Liberty vs. UTEP (Oct 8, 2025)

Passing Matchup

Ethan Vasko

LIB QB #15

Malachi Nelson

UTEP QB #7

763

Pass Yds

1,069

6

Pass TD

8

3

Int

5

Rushing Matchup

Evan Dickens

LIB RB #23

Hahsaun Wilson

UTEP RB #14

311

Rush Yds

177

5.7

Yds/Rush

7.4

2

Rush TD

1

Receiving Matchup

Donte Lee Jr.

LIB WR #9

Kenny Odom

UTEP WR #6

9

Rec

19

208

Rec Yds

236

3

Rec TD

2

LIB

Team Stats

UTEP

19.5

PPG

23.3

23.8

Opp PPG

25.8

1,504

Total Yds

1,457

801

Pass Yds

1,077

703

Rush Yds

380

2025 Conference USA

Team	W	L	PCT
Delaware	3	1	.750
Louisiana Tech	3	1	.750
Western Kentucky	3	1	.750
Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
Kennesaw State	2	2	.500
Missouri State	2	2	.500
Middle Tennessee	1	3	.250
UTEP	1	3	.250
New Mexico State	2	1	.667
FIU	2	2	.500
Liberty	1	3	.250
Sam Houston	0	4	.000

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Game Info

October 8, 2025

Sun Bowl

El Paso, Texas

Team Leaders

PASS

763

Vasko

RUSH

311

Dickens

REC

208

Lee

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko	4	55	96	57.3	24.0	763	7.9	190.8	6	3	138.4	6.3	3.1	72	9	50
Michael Merdinger M. Merdinger	2	2	7	28.6	3.5	21	3.0	10.5	0	0	53.8	0.0	0.0	12	1	5
Ethan Houck E. Houck	1	1	5	20.0	5.0	17	3.4	17.0	0	0	48.6	0.0	0.0	17	1	9

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Evan Dickens E. Dickens	4	55	13.8	311	5.7	77.8	2	52	59	370
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko	4	51	12.8	142	2.8	35.5	2	24	51	149
Caden Williams C. Williams	4	24	6.0	118	4.9	29.5	0	25	24	118
Julian Gray J. Gray	4	12	3.0	72	6.0	18.0	0	13	20	166
Vaughn Blue V. Blue	3	7	2.3	30	4.3	10.0	0	15	7	30
Michael Merdinger M. Merdinger	2	4	2.0	18	4.5	9.0	0	11	4	18
Ethan Houck E. Houck	1	4	4.0	13	3.3	13.0	0	12	4	13

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Reese Smith R. Smith	4	12	16	3.0	118	9.8	29.5	1	18	12	118
Jamari Person J. Person	4	11	20	2.8	135	12.3	33.8	0	20	11	135
Donte Lee Jr. D. Lee Jr.	4	9	14	2.3	208	23.1	52.0	3	62	9	208
Julian Gray J. Gray	4	8	11	2.0	94	11.8	23.5	1	72	20	166
Casey Cain C. Cain	4	5	12	1.3	67	13.4	16.8	0	17	5	67
Evan Dickens E. Dickens	4	4	4	1.0	59	14.8	14.8	1	24	59	370
Jacob Jenkins J. Jenkins	4	4	7	1.0	42	10.5	10.5	0	17	4	42
Elijah Canion E. Canion	4	3	7	0.8	43	14.3	10.8	0	22	3	43
Austin Henderson A. Henderson	4	2	6	0.5	31	15.5	7.8	0	26	2	31
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko	4	0	0	0.0	7		1.8	0	7	51	149
Darius Copeland D. Copeland	2	0	0	0.0	-3		-1.5	0	0	0	-3

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	AVG
CJ Bazile Jr.	3	4	6	10	1	1.5	0	0
Joseph Carter J. Carter	4	4	6	10	1	0.0	0	0
Brylan Green B. Green	4	7	1	8	1	0.0	1	1	0
Derrell Farrar D. Farrar	4	5	3	8	1	1.0	0	0
Brenton Williams B. Williams	4	3	5	8	1	1.0	0	0
Aidan Vaughan A. Vaughan	4	2	6	8	0	0.0	0	0
Bryce Dixon B. Dixon	4	4	3	7	0	0.0	0	0
A'Khori Jones A. Jones	3	6	0	6	0	0.0	0	0
Christian Bodnar C. Bodnar	4	5	1	6	0	0.0	0	0
Amarian Williams A. Williams	3	5	1	6	0	0.0	1	1	0
Elijah Auguste E. Auguste	4	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	0
Nathan Pirolli N. Pirolli	4	1	4	5	0	0.0	0	0
Damond Harmon D. Harmon	4	2	2	4	0	0.5	0	0
Deuce Spurlock D. Spurlock	4	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0
Jamal Miles J. Miles	4	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0
Jiquavious Marshall J. Marshall	4	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Markus Clark M. Clark	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Donovan Dozier D. Dozier	4	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Dillano Glaud D. Glaud	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Eldric Griffin E. Griffin	4	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bryson Jennings B. Jennings	3	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Jalon Rock J. Rock	4	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0
Samuel Cohen S. Cohen	3	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Aaron Hester A. Hester	4	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Jarvis M. Jarvis	4	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Erwil Anthony Jr. E. Anthony Jr.	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Ethan Crisp E. Crisp	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0
Devin Henderson D. Henderson	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
DJ Jackson	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0
Micah Pollard M. Pollard	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0

