Players Steven Fuller, Richard Dent, and Brian Cabral were a few players among the “Good News Bears,” that posed with the NIU Silverettes and played the opposite of their original position, according to a Northern Star 1986 article.
Fuller, originally team quarterback, had a chance to play defense and reign as the basketball team’s captain.
Dent, All-World defensive end, got a chance to have the ball in his hand and dominate the score board.