Sam Houston vs. Liberty (Oct 8, 2026)

Passing Matchup

Landyn Locke

SHSU QB #8

Deshawn Purdie

LIB QB #5

973

Pass Yds

563

9

Pass TD

5

1

Int

0

Rushing Matchup

Alton McCaskill

SHSU RB #22

Kam Davis

LIB RB #4

140

Rush Yds

144

4.0

Yds/Rush

5.0

1

Rush TD

1

Receiving Matchup

Chris Reed

SHSU WR #2

Makai Jackson

LIB WR #2

9

Rec

9

204

Rec Yds

230

2

Rec TD

3

SHSU

Team Stats

LIB

32.3

PPG

29.3

15.7

Opp PPG

19.3

1,363

Total Yds

1,160

1,037

Pass Yds

664

326

Rush Yds

496

2026 Conference USA

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Liberty	2	1	.667
3	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
4	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
5	Florida International	1	2	.333
6	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
7	Missouri State	1	2	.333
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

SHSU

Last 5

LIB

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 19

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 12

Sat, Sep 5

Sat, Sep 5

Game Info

October 8, 2026

ESPNU

Williams Stadium (VA)

Lynchburg, Virginia

Team Leaders

PASS

973

Locke

RUSH

140

McCaskill

REC

204

Reed

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Landyn Locke L. Locke	3	73	108	67.6	36.0	973	9.0	324.3	9	1	168.9	8.3	0.9	94	9	78
	Brett Holloway B. Holloway	2	3	4	75.0	2.0	64	16.0	32.0	1	0	291.9	25.0	0.0	61	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Alton McCaskill A. McCaskill	3	35	11.7	140	4.0	46.7	1	24	42	151
Coco Brown C. Brown	3	15	5.0	61	4.1	20.3	1	14	23	121
Brett Holloway B. Holloway	2	9	4.5	57	6.3	28.5	1	14	9	57
Jerrian Parker Jr. J. Parker Jr.	3	6	2.0	52	8.7	17.3	0	18	10	158
Kaden Winkfield K. Winkfield	1	5	5.0	21	4.2	21.0	0	9	5	21
Ah'Marion Gaines-Smith A. Gaines-Smith	1	3	3.0	21	7.0	21.0	0	14	3	21
MJ Dowdy	2	3	1.5	15	5.0	7.5	0	11	3	15
Landyn Locke L. Locke	3	19	6.3	-36	-1.9	-12.0	0	13	19	-36

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chris Reed C. Reed	3	9	18	3.0	204	22.7	68.0	2	53	9	204
Grady O'Neill G. O'Neill	3	17	20	5.7	192	11.3	64.0	2	37	17	192
Tim Burns Jr. T. Burns Jr.	3	5	9	1.7	128	25.6	42.7	1	65	5	128
Kamari Maxwell K. Maxwell	3	4	4	1.3	124	31.0	41.3	1	48	4	124
Jerrian Parker Jr. J. Parker Jr.	3	4	6	1.3	106	26.5	35.3	1	94	10	158
Kyan Berry-Johnson K. Berry-Johnson	3	6	6	2.0	95	15.8	31.7	1	61	6	95
Darrick Bledsoe III D. Bledsoe III	3	8	10	2.7	62	7.8	20.7	2	14	8	62
Coco Brown C. Brown	3	8	8	2.7	60	7.5	20.0	0	15	23	121
Max Whisner M. Whisner	3	6	7	2.0	47	7.8	15.7	0	15	6	47
Alton McCaskill A. McCaskill	3	7	11	2.3	11	1.6	3.7	0	5	42	151
Matt Smith M. Smith	3	1	3	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	5	1	5
Aviyon Smith-Mack A. Smith-Mack	3	1	1	0.3	3	3.0	1.0	0	3	1	3

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Dean Ford D. Ford	3	5	10	15	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brian Bates Jr. B. Bates Jr.	3	7	7	14	3	1.0	0	0	0		0
Brody Henderson B. Henderson	3	7	7	14	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Railyn Adams R. Adams	3	5	7	12	0	0.0	1	1	22	22	22
Caesar Magee C. Magee	3	6	4	10	0	0.0	1	0	0		0
Mike King Jr. M. King Jr.	3	5	4	9	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Jace Arnold J. Arnold	3	4	5	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dravon Wilson D. Wilson	3	5	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ishmel Atkins I. Atkins	3	4	4	8	0	0.0	3	0	0		0
Tyler Bailey T. Bailey	3	4	4	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dylan Frazier D. Frazier	3	3	5	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Cottrell J. Cottrell	3	4	3	7	0	0.0	1	0	0		0
Elijah Groves E. Groves	3	3	3	6	1	2.5	0	0	0		0
Jalyn Stanford J. Stanford	3	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Josh Alexander-Felton J. Alexander-Felton	3	3	2	5	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Terrell J. Terrell	3	3	2	5	1	1.0	1	0	0		0
Cameron Franklin C. Franklin	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Chauncey Chidi C. Chidi	1	1	3	4	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Caius Coy C. Coy	3	3	0	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ca'lub Holloway C. Holloway	3	3	0	3	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Darien Jackson D. Jackson	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jarra Anderson J. Anderson	2	1	2	3	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Tokyo Gordon T. Gordon	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
She'Fon Boyd S. Boyd	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Zion Taylor Z. Taylor	3	2	0	2	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Stacy Bey S. Bey	1	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Lyric Smith L. Smith	3	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Evan Odom E. Odom	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Braylen Wortham B. Wortham	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Cole Worthington C. Worthington	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Joseph Opara J. Opara	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Chris Reed C. Reed	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Team Leaders