Team Leaders

PASS

1,069

Nelson

RUSH

177

Wilson

REC

236

Odom

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Malachi Nelson M. Nelson	4	82	142	57.7	35.5	1,069	7.5	267.3	8	5	132.5	5.6	3.5	74	8	47
Shay Smith S. Smith	4	2	6	33.3	1.5	8	1.3	2.0	0	0	44.5	0.0	0.0	5	0	0
Skyler Locklear S. Locklear	1	1	3	33.3	3.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	33.3	0.0	0.0	0	2	26

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ashten Emory A. Emory	4	33	8.3	91	2.8	22.8	2	12	40	132
Hahsaun Wilson H. Wilson	4	24	6.0	177	7.4	44.3	1	94	26	203
Malachi Nelson M. Nelson	4	17	4.3	-18	-1.1	-4.5	0	5	17	-18
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	2	16	8.0	36	2.3	18.0	0	17	20	62
Shay Smith S. Smith	4	6	1.5	16	2.7	4.0	1	8	6	16
Marquez Taylor M. Taylor	2	5	2.5	19	3.8	9.5	0	10	6	23
Skyler Locklear S. Locklear	1	3	3.0	37	12.3	37.0	0	63	3	37
Kenny Odom K. Odom	3	2	0.7	16	8.0	5.3	0	10	21	252
Trevon Tate T. Tate	4	2	0.5	-4	-2.0	-1.0	0	0	17	196
Josh Bell J. Bell	1	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4	1	4
Eric Willis III E. Willis III	4	1	0.3	4	4.0	1.0	0	4	12	109
Garrett Hawkins G. Hawkins	3	1	0.3	2	2.0	0.7	0	2	1	2

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kenny Odom K. Odom	3	19	29	6.3	236	12.4	78.7	2	74	21	252
Trevon Tate T. Tate	4	15	19	3.8	200	13.3	50.0	1	73	17	196
Toric Goins Jr. T. Goins Jr.	4	11	22	2.8	192	17.5	48.0	1	49	11	192
Eric Willis III E. Willis III	4	11	22	2.8	105	9.5	26.3	0	32	12	109
Ashten Emory A. Emory	4	7	9	1.8	41	5.9	10.3	2	12	40	132
Wondame Davis Jr. W. Davis Jr.	3	6	12	2.0	119	19.8	39.7	2	44	6	119
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	2	4	5	2.0	26	6.5	13.0	0	13	20	62
Jaylan Brown J. Brown	4	3	8	0.8	37	12.3	9.3	0	20	3	37
Marcus Torres M. Torres	4	3	6	0.8	20	6.7	5.0	0	8	3	20
Judah Ezinwa J. Ezinwa	4	2	8	0.5	64	32.0	16.0	0	33	2	64
Hahsaun Wilson H. Wilson	4	2	3	0.5	26	13.0	6.5	0	24	26	203
Mason Ferguson M. Ferguson	3	1	3	0.3	7	7.0	2.3	0	7	1	7
Marquez Taylor M. Taylor	2	1	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0	4	6	23

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Micah Davey M. Davey	4	15	16	31	0	1.0	0	0	0		0
Udoka Ezeani U. Ezeani	4	13	5	18	5	2.0	0	0	0		0
Joshua Rudolph J. Rudolph	3	9	8	17	1	0.5	0	0	0		0
Neil Campbell N. Campbell	4	9	6	15	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Content J. Content	4	6	9	15	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
KD Johnson	4	3	12	15	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Wilson J. Wilson	4	9	5	14	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Solo Barnes S. Barnes	4	6	7	13	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Garrett Hawkins G. Hawkins	3	5	6	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Donte Thompson D. Thompson	4	4	7	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Baldwin E. Baldwin	4	4	6	10	2	1.5	0	0	0		0
Xavier Smith X. Smith	4	2	8	10	0	0.0	1	1	5	5	5
Ashaad Hall A. Hall	4	3	5	8	1	2.0	0	0	0		0
Shakaun Bowser S. Bowser	4	3	4	7	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Lantz Russell L. Russell	4	5	1	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton Coker A. Coker	4	2	4	6	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Stratton Shufelt S. Shufelt	4	2	4	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Cole Gustafson C. Gustafson	3	1	4	5	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Marcell Blocker M. Blocker	2	4	0	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kode Lowe K. Lowe	3	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Allen Gant A. Gant	2	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Josh Hancock J. Hancock	4	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Yessman Green Y. Green	3	1	1	2	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
David Wilson D. Wilson	2	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Tyler Scott T. Scott	4	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Judah Ezinwa J. Ezinwa	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jaime Guerrero J. Guerrero	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Nik Henry N. Henry	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Alex Szczesniak A. Szczesniak	4	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ekow Taylor E. Taylor	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
TJ Tillman	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Will Weber W. Weber	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashten Emory A. Emory	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Tyler Jones T. Jones	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0