Bowers makes early impact with Huskies

Senior quarterback Ross Bowers looks for an open receiver against University of Utah Saturday at Rice Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City.DeKALB — Senior quarterback Ross Bowers is glad to be a part of something again.

The Huskie quarterback didn’t always feel that way last year. After starting all 12 games at the University of California-Berkeley in 2017, Bowers began the 2018 season as the Golden Bears’ starter. However, in the 2018 opener against the University of North Carolina, Bowers was benched to start the second half and never played another down for the Golden Bears.

After announcing his intention to transfer to NIU last spring, Bowers arrived to summer camp and won a battle with…