Illustrated silhouette of a player wearing the Akron Zips uniform

Nick Sparks

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	28	90		3.2	1,217	13.5	43.5	5		17	0.6	52	3.1	1.9	0		1,269	5

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	12	40		3.3	425	10.6	35.4	1		5	0.4	30	6.0	2.5	0		455	1
Road	16	50		3.1	792	15.8	49.5	4		12	0.8	22	1.8	1.4	0		814	4

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	13	38		2.9	488	12.8	37.5	2		6	0.5	34	5.7	2.6	0		522	2
Losses	15	52		3.5	729	14.0	48.6	3		11	0.7	18	1.6	1.2	0		747	3

Month

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TOT YDS	TOT TD
August	3	12	4.0	99	8.3	33.0	0	6	2.0	25	4.2	8.3	124	0
September	9	25	2.8	327	13.1	36.3	1	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.9	335	1
October	7	30	4.3	397	13.2	56.7	2	2	0.3	7	3.5	1.0	404	2
November	9	23	2.6	394	17.1	43.8	2	7	0.8	12	1.7	1.3	406	2

Conference

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Atlantic Coast	2	4	2.0	105	26.3	52.5	1							105	1
Big 10	3	8	2.7	82	10.3	27.3	0	5	1.7	10	2.0	3.3	0	92	0
Independent	2	4	2.0	89	22.3	44.5	0	5	2.5	9	1.8	4.5	0	98	0
Mid-American	18	67	3.7	872	13.0	48.4	3	5	0.3	26	5.2	1.4	0	898	3

Opponent

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
BUFF	2	4	2.0	62	15.5	31.0	0							62	0
CMU	2	9	4.5	165	18.3	82.5	1							165	1
CONN	1	3	3.0	54	18.0	54.0	0							54	0
CP	1	2	2.0	23	11.5	23.0	1							23	1
EMU	3	13	4.3	147	11.3	49.0	0							147	0
HOW	1	4	4.0	39	9.8	39.0	0							39	0
IOWA	1	3	3.0	31	10.3	31.0	0	3	3.0	2	0.7	2.0	0	33	0
KENT	2	10	5.0	74	7.4	37.0	0	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0	78	0
LIB	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	2	2.0	7	3.5	7.0	0	14	0
M-OH	2	12	6.0	188	15.7	94.0	1							188	1
MD	1	1	1.0	65	65.0	65.0	1							65	1
MRSH	2	5	2.5	90	18.0	45.0	1	1	0.5	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0	89	1
OHIO	3	2	0.7	22	11.0	7.3	0	3	1.0	23	7.7	7.7	0	45	0
PUR	1							2	2.0	8	4.0	8.0	0	8	0
UCF	3	13	4.3	159	12.2	53.0	0	5	1.7	9	1.8	3.0	0	168	0
UVA	1	3	3.0	40	13.3	40.0	0							40	0
WIS	1	5	5.0	51	10.2	51.0	0							51	0

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More Akron Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

605

Roggow

RUSH

293

Gant

REC

201

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

19.0

131st

OPP PPG

33.6

140th

RUSH YDS/G

141.0

107th

PASS YDS/G

197.0

118th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Buffalo	0-1	2-3
10	Miami (OH)	0-1	2-3
11	Akron	0-1	1-4
12	Ball State	0-2	1-4
13	Sacramento State	0-2	1-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	EMU	@	AKR	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	AKR	@	M-OH	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	AKR	@	KENT	1:00 PM
Tue 11/3	OHIO	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Tue 11/10	WMU	@	AKR	7:00 PM

