UTEP vs. Northern Illinois (Nov 28, 2026)

Passing Matchup

EJ Colson Jr.

UTEP QB #1

Taron Dickens

NIU QB #5

628

Pass Yds

1,364

7

Pass TD

6

3

Int

5

Rushing Matchup

Raymond Moore III

UTEP QB #12

Telly Johnson Jr.

NIU RB #45

414

Rush Yds

502

6.2

Yds/Rush

5.3

2

Rush TD

4

Receiving Matchup

Kam Thomas

UTEP RB #8

DeAree Rogers

NIU WR #1

16

Rec

57

270

Rec Yds

537

1

Rec TD

4

UTEP

Team Stats

NIU

15.1

PPG

15.1

37.3

Opp PPG

38.6

2,004

Total Yds

2,112

1,063

Pass Yds

1,411

941

Rush Yds

701

2026 Mountain West

	Team	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	6	1	.857
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	4	3	.571
4	North Dakota State	6	2	.750
5	Air Force	5	2	.714
6	Nevada	3	4	.429
7	San Jose State	4	4	.500
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000

UTEP

Last 5

NIU

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Sat, Sep 19

Game Info

November 28, 2026

MW+

Brigham Field at Huskie Stadium

DeKalb, Illinois

Team Leaders

PASS

628

Colson

RUSH

414

Moore

REC

270

Thomas

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
EJ Colson Jr.	6	55	83	66.3	13.8	628	7.6	104.7	7	3	150.4	8.4	3.6	83	19	105
Raymond Moore III R. Moore III	7	44	72	61.1	10.3	405	5.6	57.9	2	2	112.0	2.8	2.8	34	16	87
Braesen Leon B. Leon	2	1	1	100.0	0.5	22	22.0	11.0	0	0	284.8	0.0	0.0	22	1	12
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	1	1	100.0	0.1	8	8.0	1.1	0	0	167.2	0.0	0.0	8	0	0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Raymond Moore III R. Moore III	7	67	9.6	414	6.2	59.1	2	86	67	414
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	6	58	9.7	261	4.5	43.5	1	33	67	306
EJ Colson Jr.	6	75	12.5	108	1.4	18.0	1	13	75	108
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	5	19	3.8	70	3.7	14.0	0	10	20	88
Elijah McCoy E. McCoy	6	6	1.0	28	4.7	4.7	0	21	6	28
Chris Hunter C. Hunter	5	6	1.2	23	3.8	4.6	0	8	7	23
Jaden Moore J. Moore	3	10	3.3	20	2.0	6.7	0	5	10	20
Nik Henry N. Henry	5	2	0.4	18	9.0	3.6	1	10	6	68
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	3	0.4	13	4.3	1.9	0	13	31	246
Bodey Weaver B. Weaver	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	0	2	1	2
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	7	5	0.7	-1	-0.2	-0.1	0	8	21	269
Royal Capell R. Capell	6	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0	0	6	45
Braesen Leon B. Leon	2	1	0.5	-12	-12.0	-6.0	0	0	1	-12

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Kam Thomas K. Thomas	7	16	28	2.3	270	16.9	38.6	1	83	21	269
Jaden Smith J. Smith	7	28	37	4.0	233	8.3	33.3	1	28	31	246
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	16	24	2.3	179	11.2	25.6	3	45	16	179
Cash Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	8	12	1.1	111	13.9	15.9	3	23	8	111
Jeremiah Nash J. Nash	7	8	15	1.1	82	10.3	11.7	0	29	8	82
Nik Henry N. Henry	5	4	4	0.8	50	12.5	10.0	0	22	6	68
Royal Capell R. Capell	6	5	8	0.8	48	9.6	8.0	0	14	6	45
Tavorus Jones T. Jones	6	9	10	1.5	45	5.0	7.5	0	16	67	306
Lamar Sperling L. Sperling	5	1	4	0.2	18	18.0	3.6	1	18	20	88
Marcus Torres M. Torres	1	2	2	2.0	10	5.0	10.0	0	6	2	10
Jaylan Brown J. Brown	6	1	6	0.2	6	6.0	1.0	0	6	1	6
Jackson Stoner J. Stoner	5	1	1	0.2	6	6.0	1.2	0	6	1	6
Carmelo Taylor C. Taylor	3	1	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	5	1	5
Chris Hunter C. Hunter	5	1	1	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	7	23

