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Wagner Lester

Career Stats

Season	TM	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
1989	ILL	11	57	5.2	358	6.3	32.5	4	24	2.2	143	6.0	13.0	0	501	4
1990	ILL	11	64	5.8	251	3.9	22.8	2	29	2.6	250	8.6	22.7	1	501	3
1992	ILL	6	1	0.2	1	1.0	0.2	1	1	0.2	-3	-3.0	-0.5	0	-2	1
Total		28	122	4.4	610	5.0	21.8	7	54	1.9	390	7.2	13.9	1	1,000	8

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,246

Houser

RUSH

321

Laughery

REC

546

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

30.6

69th

OPP PPG

26.0

99th

RUSH YDS/G

155.6

85th

PASS YDS/G

249.2

56th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
11	Michigan	0-2	3-2
12	Washington	0-2	3-2
13	Illinois	0-2	2-3
14	Maryland	0-2	2-3
15	Michigan State	0-2	2-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	3:30 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/31	ILL	@	MD	1:00 PM
Fri 11/6	NEB	@	ILL	8:00 PM
Fri 11/13	ILL	@	UCLA	9:00 PM

Last Game

Purdue

2 - 3

Final

Illinois

2 - 3

Sat 3 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,850

Atkinson

1,744

Maiava

1,613

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

377.4

357.0

346.5

346.0

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

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

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

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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	4	1	.800
2	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
3	New Mexico State	2	3	.400
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Delaware	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

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

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

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

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

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
5	Georgia State	4	1	.800
6	Marshall	3	2	.600
7	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	2	3	.400
10	Louisiana Tech	2	2	.500
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
13	Old Dominion	1	4	.200
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	5	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	5	0	1.000
2	UNLV	3	2	.600
3	Wyoming	2	3	.400
4	Air Force	3	1	.750
5	New Mexico	4	1	.800
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	4	.200
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250