Last Game

Akron

1 - 4

Final

Central Michigan

3 - 2

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,848

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,588

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

685

Riley

652

Cook

644

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

823

Smith

741

Legree

628

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

17

Taylor

16

Atkinson

15

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

11

Hawkins

9

Daniels

Rec TD Leaders

9

Legree

9

Smith

8

Dixon

QB Rating Leaders

212.2

Mensah

203.7

Hoover

202.0

Stockton

Sack Leaders

8.0

Umanmielen

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Esqillion

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

51.4

49.6

47.5

46.2

44.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.8

10.3

10.6

10.8

11.0

Total Yards Rankings

554.8

548.3

547.8

541.2

531.6

524.6

Rush Yards Rankings

334.3

297.3

294.0

281.5

277.8

263.6

Pass Yards Rankings

377.0

357.0

346.5

341.0

340.0

334.4

Sack Leaders

22.0

21.0

19.0

18.0

17.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	5	0	1.000
2	Georgia	5	0	1.000
3	Texas	4	0	1.000
4	Florida	4	1	.800
5	Kentucky	4	1	.800
6	Mississippi State	4	1	.800
7	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
8	LSU	4	1	.800
9	Missouri	4	1	.800
10	Tennessee	4	1	.800
11	Auburn	3	2	.600
12	Texas A&M	3	2	.600
13	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
14	Vanderbilt	3	2	.600
15	Arkansas	2	3	.400
16	South Carolina	2	3	.400

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	4	1	.800
2	Fresno State	4	1	.800
3	Oregon State	3	2	.600
4	San Diego State	2	3	.400
5	Colorado State	2	3	.400
6	Texas State	2	3	.400
7	Utah State	1	4	.200
8	Washington State	1	4	.200

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	3	3	.500
2	Toledo	4	1	.800
3	Central Michigan	3	2	.600
4	Ohio	3	2	.600
5	Western Michigan	3	2	.600
6	Bowling Green	1	4	.200
7	UMass	4	1	.800
8	Kent State	2	3	.400
9	Buffalo	2	3	.400
10	Miami (OH)	2	3	.400
11	Akron	1	4	.200
12	Ball State	1	4	.200
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	5	0	1.000
2	Nebraska	5	0	1.000
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Minnesota	4	1	.800
5	Ohio State	4	1	.800
6	Wisconsin	4	1	.800
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	USC	5	1	.833
9	Iowa	4	1	.800
10	Northwestern	3	1	.750
11	Purdue	2	3	.400
12	Michigan	3	2	.600
13	Penn State	3	2	.600
14	Washington	3	2	.600
15	Illinois	2	3	.400
16	Maryland	2	3	.400
17	Michigan State	2	3	.400
18	Rutgers	1	4	.200

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	5	1	.833
2	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Western Kentucky	2	4	.333
6	Delaware	2	3	.400
7	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Missouri State	1	4	.200
10	Sam Houston	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	5	0	1.000
2	Pittsburgh	5	0	1.000
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	SMU	4	1	.800
5	Wake Forest	4	1	.800
6	Clemson	3	2	.600
7	Florida State	3	2	.600
8	Virginia	3	2	.600
9	Virginia Tech	4	1	.800
10	NC State	3	2	.600
11	California	2	3	.400
12	Louisville	2	3	.400
13	Stanford	2	3	.400
14	North Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
16	Syracuse	2	2	.500
17	Boston College	2	3	.400

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	5	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	3	.400

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	5	0	1.000
2	BYU	4	0	1.000
3	Baylor	4	1	.800
4	Utah	4	0	1.000
5	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
6	Arizona	4	1	.800
7	Houston	4	1	.800
8	Cincinnati	4	1	.800
9	Iowa State	3	2	.600
10	UCF	3	2	.600
11	Arizona State	2	2	.500
12	Kansas State	3	1	.750
13	Kansas	2	2	.500
14	West Virginia	3	2	.600
15	Colorado	2	3	.400
16	TCU	2	3	.400

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	5	1	.833
2	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
3	Memphis	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	Army	2	2	.500
7	Temple	2	3	.400
8	South Florida	4	2	.667
9	East Carolina	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Tulsa	3	2	.600
12	Rice	1	4	.200
13	Charlotte	0	5	.000
14	Navy	1	3	.250

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	South Alabama	4	2	.667
3	Louisiana	4	1	.800
4	Georgia State	4	1	.800
5	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
6	Troy	3	2	.600
7	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
8	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
9	Marshall	3	2	.600
10	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
11	Southern Miss	1	4	.200
12	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000
13	Arkansas State	2	4	.333
14	Old Dominion	1	4	.200

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	New Mexico	4	1	.800
3	UNLV	3	2	.600
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	Wyoming	2	3	.400
6	San Jose State	3	2	.600
7	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
8	Nevada	1	3	.250
9	UTEP	1	4	.200
10	Hawai'i	1	4	.200