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	LNG
Isaiah Bogerty I. Bogerty	7	14	28	42	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jayden Wilson J. Wilson	7	17	23	40	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Xavier Smith X. Smith	7	18	17	35	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Justin Content J. Content	7	16	14	30	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Garrett Hawkins G. Hawkins	7	8	21	29	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Esteban Guillory E. Guillory	7	16	12	28	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Kode Lowe K. Lowe	7	9	15	24	1	0.0	1	1	17	17	17
Shay Smith S. Smith	7	6	15	21	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah Fields E. Fields	7	7	13	20	1	1.5	0	0	0		0
Donavan Howard D. Howard	7	9	9	18	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Adarius Hutchinson A. Hutchinson	7	6	12	18	2	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kaleb Miles K. Miles	7	10	7	17	0	0.0	1	1	1	1	1
Decorian Thompson D. Thompson	7	10	7	17	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Shakaun Bowser S. Bowser	7	9	8	17	3	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ashton Coker A. Coker	7	2	15	17	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Darnell Williams D. Williams	7	5	7	12	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Royce Wilson R. Wilson	6	5	5	10	0	0.5	0	0	0		0
Derek Burns D. Burns	6	6	3	9	2	1.0	0	0	0		0
LaTristan Thompson L. Thompson	7	6	3	9	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Sterling Miles S. Miles	7	4	5	9	2	3.5	0	0	0		0
Oryend Fisher O. Fisher	6	5	3	8	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Grant Stewart G. Stewart	7	2	5	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Dycin Davis D. Davis	7	2	4	6	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jaime Guerrero J. Guerrero	6	3	2	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Vashon Brunswick II V. Brunswick II	4	2	3	5	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Leander Parrish L. Parrish	7	2	3	5	0	1.5	0	0	0		0
Justin Lee J. Lee	7	2	2	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kane White-Tinsley K. White-Tinsley	6	2	2	4	1	0.0	0	0	0		0
Chace Biddle C. Biddle	2	2	1	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jerrell Brasher J. Brasher	3	1	2	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Elijah McCoy E. McCoy	6	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Kofi Taylor-Barrocks K. Taylor-Barrocks	7	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Jimmy Leon J. Leon	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Colt Matlock C. Matlock	1	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
TJ Tillman	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Copelin Windfont C. Windfont	5	1	1	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Preston Hickey P. Hickey	7	0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Carver Cheeks C. Cheeks	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Ian Hall I. Hall	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Brady Braun B. Braun	7	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Carson Loeb C. Loeb	5	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0
Joshua Shaw J. Shaw	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0

Team Leaders

PASS

1,364

Dickens

RUSH

502

Johnson

REC

537

Rogers

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	LNG	SCK	SCKY
Taron Dickens T. Dickens	7	138	210	65.7	30.0	1,364	6.5	194.9	6	5	124.9	2.9	2.4	52	20	123
Brady Davidson B. Davidson	1	4	6	66.7	6.0	27	4.5	27.0	0	0	104.5	0.0	0.0	20	0	0
Jalen Macon J. Macon	5	5	13	38.5	2.6	20	1.5	4.0	0	1	36.0	0.0	7.7	9	3	20

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Telly Johnson Jr. T. Johnson Jr.	7	95	13.6	502	5.3	71.7	4	28	106	548
Elijah Porter E. Porter	7	33	4.7	120	3.6	17.1	2	18	39	147
Jaiduan Cranford J. Cranford	5	9	1.8	67	7.4	13.4	0	26	9	67
Taron Dickens T. Dickens	7	47	6.7	14	0.3	2.0	0	12	47	14
Triston White T. White	6	2	0.3	2	1.0	0.3	0	1	2	2
Cam Thompson C. Thompson	7	1	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	16	157
Jalen Macon J. Macon	5	10	2.0	-1	-0.1	-0.2	0	6	10	-1

