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	14	536	6,664	1,003	6.6	3,278	595	5.5	3,386	408	8.3	333	158	149	149	77	748
Team Rank		9th	5th	12th	8th	9th	13th	6th	32nd	62nd	16th	9th	11th	34th	34th	64th	91st
Opponent	14	424	5,813		5.5	2,343	582	4.0	3,470	478	7.3	319	143	152	152	86	758
Opponent Rank		104th	109th		64th	93rd	117th	57th	110th	108th	75th	119th	110th	104th	104th	25th	20th
Net		+112	+851	+1,003	+1.2	+935	+13	+1.5	-84	-70	+1.0	+14	+15	-3	-3	-9	-10
Net Rank		29th	39th	12th	23rd	22nd	54th	14th	66th	89th	32nd	53rd	49th	62nd	62nd	34th	52nd

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	14	237	384	61.7	27.4	3,216	8.4	229.7	28	6	153.0	7.3	1.6
Jordan Lynch J. Lynch	13	15	20	75.0	1.5	166	8.3	12.8	1	0	161.2	5.0	0.0
Ryan Neir R. Neir	13	1	1	100.0	0.1	4	4.0	0.3	0	0	133.6	0.0	0.0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13	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
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	14	194	13.9	1,379	7.1	98.5	11
Jasmin Hopkins J. Hopkins	14	187	13.4	956	5.1	68.3	15	199	1,010
Akeem Daniels A. Daniels	14	56	4.0	303	5.4	21.6	3	71	555
Jordan Lynch J. Lynch	13	45	3.5	246	5.5	18.9	3
Jamal Womble J. Womble	10	37	3.7	124	3.4	12.4	1	39	182
Leighton Settle L. Settle	7	16	2.3	84	5.3	12.0	0	18	98
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13	10	0.8	85	8.5	6.5	0	57	615
Tommylee Lewis T. Lewis	9	7	0.8	76	10.9	8.4	1
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	13	6	0.5	30	5.0	2.3	0	53	725
Cameron Bell C. Bell	7	6	0.9	22	3.7	3.1	0
Jamison Wells J. Wells	13	3	0.2	20	6.7	1.5	0	17	132
Willie Clark W. Clark	12	3	0.3	18	6.0	1.5	0	21	310
James Spencer J. Spencer	3	2	0.7	7	3.5	2.3	0
Da'Ron Brown D. Brown	11	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.3	0	24	320
Ryan Neir R. Neir	13	1	0.1	-11	-11.0	-0.8	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Martel Moore M. Moore	12	48	4.0	752	15.7	62.7	7
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	13	47	3.6	695	14.8	53.5	7	53	725
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13	47	3.6	530	11.3	40.8	3	57	615
Da'Ron Brown D. Brown	11	23	2.1	317	13.8	28.8	2	24	320
Willie Clark W. Clark	12	18	1.5	292	16.2	24.3	4	21	310
Akeem Daniels A. Daniels	14	15	1.1	252	16.8	18.0	2	71	555
Jamison Wells J. Wells	13	14	1.1	112	8.0	8.6	0	17	132
Anthony Johnson A. Johnson	7	13	1.9	174	13.4	24.9	0
Jasmin Hopkins J. Hopkins	14	12	0.9	54	4.5	3.9	1	199	1,010
Luke Eakes L. Eakes	7	6	0.9	49	8.2	7.0	1
Jamal Womble J. Womble	10	2	0.2	58	29.0	5.8	1	39	182
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	4	2	0.5	51	25.5	12.8	0
Pat McAvoy P. McAvoy	4	2	0.5	16	8.0	4.0	0
Leighton Settle L. Settle	7	2	0.3	14	7.0	2.0	0	18	98
Jack Marks J. Marks	2	1	0.5	13	13.0	6.5	0
Tim Semisch T. Semisch	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	1

