Northern Illinois Huskies

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	372	4,487	805	5.6	2,537	531	4.8	1,950	274	7.1	232	127	87	87	70	600
Team Rank		47th	75th	94th	62nd	18th	21st	21st	108th	113th	63rd	78th	21st	107th	107th	41st	40th
Opponent	13	281	4,294		5.4	1,622	419	3.9	2,672	374	7.1	229	90	120	120	62	506
Opponent Rank		33rd	35th		62nd	32nd	21st	53rd	53rd	45th	65th	37th	35th	56th	56th	115th	117th
Net		+91	+193	+805	+0.2	+915	+112	+0.9	-722	-100	0.0	+3	+37	-33	-33	+8	+94
Net Rank		37th	61st	92nd	60th	21st	14th	30th	102nd	107th	68th	61st	20th	102nd	102nd	84th	89th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	143	223	64.1	22.3	1,670	7.5	167.0	11	6	137.9	4.9	2.7
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	25	43	58.1	5.4	280	6.5	35.0	3	2	126.6	7.0	4.7
Ryan Morris R. Morris	2	0	2	0.0	1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	179	13.8	1,038	5.8	79.8	19	189	1,160
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	148	13.5	645	4.4	58.6	4	158	726
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	89	8.9	229	2.6	22.9	2
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	59	7.4	330	5.6	41.3	1
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	9	23	2.6	151	6.6	16.8	0
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	11	1.6	135	12.3	19.3	1	16	205
Ricky Crider R. Crider	9	10	1.1	37	3.7	4.1	0
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0	2	14
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	1	0.1	-2	-2.0	-0.3	0	11	81

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Landon Cox L. Cox	12	45	3.8	535	11.9	44.6	4
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10	29	2.9	299	10.3	29.9	3
Willie Clark W. Clark	10	19	1.9	220	11.6	22.0	1
Martel Moore M. Moore	9	16	1.8	189	11.8	21.0	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8	11	1.4	189	17.2	23.6	1
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	10	0.8	122	12.2	9.4	1	189	1,160
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	10	1.3	83	8.3	10.4	0	11	81
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	10	0.9	81	8.1	7.4	0	158	726
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	4	5	1.3	70	14.0	17.5	1
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	5	0.7	70	14.0	10.0	1	16	205
Bryan Beckner B. Beckner	3	4	1.3	64	16.0	21.3	0
Connor Flahive C. Flahive	2	1	0.5	10	10.0	5.0	0
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	1	0.3	9	9.0	3.0	1	2	14
Jack Marks J. Marks	2	1	0.5	5	5.0	2.5	0
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	2	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	1

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Tracy Wilson T. Wilson	13	46	47	93	2
Cory Hanson C. Hanson	13	40	43	83	5		3	5	1.7	0
Pat Schiller P. Schiller	13	28	54	82	5
Chris Smith C. Smith	13	43	27	70	0
Alex Kube A. Kube	12	17	42	59	5
Mike Sobol M. Sobol	12	24	29	53	0
Patrick George P. George	13	32	14	46	1		2	112	56	1
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	10	21	18	39	13	8.5	1	79	79	1
Brandon Bice B. Bice	12	21	16	37	7
David Bryant D. Bryant	8	14	18	32	2
Sean Progar S. Progar	13	18	12	30	8	6.0
Jordan Delegal J. Delegal	13	22	7	29	5	4.0
Kiaree Daniels K. Daniels	11	17	11	28	1		1	1	1	0
Alan Baxter A. Baxter	11	9	13	22	2
D.J. Pirkle	10	13	8	21	8
Spencer Williamson S. Williamson	9	8	10	18	0
Devon Butler D. Butler	5	10	5	15	2
Darnell Bolding D. Bolding	7			15	4
Tyrone Clark T. Clark	6	5	9	14	3	2.0
Nabal Jefferson N. Jefferson	8	3	11	14	4
Ron Newcomb R. Newcomb	7	9	4	13	4
Brian Lawson B. Lawson	6	1	9	10	1
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13	5	3	8	0
Phil Brown P. Brown	5	4	4	8	0
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	7			8	0
Adam Coleman A. Coleman	5	0	7	7	0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9			7	0		1	0	0	0
John Kremer J. Kremer	5			6	0
Victor Jacques V. Jacques	4	2	3	5	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	13			5	0
Jody Van Laanen J. Van Laanen	2	2	0	2	0
Dan Edem D. Edem	3			2	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8			2	0
Nolan Owen N. Owen	1	1	0	1	0
Mike Lepper M. Lepper	1	0	1	1	0
Matt Ng M. Ng	1	0	1	1	0
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	9			1	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8			1	0
Willie Clark W. Clark	10			1	0
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10			1	0
Joe Pawlak J. Pawlak	2			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Chad Spann C. Spann	13	19	1	20			0	120
Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13			0	19	39	0	96
Meco Brown M. Brown	11	4	0	4			1	26
Landon Cox L. Cox	12		4	4			0	24
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	10		3	3			0	18
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	10	2		2			1	14
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	7	1	1	2			0	12
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8	0	0	1			0	6
Willie Clark W. Clark	10		1	1			0	6
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	10			1			0	6
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	4		1	1			0	6
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13			1			0	6
Patrick George P. George	13			1			0	6
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	8	1		1			0	6
Jason Schepler J. Schepler	2		1	1			0	6
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	8		1	1			0	6
Preston Williams P. Williams	3	0	1	1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tommy Davis T. Davis	13	29	700	24.1	1	17	136	8.0	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	9	16	343	21.4	0
Garrett Barnas G. Barnas	9	4	41	10.3	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	8					3	62	20.7	1
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	7	2	63	31.5	0
Jordan Delegal J. Delegal	13					1	14	14.0	0
Jody Van Laanen J. Van Laanen	2					1	13	13.0	0
Jason Onyebuagu J. Onyebuagu	2	1	7	7.0	0
Scott Wedige S. Wedige	2	1	6	6.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	19	25	76.0						39	41	95.1	96

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Josh Wilber J. Wilber	9	28	1,134	40.5
	Mike Salerno M. Salerno	13	28	1,097	39.2

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

396.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

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

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

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

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
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	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	UMass	2	0	1.000
3	Akron	1	1	.500
4	Ball State	1	1	.500
5	Buffalo	1	1	.500
6	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
7	Kent State	1	1	.500
8	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
9	Ohio	1	1	.500
10	Toledo	1	1	.500
11	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	2	0	1.000
3	Virginia	2	0	1.000
4	California	1	1	.500
5	Duke	2	0	1.000
6	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
7	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Clemson	1	1	.500
12	Louisville	1	1	.500
13	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
14	Florida State	1	1	.500
15	NC State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	Syracuse	1	1	.500

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

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

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

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

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