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Brian Hightower

Overall

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	48	70	123	1.5	910	13.0	19.0	6	46	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	910	6	1	0

Team

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM
CAL	9	10	19	1.1	101	10.1	11.2	0	20	101	0	0
ILL	24	48	77	2.0	661	13.8	27.5	5	46	661	5	1
MIA	15	12	27	0.8	148	12.3	9.9	1	32	148	1	0

Location

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	27	42	75	1.6	562	13.4	20.8	2	44	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	562	2	1	0
Road	21	28	48	1.3	348	12.4	16.6	4	46	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	348	4	0	0

Result

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	23	37	58	1.6	420	11.4	18.3	0	35	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	420	0	0	0
Losses	25	33	65	1.3	490	14.8	19.6	6	46	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	490	6	1	0

Month

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
August	1	4	5	4.0	32	8.0	32.0	0	12							32	0
September	18	27	50	1.5	312	11.6	17.3	2	32	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	312	2	0	0
October	15	21	32	1.4	315	15.0	21.0	1	44	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	315	1	0	0
November	10	14	27	1.4	183	13.1	18.3	1	33							183	1	1	0
December	4	4	9	1.0	68	17.0	17.0	2	46							68	2

Conference

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
American Athletic	1	2	5	2.0	23	11.5	23.0	0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	23	0	0	0
Atlantic Coast	10	4	10	0.4	33	8.3	3.3	0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	33	0	0	0
Big 10	21	40	67	1.9	584	14.6	27.8	5	46	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	584	5	1	0
Conference USA	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
Mid-American	2	4	5	2.0	45	11.3	22.5	0	19							45	0
Mountain West	1	4	5	4.0	32	8.0	32.0	0	12							32	0
Pac-12	6	6	8	1.0	57	9.5	9.5	0	18							57	0
Southeastern	2	3	8	1.5	53	17.7	26.5	1	32							53	1

Opponent

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
ASU	1	1	2	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7							7	0
AUB	1	2	5	2.0	21	10.5	21.0	0	11							21	0
BCU	1	5	8	5.0	51	10.2	51.0	0	16							51	0
CHAT	1	2	4	2.0	32	16.0	32.0	0	27							32	0
CMU	1	3	3	3.0	37	12.3	37.0	0	19							37	0
DUKE	1																0
FIU	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
FSU	1	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	7							7	0
GT	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
IDHO	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
IND	1	4	6	4.0	43	10.8	43.0	1	16							43	1
IOWA	2	5	7	2.5	68	13.6	34.0	0	34							68	0
LSU	1	1	3	1.0	32	32.0	32.0	1	32							32	1
MICH	1	3	7	3.0	24	8.0	24.0	0	18							24	0
MINN	2	4	9	2.0	61	15.3	30.5	0	35							61	0
MSU	1	3	4	3.0	34	11.3	34.0	0	22							34	0	1	0
NEB	2	2	2	1.0	15	7.5	7.5	0	12							15	0
NW	2	2	4	1.0	60	30.0	30.0	1	46							60	1
ORE	1	1	1	1.0	18	18.0	18.0	0	18							18	0
ORST	1
PITT	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
PSU	2	2	3	1.0	8	4.0	4.0	1	5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	8	1	0	0
PUR	3	9	17	3.0	186	20.7	62.0	2	44							186	2
RUTG	2	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
SAV	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
TOL	1	1	2	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8							8	0
UNC	2	1	3	0.5	13	13.0	6.5	0	13							13	0
UNT	1	2	5	2.0	23	11.5	23.0	0	20	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	23	0	0	0
USC	1
UTAH	1	1	1	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0							0	0
UVA	3	2	3	0.7	13	6.5	4.3	0	8							13	0
VT	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
WASH	1	3	4	3.0	32	10.7	32.0	0	13							32	0
WIS	3	6	7	2.0	85	14.2	28.3	0	35							85	0
WYO	1	4	5	4.0	32	8.0	32.0	0	12							32	0

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

453

Houser

RUSH

144

Valentine

REC

236

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

34.5

56th

OPP PPG

27.0

108th

RUSH YDS/G

130.5

120th

PASS YDS/G

226.5

78th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	Washington	0-0	2-0
11	Northwestern	0-0	1-0
12	Illinois	0-0	1-1
13	Minnesota	0-0	1-1
14	Ohio State	0-0	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Duke

2 - 0

Final

Illinois

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	2	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	0	1.000
3	Florida	2	0	1.000
4	Georgia	2	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	0	1.000
6	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
7	Missouri	2	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
10	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
11	Texas	2	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
13	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
16	Kentucky	1	1	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Troy	2	0	1.000
3	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
4	James Madison	2	0	1.000
5	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
6	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
7	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
8	Louisiana	1	1	.500
9	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
10	Marshall	1	1	.500
11	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
12	South Alabama	1	1	.500
13	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	2	0	1.000
2	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
3	Colorado	2	0	1.000
4	Houston	2	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
6	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
7	Utah	2	0	1.000
8	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
9	Arizona State	1	1	.500
10	Baylor	1	1	.500
11	Iowa State	1	1	.500
12	Kansas	1	1	.500
13	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
14	TCU	1	1	.500
15	UCF	1	1	.500
16	Arizona	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	2	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
3	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	0	1.000
5	Memphis	2	1	.667
6	North Texas	1	1	.500
7	Rice	1	1	.500
8	Temple	1	1	.500
9	Tulane	1	1	.500
10	UAB	1	1	.500
11	Charlotte	0	2	.000
12	East Carolina	0	2	.000
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Indiana	2	0	1.000
3	Iowa	2	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	0	1.000
5	Michigan	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
7	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
8	Penn State	2	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	2	0	1.000
11	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
12	Illinois	1	1	.500
13	Minnesota	1	1	.500
14	Ohio State	1	1	.500
15	Oregon	1	1	.500
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

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

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	1	.500
6	UTEP	1	1	.500
7	Wyoming	1	1	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 8/29	UNC	@	TCU	15-10
Sat 8/29	SJSU	@	USC	26-42
Sat 8/29	NCST	@	UVA	8-34
Sat 8/29	JVST	@	NDSU	7-33
Sat 8/29	SAC	@	EMU	17-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 9/17	SYR	@	PITT	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	MIA	@	WAKE	7:30 PM
Fri 9/18	HOU	@	TTU	8:00 PM
Fri 9/18	PRST	@	ORE	10:30 PM
Sat 9/19	CCAR	@	DEL	11:30 AM

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