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Ezra Saffold

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	22	28	38	1.3	205	7.3	9.3	0	28	12	0.5	50	4.2	2.3	0	11	285	0	0	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	11	12	16	1.1	115	9.6	10.5	0	28	7	0.6	37	5.3	3.4	0	11	161	0	0	0
Road	9	10	15	1.1	55	5.5	6.1	0	12	5	0.6	13	2.6	1.4	0	5	74	0	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	11	16	22	1.5	119	7.4	10.8	0	25	10	0.9	41	4.1	3.7	0	9	145	0
Losses	9	6	9	0.7	51	8.5	5.7	0	28	2	0.2	9	4.5	1.0	0	11	90	0	0	0

Month

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	FUM	LOST
August	1	1	1	1.0	24	24.0	24.0	0	24	3	3.0	14	4.7	14.0	0	7	38
September	10	12	19	1.2	107	8.9	10.7	0	28	4	0.4	19	4.8	1.9	0	11	141	0	0
October	6	3	4	0.5	4	1.3	0.7	0	4	5	0.8	17	3.4	2.8	0	9	8	0	0
November	1																-2
December	2	6	7	3.0	35	5.8	17.5	0	11								50

Conference

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	FUM	LOST
American Athletic	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0								0
Atlantic Coast	1																10
Mid-American	9	9	11	1.0	39	4.3	4.3	0	11	5	0.6	17	3.4	1.9	0	9	56	0	0
Mountain West	4	3	8	0.8	42	14.0	10.5	0	28	2	0.5	10	5.0	2.5	0	5	52	0	0
Southeastern	1	1	1	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8								13

Opponent

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	FUM	LOST
ARK	1	1	1	1.0	8	8.0	8.0	0	8								13
BALL	1																-9
BC	1																10
BGSU	3	6	7	2.0	35	5.8	11.7	0	11								48
BUFF	1									1	1.0	9	9.0	9.0	0	9	5
CMU	1	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0
EIU	1
EMU	1	2	2	2.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	4	4.0	8	2.0	8.0	0	5	8
KENT	1	1	2	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	4								4
MURR	1	4	5	4.0	42	10.5	42.0	0	25								42
PRE	1	1	1	1.0	24	24.0	24.0	0	24	3	3.0	14	4.7	14.0	0	7	38
SDSU	1	1	2	1.0	28	28.0	28.0	0	28								28
UNLV	2	2	5	1.0	14	7.0	7.0	0	12	2	1.0	10	5.0	5.0	0	5	24
USF	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0								0
WIU	1	4	4	4.0	15	3.8	15.0	0	8	2	2.0	9	4.5	9.0	0	11	24
WMU	1																0
WYO	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	0	0	0

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,876

Dickens

RUSH

629

Johnson

REC

719

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

16.6

154th

OPP PPG

36.8

160th

RUSH YDS/G

120.2

136th

PASS YDS/G

213.7

100th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	San Jose State	3-3	5-5
7	Nevada	2-3	3-6
8	Hawai'i	2-4	3-6
9	UTEP	0-5	1-8
10	Northern Illinois	0-5	0-9

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/14	NEV	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UTEP	@	NIU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 9

Final

San Jose State

5 - 5

Sat 7 Nov 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

3,169

Atkinson

2,962

Mestemaker

2,880

Jackson

Rush Yards Leaders

1,241

Riley

1,193

White

1,189

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,209

Legree

1,200

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

29

Mestemaker

28

Stokes

28

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

19

Hawkins

18

Gutierrez

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

14

Smith

13

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

190.8

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

180.8

Jennings

Sack Leaders

14.0

Bradley

11.0

Zock

10.5

Simmons

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.0

44.7

43.9

43.3

41.1

40.8

Opp PPG Rankings

10.9

11.9

12.2

12.4

13.0

13.6

Total Yards Rankings

535.4

533.6

520.7

517.0

516.6

504.1

Rush Yards Rankings

332.0

324.7

298.1

270.2

265.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

370.4

343.8

339.1

325.3

324.9

322.9

Sack Leaders

39.0

37.0

36.0

32.0

31.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	8	1	.889
2	Texas State	5	4	.556
3	Oregon State	5	4	.556
4	San Diego State	4	5	.444
5	Utah State	4	5	.444
6	Fresno State	5	4	.556
7	Colorado State	3	6	.333
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	10	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Oregon	6	3	.667
4	Iowa	7	2	.778
5	USC	7	2	.778
6	Ohio State	6	3	.667
7	Wisconsin	6	3	.667
8	Illinois	6	4	.600
9	Northwestern	6	3	.667
10	Minnesota	5	4	.556
11	Penn State	5	4	.556
12	Washington	5	4	.556
13	Michigan	5	4	.556
14	Nebraska	5	4	.556
15	Purdue	3	6	.333
16	Rutgers	2	7	.222
17	Maryland	3	6	.333
18	Michigan State	3	6	.333