Receiving	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	LNG	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
DeAree Rogers D. Rogers	7	57	72	8.1	537	9.4	76.7	4	49	57	537
La'Don Bryant L. Bryant	7	25	43	3.6	316	12.6	45.1	1	36	25	316
Cam Thompson C. Thompson	7	15	27	2.1	157	10.5	22.4	1	52	16	157
George Dimopoulos G. Dimopoulos	7	11	16	1.6	114	10.4	16.3	0	36	11	114
Kelan McInerney K. McInerney	6	4	10	0.7	60	15.0	10.0	0	22	4	60
Rickey Taylor Jr. R. Taylor Jr.	1	5	7	5.0	57	11.4	57.0	0	21	5	57
Telly Johnson Jr. T. Johnson Jr.	7	11	14	1.6	46	4.2	6.6	0	17	106	548
Elijah Porter E. Porter	7	6	8	0.9	27	4.5	3.9	0	14	39	147
Jason Fowler J. Fowler	5	3	6	0.6	25	8.3	5.0	0	18	3	25
Zaire McKinney Z. McKinney	4	2	3	0.5	17	8.5	4.3	0	12	2	17
Glen Weber G. Weber	5	3	4	0.6	15	5.0	3.0	0	6	3	15
Liam Russo L. Russo	5	2	3	0.4	15	7.5	3.0	0	8	2	15
Afy Ibekwe A. Ibekwe	4	1	3	0.3	13	13.0	3.3	0	13	1	13
Joe Stein J. Stein	7	1	1	0.1	8	8.0	1.1	0	8	1	8
Kenji Lewis K. Lewis	5	1	4	0.2	4	4.0	0.8	0	4	1	4

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	PDEF	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG
Jack Murray J. Murray	7	17	23	40	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brady Kerperin B. Kerperin	7	16	23	39	3	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Kyon Conyers K. Conyers	7	21	16	37	1	0.0	1	1	41	41	0	41
Avery Jones A. Jones	7	21	13	34	2	2.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jashawn Nelson J. Nelson	7	15	12	27	2	1.5	0	0	0		0	0
Yassine Falke Y. Falke	7	11	12	23	1	0.0	4	4	35	8.8	0	35
Liam Lindo L. Lindo	7	13	7	20	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Malik Armstrong M. Armstrong	7	11	7	18	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Aaron Warren A. Warren	7	8	9	17	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Marshall Washington M. Washington	6	8	8	16	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Andruw Ellis A. Ellis	7	8	6	14	0	0.0	1	1	30	30	1	30
Jay'shon Thomas J. Thomas	4	6	7	13	1	0.5	0	0	0		0	0
Kole Sneed K. Sneed	7	7	5	12	2	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
Montrel Canion M. Canion	7	2	10	12	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Amari Washington A. Washington	7	4	7	11	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Champ Smith III C. Smith III	6	6	1	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Dev'ion Reynolds D. Reynolds	5	5	2	7	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jacob McGhee J. McGhee	7	4	2	6	2	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Matthew Scarlett M. Scarlett	6	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Romelo Walker R. Walker	5	3	3	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Cooper Mau C. Mau	6	1	5	6	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Fawzy Omotoso F. Omotoso	7	3	2	5	1	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Jordan Bellamy J. Bellamy	7	2	3	5	1	1.0	0	0	0		0	0
James Bradley J. Bradley	4	3	1	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Micah Cook M. Cook	3	1	3	4	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
JT King	6	0	3	3	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Trey Porter T. Porter	7	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Elijah Porter E. Porter	7	2	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Brady Davidson B. Davidson	1	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
George Dimopoulos G. Dimopoulos	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Cam Thompson C. Thompson	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Broderick Windham B. Windham	7	1	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0
Ty Mead T. Mead	4	0	1	1	0	0.0	0	0	0		0	0

UTEP UTEP

Northern Illinois NIU

Passing Matchup

Rushing Matchup

Receiving Matchup

Team Stats

2026 Mountain West

Last 5

Game Info

628

414

270

1,364

502

537