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Ricky Nichols

Career Stats

Season	TM	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
1981	ECU	11	9	0.8	206	22.9	18.7	2	4	0.4	43	10.8	3.9	0	268	2
1982	ECU	7	13	1.9	265	20.4	37.9	2	2	0.3	20	10.0	2.9	0	471	2
1983	ECU	11	15	1.4	222	14.8	20.2	2							222	2
1984	ECU	11	28	2.5	513	18.3	46.6	4	1	0.1	20	20.0	1.8	0	549	4
Total		40	65	1.6	1,206	18.6	30.2	10	7	0.2	83	11.9	2.1	0	1,510	10

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More East Carolina Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

425

Griffis

RUSH

152

Gray

REC

154

Melvin

Team Rankings

PPG

18.0

135th

OPP PPG

30.7

125th

RUSH YDS/G

120.7

134th

PASS YDS/G

164.3

146th

2026 AAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
10	UAB	0-0	1-2
11	Charlotte	0-0	0-3
12	East Carolina	0-0	1-2
13	Army	0-1	1-1
14	Navy	0-1	1-1

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/26	NCCU	@	ECU	4:00 PM
Sat 10/10	RICE	@	ECU	1:00 PM
Thu 10/15	ECU	@	UAB	7:30 PM
Thu 10/22	ECU	@	MEM	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	TEM	@	ECU	1:00 PM

Last Game

East Carolina

1 - 2

Final

Old Dominion

1 - 2

Sat 19 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

1,053

Stokes

989

Jennings

Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

458

Baugh

437

Carter

Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

419

Duff

400

Smith

Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

11

Taylor

11

Mensah

Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

6

Carter

6

Hawkins

Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

6

Duff

6

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

244.1

Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

59.3

54.0

53.5

51.7

50.7

49.7

Opp PPG Rankings

4.3

5.3

7.3

7.7

8.0

Total Yards Rankings

594.3

544.7

544.3

539.0

537.0

528.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

319.0

298.7

281.3

277.3

Pass Yards Rankings

396.5

368.7

364.7

358.0

345.7

340.7

Sack Leaders

14.0

13.0

12.0

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	3	0	1.000
2	Auburn	2	1	.667
3	Florida	3	0	1.000
4	Georgia	3	0	1.000
5	LSU	2	1	.667
6	Mississippi State	3	0	1.000
7	Missouri	3	0	1.000
8	Ole Miss	3	0	1.000
9	South Carolina	2	1	.667
10	Tennessee	3	0	1.000
11	Texas	3	0	1.000
12	Texas A&M	2	1	.667
13	Vanderbilt	3	0	1.000
14	Arkansas	1	2	.333
15	Oklahoma	2	1	.667
16	Kentucky	2	1	.667

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	1	.667
2	Boise State	1	1	.500
3	Fresno State	1	1	.500
4	San Diego State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	1	2	.333
7	Utah State	0	3	.000
8	Washington State	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	3	.250
2	UMass	3	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	2	.333
4	Ball State	1	2	.333
5	Buffalo	1	2	.333
6	Central Michigan	2	1	.667
7	Kent State	1	2	.333
8	Miami (OH)	1	2	.333
9	Ohio	1	2	.333
10	Toledo	2	1	.667
11	Western Michigan	2	1	.667
12	Bowling Green	0	3	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	3	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	1	.667

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	3	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	2	1	.667
3	Tulsa	3	0	1.000
4	UTSA	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	North Texas	1	2	.333
7	Rice	1	2	.333
8	Temple	1	2	.333
9	Tulane	1	2	.333
10	UAB	1	2	.333
11	Charlotte	0	3	.000
12	East Carolina	1	2	.333
13	Army	1	1	.500
14	Navy	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	3	0	1.000
3	Iowa	3	0	1.000
4	Maryland	2	1	.667
5	Michigan	3	0	1.000
6	Michigan State	2	1	.667
7	Nebraska	3	0	1.000
8	Penn State	3	0	1.000
9	UCLA	2	0	1.000
10	Washington	3	0	1.000
11	Oregon	2	1	.667
12	Northwestern	2	0	1.000
13	Illinois	2	1	.667
14	Minnesota	2	1	.667
15	Ohio State	2	1	.667
16	Purdue	1	1	.500
17	Wisconsin	2	1	.667
18	Rutgers	0	3	.000

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	2	1	.667
2	Florida International	1	2	.333
3	Kennesaw State	1	2	.333
4	Liberty	2	1	.667
5	Middle Tennessee	2	1	.667
6	Missouri State	1	2	.333
7	Jacksonville State	2	2	.500
8	New Mexico State	1	2	.333
9	Sam Houston	1	2	.333
10	Western Kentucky	0	3	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
2	UNLV	1	2	.333
3	New Mexico	2	1	.667
4	San Jose State	2	1	.667
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	2	.333
7	Wyoming	1	2	.333
8	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	2	.333