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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

1,663

Houser

RUSH

560

Laughery

REC

781

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

29.0

65th

OPP PPG

24.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

164.3

69th

PASS YDS/G

230.0

79th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
3	Ohio State	4-1	6-2
4	USC	4-2	7-2
5	Illinois	3-2	5-3
6	Minnesota	3-2	5-3
7	Iowa	3-2	6-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM
Sat 11/21	IOWA	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 11/28	ILL	@	NW	1:00 PM

Last Game

Illinois

5 - 3

Final

Maryland

2 - 6

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Bradley

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

329.6

324.1

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

27.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
3	Buffalo	6	3	.667
4	Toledo	6	2	.750
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
7	Ball State	3	5	.375
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
10	UMass	4	4	.500
11	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
12	Sacramento State	2	7	.222
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375