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	8	1	.889
2	Alabama	7	2	.778
3	Kentucky	7	2	.778
4	Texas	7	2	.778
5	Tennessee	7	2	.778
6	Ole Miss	6	3	.667
7	South Carolina	6	3	.667
8	LSU	6	3	.667
9	Missouri	6	3	.667
10	Oklahoma	5	4	.556
11	Florida	5	4	.556
12	Auburn	5	4	.556
13	Mississippi State	4	5	.444
14	Texas A&M	4	5	.444
15	Arkansas	3	6	.333
16	Vanderbilt	4	5	.444

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	8	1	.889
2	Jacksonville State	7	2	.778
3	Middle Tennessee	5	4	.556
4	Delaware	4	5	.444
5	Florida International	4	5	.444
6	New Mexico State	3	6	.333
7	Western Kentucky	3	6	.333
8	Missouri State	3	6	.333
9	Kennesaw State	3	6	.333
10	Sam Houston	1	8	.111

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	7	2	.778
2	Georgia Southern	5	4	.556
3	Louisiana	7	3	.700
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	5	.444
6	Appalachian State	5	4	.556
7	Arkansas State	4	5	.444
8	Coastal Carolina	3	6	.333
9	Troy	4	5	.444
10	Marshall	5	4	.556
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	5	4	.556
13	Louisiana-Monroe	2	8	.200
14	Old Dominion	3	7	.300

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	1	.889
2	Wake Forest	8	1	.889
3	Louisville	6	3	.667
4	SMU	7	2	.778
5	Duke	7	2	.778
6	Clemson	6	3	.667
7	Virginia Tech	6	3	.667
8	Florida State	5	5	.500
9	Pittsburgh	6	4	.600
10	North Carolina	5	4	.556
11	Stanford	4	5	.444
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	NC State	4	5	.444
14	Boston College	4	5	.444
15	California	3	6	.333
16	Syracuse	4	5	.444
17	Georgia Tech	2	7	.222

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	8	1	.889
2	Wyoming	6	3	.667
3	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
4	Air Force	7	2	.778
5	UNLV	5	4	.556
6	San Jose State	5	5	.500
7	Nevada	3	6	.333
8	Hawai'i	3	6	.333
9	UTEP	1	8	.111
10	Northern Illinois	0	9	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	7	2	.778
2	Memphis	8	2	.800
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	4	.556
5	UAB	5	4	.556
6	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
7	East Carolina	5	4	.556
8	Tulsa	5	4	.556
9	Tulane	4	5	.444
10	South Florida	6	4	.600
11	Navy	3	6	.333
12	Charlotte	1	8	.111
13	Temple	2	7	.222
14	Rice	1	8	.111

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	8	1	.889
2	UConn	4	5	.444

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Toledo	8	2	.800
2	Western Michigan	7	3	.700
3	Buffalo	7	3	.700
4	Ohio	7	3	.700
5	Miami (OH)	6	4	.600
6	Central Michigan	5	5	.500
7	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
8	Bowling Green	3	7	.300
9	UMass	5	5	.500
10	Kent State	3	7	.300
11	Ball State	3	7	.300
12	Sacramento State	2	9	.182
13	Akron	1	9	.100

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	9	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889
3	BYU	7	2	.778
4	Arizona	7	2	.778
5	Baylor	6	3	.667
6	Oklahoma State	6	3	.667
7	Houston	7	3	.700
8	Arizona State	5	4	.556
9	UCF	5	4	.556
10	West Virginia	5	4	.556
11	Iowa State	4	5	.444
12	Cincinnati	5	4	.556
13	TCU	4	5	.444
14	Colorado	4	6	.400
15	Kansas State	4	5	.444
16	Kansas	3	6	.333