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Jay'shon Thomas

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK
Fri 11/28	NIU	vs	KENT	L 31-35	0	0	0	0	0.0
Tue 11/18	NIU	vs	WMU	L 19-35	3	2	5	0	0.0
Wed 11/12	NIU	@	MASS	W 45-3	0	1	1	0	0.0
Wed 11/5	NIU	@	TOL	L 3-42	0	2	2	0	0.0
Sat 10/25	NIU	vs	BALL	W 21-7	3	0	3	2	2.0
Sat 10/18	NIU	@	OHIO	L 21-48	0	2	2	0	0.0
Sat 10/11	NIU	@	EMU	L 10-16	0	1	1	0	0.0
Sat 10/4	NIU	vs	M-OH	L 14-25	2	1	3	1	0.0
Sat 9/27	NIU	vs	SDSU	L 3-6	0	4	4	0	0.0
Sat 9/20	NIU	@	MSST	L 10-38	0	0	0	0	0.0
Fri 9/5	NIU	@	MD	L 9-20	0	0	0	0	0.0
Sat 8/30	NIU	vs	HC	W 19-17	0	0	0	0	0.0
Total					8	13	21	3	2.0

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Oct 25, 2026

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Oct 25, 2026

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Oct 25, 2026

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Oct 25, 2026

More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,364

Dickens

RUSH

502

Johnson

REC

537

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

15.1

156th

OPP PPG

38.6

170th

RUSH YDS/G

100.1

167th

PASS YDS/G

201.6

113th

2026 MWC Standings

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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/31	NIU	@	UNLV	10:30 PM
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM
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

Hawai'i

2 - 6

Final

Northern Illinois

0 - 7

Sat 24 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,604

Atkinson

2,244

Richter

2,185

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

957

Bishop

923

Cook

875

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

1,040

Legree

984

Smith

952

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

24

Atkinson

22

Mensah

21

Stokes

Rush TD Leaders

16

Hawkins

16

Hellums

13

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

12

Smith

11

Toney

QB Rating Leaders

204.6

Mensah

185.9

Stockton

184.5

Sayin

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

9.0

Umanmielen

9.0

Osunsanmi

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

49.0

43.1

43.0

42.7

41.4

41.1

Opp PPG Rankings

10.5

11.3

12.0

13.4

13.9

Total Yards Rankings

562.3

551.9

527.0

525.7

517.7

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

345.7

337.4

307.7

303.5

271.4

261.6

Pass Yards Rankings

384.9

341.0

340.7

329.5

323.1

317.9

Sack Leaders

34.0

33.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

23.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	6	1	.857
2	Texas Tech	6	1	.857
3	Utah	6	0	1.000
4	Houston	6	1	.857
5	Arizona	5	1	.833
6	Baylor	4	3	.571
7	Oklahoma State	4	2	.667
8	Cincinnati	5	2	.714
9	UCF	4	3	.571
10	Kansas State	4	3	.571
11	Arizona State	4	3	.571
12	Iowa State	3	3	.500
13	TCU	3	4	.429
14	West Virginia	5	3	.625
15	Colorado	2	4	.333
16	Kansas	3	4	.429

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	7	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	6	1	.857
3	Indiana	7	1	.875
4	USC	6	1	.857
5	Iowa	5	2	.714
6	Northwestern	6	1	.857
7	Minnesota	5	2	.714
8	Oregon	4	3	.571
9	Wisconsin	4	2	.667
10	Nebraska	5	2	.714
11	Purdue	3	4	.429
12	Michigan	4	3	.571
13	Illinois	4	3	.571
14	Rutgers	2	5	.286
15	Washington	4	3	.571
16	Penn State	3	4	.429
17	Maryland	2	5	.286
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	6	1	.857
2	Kentucky	6	1	.857
3	Tennessee	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	5	1	.833
5	Alabama	6	2	.750
6	Florida	5	2	.714
7	LSU	6	2	.750
8	Mississippi State	4	3	.571
9	Missouri	5	2	.714
10	Auburn	4	3	.571
11	Oklahoma	4	3	.571
12	Texas	4	2	.667
13	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
14	South Carolina	4	3	.571
15	Arkansas	3	4	.429
16	Vanderbilt	3	4	.429

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	6	1	.857
2	Jacksonville State	5	2	.714
3	New Mexico State	3	4	.429
4	Middle Tennessee	4	3	.571
5	Western Kentucky	3	4	.429
6	Delaware	3	4	.429
7	Florida International	3	4	.429
8	Missouri State	2	5	.286
9	Kennesaw State	1	6	.143
10	Sam Houston	1	6	.143

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	7	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	6	1	.857
3	SMU	6	1	.857
4	Clemson	4	2	.667
5	North Carolina	4	2	.667
6	Louisville	4	3	.571
7	Pittsburgh	5	3	.625
8	California	3	5	.375
9	Duke	5	2	.714
10	Virginia Tech	5	2	.714
11	Stanford	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	4	.500
13	Boston College	4	3	.571
14	Georgia Tech	2	5	.286
15	Florida State	3	4	.429
16	NC State	3	4	.429
17	Syracuse	2	4	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	5	1	.833
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	North Dakota State	6	1	.857
4	San Jose State	4	4	.500
5	UNLV	4	3	.571
6	Air Force	5	2	.714
7	Nevada	3	4	.429
8	Northern Illinois	0	7	.000
9	UTEP	1	6	.143
10	Hawai'i	2	6	.250

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	1	.857
2	UConn	4	3	.571

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	6	2	.750
2	Western Michigan	5	3	.625
3	Eastern Michigan	4	5	.444
4	Buffalo	5	3	.625
5	Bowling Green	2	6	.250
6	Toledo	6	2	.750
7	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
8	Kent State	3	5	.375
9	Central Michigan	3	5	.375
10	Ball State	3	5	.375
11	UMass	4	4	.500
12	Akron	1	7	.125
13	Sacramento State	1	7	.125

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Oregon State	5	2	.714
2	Boise State	5	1	.833
3	San Diego State	3	4	.429
4	Texas State	3	3	.500
5	Utah State	2	4	.333
6	Fresno State	4	3	.571
7	Colorado State	2	4	.333
8	Washington State	1	6	.143

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	6	1	.857
2	North Texas	5	2	.714
3	Army	5	2	.714
4	Memphis	6	2	.750
5	UAB	4	3	.571
6	Florida Atlantic	5	2	.714
7	Tulane	3	3	.500
8	Charlotte	1	6	.143
9	Temple	2	5	.286
10	South Florida	5	2	.714
11	East Carolina	3	4	.429
12	Navy	2	5	.286
13	Tulsa	4	4	.500
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	7	1	.875
2	Appalachian State	5	2	.714
3	Louisiana Tech	5	2	.714
4	South Alabama	4	3	.571
5	Georgia Southern	3	4	.429
6	Louisiana	5	3	.625
7	Georgia State	4	2	.667
8	Troy	3	4	.429
9	Coastal Carolina	2	5	.286
10	Arkansas State	3	4	.429
11	Old Dominion	2	6	.250
12	Southern Miss	2	5	.286
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	6	.143
14	Marshall	4	3	.571