PASS

563

Purdie

RUSH

144

Davis

REC

230

Jackson

	Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
	Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie	3	36	64	56.3	21.3	563	8.8	187.7	5	0	155.9	7.8	0.0	65	6	43
	Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson	3	5	8	62.5	2.7	101	12.6	33.7	2	0	251.1	25.0	0.0	54	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kam Davis K. Davis	3	29	9.7	144	5.0	48.0	1	26	30	146
Peyton Jones P. Jones	3	31	10.3	136	4.4	45.3	0	20	32	136
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman	3	10	3.3	80	8.0	26.7	1	20	13	117
Terron Kellman T. Kellman	2	9	4.5	78	8.7	39.0	0	43	10	99
Kanye Udoh K. Udoh	2	6	3.0	36	6.0	18.0	0	15	6	36
Jaylen Henderson J. Henderson	3	8	2.7	24	3.0	8.0	0	11	8	24
Jachin Davis J. Davis	1	2	2.0	15	7.5	15.0	0	14	2	15
Deshawn Purdie D. Purdie	3	19	6.3	14	0.7	4.7	0	10	19	14
Ethan Vasko E. Vasko	2	2	1.0	6	3.0	3.0	1	4	2	6
Darius Copeland D. Copeland	3	1	0.3	4	4.0	1.3	0	4	6	101
Jaylin Belford J. Belford	2	2	1.0	1	0.5	0.5	1	1	2	1
Bryce Randolph B. Randolph	3	1	0.3	-9	-9.0	-3.0	0	0	5	46

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Makai Jackson M. Jackson	3	9	15	3.0	230	25.6	76.7	3	65	9	230
Darius Copeland D. Copeland	3	5	10	1.7	97	19.4	32.3	1	54	6	101
Jamari Person J. Person	3	7	10	2.3	90	12.9	30.0	2	33	7	90
Zeke Wimbush Z. Wimbush	3	5	6	1.7	71	14.2	23.7	0	26	5	71
Bryce Randolph B. Randolph	3	4	6	1.3	55	13.8	18.3	0	21	5	46
LaKelsey Johnson Jr. L. Johnson Jr.	2	3	4	1.5	52	17.3	26.0	0	37	3	52
Jaylon Coleman J. Coleman	3	3	6	1.0	37	12.3	12.3	0	23	13	117
Terron Kellman T. Kellman	2	1	1	0.5	21	21.0	10.5	1	21	10	99
Caleb Ryan C. Ryan	2	2	2	1.0	9	4.5	4.5	0	7	2	9
Kam Davis K. Davis	3	1	3	0.3	2	2.0	0.7	0	2	30	146
Peyton Jones P. Jones	3	1	3	0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	32	136

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Derrell Farrar D. Farrar	3	10	5	15	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
D-Icey Hopkins D. Hopkins	3	11	2	13	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Nathan Pirolli N. Pirolli	3	5	7	12	1	0.5	0	0	0		0
Jiquavious Marshall J. Marshall	3	8	3	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jeremiah Vessel J. Vessel	3	8	2	10	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Deuce Spurlock D. Spurlock	3	6	3	9	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
Brenton Williams B. Williams	3	6	3	9	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Aidan Vaughan A. Vaughan	3	5	3	8	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Hopkins E. Hopkins	3	6	0	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton McShane A. McShane	3	5	1	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ronald Moore Jr. R. Moore Jr.	3	4	2	6	0	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Dillano Glaud D. Glaud	3	4	1	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton Whitner A. Whitner	3	4	1	5	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Michael Floyde M. Floyde	3	3	2	5	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
Lorenzo Payne L. Payne	3	3	1	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Davis J. Davis	3	2	2	4	0	0.0	1	1	21	21	21
Markus Clark M. Clark	3	0	4	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Mike Jarvis M. Jarvis	3	2	1	3	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Micah Pollard M. Pollard	3	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ethan Crisp E. Crisp	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kyle Ferm K. Ferm	3	1	2	3	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kam Cullins K. Cullins	3	0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Izaiah Guy I. Guy	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Whaley J. Whaley	3	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Tyrell Gainey T. Gainey	1	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Macaiden Brown M. Brown	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Samuel Cohen S. Cohen	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Myke Gunn M. Gunn	3	1	0	1	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Terron Kellman T. Kellman	2	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Xavier Reid X. Reid	1	1	0	1	1	1.0	0	0	0		0
Joe Strickland J. Strickland	3	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Rashawn Cunningham R. Cunningham	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jeffrey Hairston Jr. J. Hairston Jr.	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Henry Hicks H. Hicks	1	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jamal Miles J. Miles	3	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Clayton Shepler C. Shepler	2	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

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