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Eric Russell

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Summary

Eric Russell played 2 seasons for Middle Tennessee. He had 72 solo tackles, 30 assists, 1 fumble recovery and 2 interceptions, along with 39 punt returns for 306 yards and 117 kick returns for 2,040 yards.

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More Middle Tennessee Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

200

Gagliano

Roman Gagliano

RUSH

103

Martin

Antonio Martin

REC

118

Lacy

Cam'ron Lacy
Team Rankings

PPG

38.0

49th

OPP PPG

14.0

55th

RUSH YDS/G

196.0

56th

PASS YDS/G

200.0

94th

2026 C-USA Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
1
Delaware Delaware
0-0
1-0
2
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
0-0
1-0
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
0-0
1-0
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
0-0
1-1
5
New Mexico State New Mexico State
0-0
1-1
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/12
MTU MTU
@
MRSH MRSH
7:00 PM
Sat
9/19
NEV NEV
@
MTU MTU
7:00 PM
Sat
9/26
MTU MTU
@
JVST JVST
7:00 PM
Sat
10/3
MTU MTU
@
KU KU
1:00 PM
Tue
10/13
DEL DEL
@
MTU MTU
7:00 PM
Last Game
MURR Murray State

0 - 1

14

Final

38

MTU Middle Tennessee

1 - 0

Sat 5 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

635

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

550

Weaver

Luke Weaver

525

Hedden

Trey Hedden
Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

Jaylin Carter

227

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

200

Woodson

Braxton Woodson
Rec Yards Leaders

234

Toney

Malachi Toney

222

Mosley

Trent Mosley

196

Duff

KJ Duff
Pass TD Leaders

7

Heintschel

Mason Heintschel

6

Boley

Cutter Boley

5

Weaver

Luke Weaver
Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

Jaylin Carter

3

Robinson

Steven Robinson

3

Anderson

Shavane Anderson Jr.
Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

Jamill Williams

3

Mosley

Trent Mosley

3

Toney

Malachi Toney
QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

Josh Hoover

281.3

Baker

Blake Baker

272.0

Becht

Rocco Becht
Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

Elijah Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

Xavier Gilliam

3.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Louisiana Tech

80.0

Virginia Tech

73.0

UCF

73.0

Kansas State

71.0

Arizona State

70.0

Utah

66.0
Opp PPG Rankings
Kennesaw State

0.0

Air Force

0.0

Texas A&M

0.0

South Carolina

0.0

Penn State

0.0

Oklahoma

0.0
Total Yards Rankings
Mississippi State

762.0

Arizona State

681.0

Ohio State

671.0

UConn

671.0

Georgia

660.0

Army

648.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

569.0

Navy

506.0

Rice

465.0

Air Force

431.0

Maryland

365.0

Utah

364.0
Pass Yards Rankings
Pittsburgh

480.0

Delaware

435.0

Ohio State

434.0

Arizona State

432.0

Miami

428.0

Mississippi State

417.0
Sack Leaders
Memphis

9.0

North Dakota State

6.0

Sacramento State

6.0

Tennessee

6.0

USC

6.0

UNLV

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
1
0
1.000
2
Arkansas Arkansas
1
0
1.000
3
Auburn Auburn
1
0
1.000
4
Florida Florida
1
0
1.000
5
Georgia Georgia
1
0
1.000
6
Kentucky Kentucky
1
0
1.000
7
LSU LSU
1
0
1.000
8
Mississippi State Mississippi State
1
0
1.000
9
Missouri Missouri
1
0
1.000
10
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
0
1.000
11
South Carolina South Carolina
1
0
1.000
12
Tennessee Tennessee
1
0
1.000
13
Texas Texas
1
0
1.000
14
Texas A&M Texas A&M
1
0
1.000
15
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
1
0
1.000
16
Ole Miss Ole Miss
0
0
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
1
0
1.000
2
Louisiana Louisiana
1
0
1.000
3
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
0
1.000
4
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
0
1.000
5
Georgia State Georgia State
1
0
1.000
6
South Alabama South Alabama
1
0
1.000
7
James Madison James Madison
1
0
1.000
8
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
0
1.000
9
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
0
1.000
10
Troy Troy
1
0
1.000
11
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
0
1
.000
12
Arkansas State Arkansas State
0
1
.000
13
Marshall Marshall
0
1
.000
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
1
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Arizona Arizona
1