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Pat Schiller P. Schiller	14	42	73	115	10
Jimmie Ward J. Ward	14	48	52	100	2		1	0	0	0
Jordan Delegal J. Delegal	13	46	36	82	5
Rashaan Melvin R. Melvin	13	54	24	78	1		2	0	0	0
Jhony Faustin J. Faustin	13	47	23	70	0		2	2	1	0
Jamaal Bass J. Bass	11	23	39	62	5
Sean Progar S. Progar	13	25	34	59	11	5.5	0	0		0
Dechane Durante D. Durante	13	34	23	57	4		3	47	15.7	1
Demetrius Stone D. Stone	11			55	0		1	29	29	0
Ron Newcomb R. Newcomb	14	23	29	52	13	4.5	0	0		0
Alan Baxter A. Baxter	12	19	29	48	12	5.5
Nabal Jefferson N. Jefferson	14	17	29	46	5		1	25	25	1
Tommy Davis T. Davis	11			38	0
Kyle Jenkins K. Jenkins	12	11	18	29	5	1.5
Michael Santacaterina M. Santacaterina	9	9	19	28	2		1	19	19	0
Jason Meehan J. Meehan	12	12	14	26	3
Sean Evans S. Evans	7	17	7	24	1
Victor Jacques V. Jacques	10	7	13	20	0
Joe Windsor J. Windsor	9	5	15	20	2
Dominique Ware D. Ware	9			19	0
Anthony Wells A. Wells	9			16	5
Marckie Hayes M. Hayes	8	7	7	14	0
Gervaise Porter G. Porter	6	5	8	13	0
Stephen O'Neal S. O'Neal	6	7	5	12	5	3.0
Frank Boenzi F. Boenzi	7			12	3
Da'Ron Brown D. Brown	11			11	0
Tyler Wedel T. Wedel	4	3	3	6	0
Greg Barksdale G. Barksdale	2	2	4	6	0
Courtney Stephen C. Stephen	3	1	3	4	0
Zach Anderson Z. Anderson	2	1	2	3	0		1	2	2	0
Cameron Bell C. Bell	7			3	0
Akeem Daniels A. Daniels	14			3	0
Scott Wedige S. Wedige	3			2	0
Bobby Winkel B. Winkel	3			2	0
Ryan Fillingim R. Fillingim	1	1	0	1	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13			1	0
Demarcus Grady D. Grady	4			1	0
Adam Kiel A. Kiel	2			1	0
Jordan Lynch J. Lynch	13			1	0
Pat McAvoy P. McAvoy	4			1	0
George Rainey G. Rainey	10			1	0
Rob Sterling R. Sterling	3			1	0
Jamison Wells J. Wells	13			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Mathew Sims M. Sims	14			0	20	64	0	124
Jasmin Hopkins J. Hopkins	14	15	1	16			0	96
Chandler Harnish C. Harnish	14	11		11			0	66
Nathan Palmer N. Palmer	13	0	7	7			1	44
Martel Moore M. Moore	12		7	7			0	42
Akeem Daniels A. Daniels	14	3	2	5			0	30
Willie Clark W. Clark	12	0	4	4			0	24
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13	0	3	3			0	18
Tommylee Lewis T. Lewis	9	1		3			0	18
Jordan Lynch J. Lynch	13	3		3			0	18
Da'Ron Brown D. Brown	11	0	2	2			0	12
Jamal Womble J. Womble	10	1	1	2			0	12
Dechane Durante D. Durante	13			1			0	6
Luke Eakes L. Eakes	7		1	1			0	6
Nabal Jefferson N. Jefferson	14			1			0	6
Tim Semisch T. Semisch	1		1	1			0	6
Courtney Stephen C. Stephen	3			1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tommylee Lewis T. Lewis	9	30	755	25.2	2
Tommy Davis T. Davis	11	9	145	16.1	0	8	60	7.5	0
Perez Ashford P. Ashford	13	7	122	17.4	0	5	31	6.2	0
Akeem Daniels A. Daniels	14	4	72	18.0	0
Pat McAvoy P. McAvoy	4	3	10	3.3	0
Michael Santacaterina M. Santacaterina	9	1	18	18.0	0
Rob Sterling R. Sterling	3	1	14	14.0	0
Jamison Wells J. Wells	13	1	13	13.0	0
Jimmie Ward J. Ward	14					1	9	9.0	0
Da'Ron Brown D. Brown	11					1	0	0.0	0
Jason Meehan J. Meehan	12	1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Mathew Sims M. Sims	14	20	28	71.4						64	66	97.0	124

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ryan Neir R. Neir	13	62	2,213	35.7

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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	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Florida Atlantic	4	1	.800
2	Memphis	4	1	.800
3	UTSA	4	1	.800
4	North Texas	3	2	.600
5	UAB	3	2	.600
6	South Florida	4	1	.800
7	Army	2	2	.500
8	Temple	2	3	.400
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

	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	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	Delaware	2	3	.400
9	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
10	Western Kentucky	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

	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	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
6	Georgia State	4	1	.800
7	Marshall	3	2	.600
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	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