you’re going to put a list like this base it on facts.
@MonteeBall28
scored 83 career touchdowns and had 39 in one season.
@Melvingordon25
had 2500+ yards in a single season. There are not 10 guys in college football that were better than these 2 since 2000.
Best RBs in College Football since 2000
1 Reggie Bush (USC)
2 Ezekiel Elliott (OSU)
3 Saquon Barkley (PSU)
4 Derrick Henry (Alabama)
5 Adrian Peterson (OU)
6 Leonard Fournette (LSU)
7 Dalvin Cook (FSU)
8 Jonathan Taylor (Wisco)
9 Darren McFadden (Ark)
10 Royce Freeman (Oregon)
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The fact that the portal is spinning out of control as this class gets close to signing day is unfortunate. At NIU we will continue to look at high school players 1st to add to our team. We have a few spots left for dominant competitors.
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This is exactly why I called a timeout near the end of our game and told our team to celebrate with our band. Time to revisit shaking hands at the end of a game. I learned my lesson earlier in the year.
eastern michigan players starting a fight after losing to south alabama 59-10 in the 68 ventures bowl …
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Let’s go
@NIU_Football
we won a championship on the field. Let’s be champions in the classroom and dominate your finals this week.
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Special moment this morning talking to
@lil20mil
and his mother. Young man came into our program just looking for an opportunity. He has exceeded our expectations and will be on scholarship next year. We Recruit Our Team.
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“A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life.”
Getting
@NIU_Football
back to Detroit is our goal. Helping our young men grow to their potential is my job. If you learn
#TheHardWay
as a Huskie, you’ll have this Pack forever.
#JustTheBeginning
#BeatBallState
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This class is on 🔥🔥🔥 we will reach double digits soon. Don’t miss your opportunity to be a difference maker for the Huskies!!!
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Class of 2022 Road trip tomorrow looking to catch up on some recruiting film. Looking to evaluate 3 positions
QB
RB
TE
Send me your updated senior film.
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It would be much easier to offer non-committable offers. That’s not how we operate.
“Say what you mean, mean what you say.”
We are committed to our process. We trust our own 👀!!!
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Tremendous game what a finish to the 2021 football season. The Huskies will be on the hunt in 2022.
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2020 2nd youngest roster in College Football 0-6
2021 2nd youngest roster in College Football 6-2
Culture✅
Evaluation✅
Recruiting✅
Development✅
We build men both on and off the field at NIU
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Another great group coming this weekend. This group is even bigger. Excited to see the players and their families.
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Thank you
@Cubs
for an amazing experience. So proud to be back at
@NIUlive
and representing
@NIUAthletics
@NIU_Football
@niu_alumni
GO HUSKIES!!!
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I can still remember when I asked you to make the switch from LB to FB 😂. Took some convincing but it looks like you made the right decision.
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Tremendous honor for our football team and staff. Humbled and thankful to be the leader of this team.
🏈 MAC Football Coach of the Year 🏈
NIU’s
@NIUCoachHammock
has been named the 2021 MAC Football Coach of the Year!
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Our board is being thoroughly evaluated. A year from now there will be great players signing on this day. We want to leave no stone unturned. Send us your film.
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I am fully ready to give you my undivided attention. There was some tremendous 💎 left in the 2022 class that we had to keep 🤫 and get to signing day. The competition in our program is real. If you consider a dominant competitor send your film to be evaluated.
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Evaluated a lot of good players on film last week. Look for your letter in the mail. It just means more!!!
#NIU2K21
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Another championship group of juniors will be on campus tomorrow. Looking for a full class of high school student athletes.
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What a pleasant surprise when I returned back to my office. Now it’s time to move forward for the 2024 season. Big things are in store.
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We are always looking for dominant competitors. It’s a great day to be Huskie!!!
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