0
1.000
2
Arizona State Arizona State
1
0
1.000
3
BYU BYU
1
0
1.000
4
Cincinnati Cincinnati
1
0
1.000
5
Colorado Colorado
1
0
1.000
6
Houston Houston
1
0
1.000
7
Iowa State Iowa State
1
0
1.000
8
Kansas Kansas
1
0
1.000
9
Kansas State Kansas State
1
0
1.000
10
Texas Tech Texas Tech
1
0
1.000
11
UCF UCF
1
0
1.000
12
Utah Utah
1
0
1.000
13
West Virginia West Virginia
1
0
1.000
14
Baylor Baylor
0
1
.000
15
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
0
1
.000
16
TCU TCU
0
1
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
1
0
1.000
2
San Diego State San Diego State
1
0
1.000
3
Washington State Washington State
0
0
4
Boise State Boise State
0
1
.000
5
Fresno State Fresno State
0
1
.000
6
Oregon State Oregon State
0
1
.000
7
Texas State Texas State
0
1
.000
8
Utah State Utah State
0
1
.000
IndependentWLPCT
1
UConn UConn
1
0
1.000
2
Notre Dame Notre Dame
0
0
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
1
.500
2
Buffalo Buffalo
1
0
1.000
3
UMass UMass
1
0
1.000
4
Akron Akron
0
1
.000
5
Ball State Ball State
0
1
.000
6
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
1
.000
7
Central Michigan Central Michigan
0
1
.000
8
Kent State Kent State
0
1
.000
9
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
0
1
.000
10
Ohio Ohio
0
1
.000
11
Toledo Toledo
0
1
.000
12
Western Michigan Western Michigan
0
1
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
Memphis Memphis
2
0
1.000
2
Army Army
1
0
1.000
3
Navy Navy
1
0
1.000
4
Rice Rice
1
0
1.000
5
South Florida South Florida
1
0
1.000
6
Temple Temple
1
0
1.000
7
Tulane Tulane
0
1
.000
8
UTSA UTSA
1
0
1.000
9
Charlotte Charlotte
0
1
.000
10
East Carolina East Carolina
0
1
.000
11
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
0
1
.000
12
North Texas North Texas
0
1
.000
13
Tulsa Tulsa
1
0
1.000
14
UAB UAB
0
1
.000
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
1
0
1.000
2
Virginia Virginia
1
0
1.000
3
Duke Duke
1
0
1.000
4
Florida State Florida State
1
0
1.000
5
North Carolina North Carolina
1
0
1.000
6
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
1
0
1.000
7
Syracuse Syracuse
1
0
1.000
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
1
0
1.000
9
Wake Forest Wake Forest
1
0
1.000
10
Louisville Louisville
0
0
11
SMU SMU
0
0
12
Boston College Boston College
0
1
.000
13
California California
0
1
.000
14
Clemson Clemson
0
1
.000
15
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
0
1
.000
16
Stanford Stanford
1
1
.500
17
NC State NC State
0
1
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
UNLV UNLV
1
1
.500
2
North Dakota State North Dakota State
2
0
1.000
3
Air Force Air Force
1
0
1.000
4
Nevada Nevada
1
0
1.000
5
San Jose State San Jose State
1
1
.500
6
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
1
.000
7
New Mexico New Mexico
1
0
1.000
8
UTEP UTEP
0
1
.000
9
Wyoming Wyoming
0
1
.000
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
0
2
.000
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
2
0
1.000
2
Illinois Illinois
1
0
1.000
3
Indiana Indiana
1
0
1.000
4
Iowa Iowa
1
0
1.000
5
Maryland Maryland
1
0
1.000
6
Michigan Michigan
1
0
1.000
7
Michigan State Michigan State
1
0
1.000
8
Minnesota Minnesota
1
0
1.000
9
Nebraska Nebraska
1
0
1.000
10
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
11
Ohio State Ohio State
1
0
1.000
12
Oregon Oregon
1
0
1.000
13
Penn State Penn State
1
0
1.000
14
Purdue Purdue
1
0
1.000
15
UCLA UCLA
1
0
1.000
16
Washington Washington
0
0
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
0
0
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
1
.000
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
1
0
1.000
2
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
0
1.000
3
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
0
1.000
4
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
1
1
.500
5
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
1
.500
6
Florida International Florida International
0
1
.000
7
Liberty Liberty
0
1
.000
8
Missouri State Missouri State
0
1
.000
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
1
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
1
.000

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

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

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
9/6
WSU WSU
@
WASH WASH
4:00 PM
Sun
9/6
WIS WIS
@
ND ND
7:30 PM
Sun
9/6
LOU LOU
@
MISS MISS
7:30 PM
Mon
9/7
SMU SMU
@
FSU FSU
7:30 PM
Thu
9/10
FAMU FAMU
@
MIA MIA
8:00 PM