Northwestern Wildcats

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	376	5,471	984	5.6	2,166	577	3.8	3,305	407	8.1	305	136	150	150	56	492
Team Rank		48th	34th	18th	60th	44th	19th	87th	38th	64th	23rd	23rd	24th	33rd	33rd	11th	17th
Opponent	13	360	5,300		6.1	2,305	513	4.5	2,995	356	8.4	266	127	126	126	69	600
Opponent Rank		71st	90th		98th	90th	94th	77th	75th	30th	112th	76th	95th	53rd	53rd	78th	73rd
Net		+16	+171	+984	-0.5	-139	+64	-0.7	+310	+51	-0.3	+39	+9	+24	+24	-13	-108
Net Rank		66th	61st	18th	88th	64th	33rd	88th	48th	36th	73rd	33rd	53rd	39th	39th	22nd	29th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dan Persa D. Persa	10	218	297	73.4	29.7	2,376	8.0	237.6	17	7	154.8	5.7	2.4
Kain Colter K. Colter	13	55	82	67.1	6.3	673	8.2	51.8	6	1	157.7	7.3	1.2
Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	8	16	26	61.5	3.3	256	9.8	32.0	3	1	174.6	11.5	3.8
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12	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
Kain Colter K. Colter	13	135	10.4	654	4.8	50.3	9	178	1,120
Jacob Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	107	8.2	471	4.4	36.2	6	131	701
Treyvon Green T. Green	13	97	7.5	362	3.7	27.8	4	107	401
Dan Persa D. Persa	10	79	7.9	32	0.4	3.2	1
Adonis Smith A. Smith	8	66	8.3	266	4.0	33.3	3	73	297
Mike Trumpy M. Trumpy	3	35	11.7	182	5.2	60.7	1
Tyris Jones T. Jones	6	19	3.2	69	3.6	11.5	0	20	70
Venric Mark V. Mark	13	15	1.2	104	6.9	8.0	1	16	108
Trevor Siemian T. Siemian	8	5	0.6	19	3.8	2.4	0
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12	4	0.3	26	6.5	2.2	0	79	1,086
Alex Daniel A. Daniel	1	2	2.0	-1	-0.5	-1.0	0
Evan Watkins E. Watkins	1	1	1.0	2	2.0	2.0	0
Charles Brown C. Brown	9	1	0.1	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0	9	100

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12	75	6.3	1,060	14.1	88.3	11	79	1,086
Drake Dunsmore D. Dunsmore	13	45	3.5	522	11.6	40.2	6
Kain Colter K. Colter	13	43	3.3	466	10.8	35.8	3	178	1,120
Demetrius Fields D. Fields	12	32	2.7	382	11.9	31.8	3
Jacob Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	24	1.8	230	9.6	17.7	0	131	701
Rashad Lawrence R. Lawrence	7	19	2.7	203	10.7	29.0	1
Christian Jones C. Jones	9	16	1.8	195	12.2	21.7	0
Treyvon Green T. Green	13	10	0.8	39	3.9	3.0	0	107	401
Charles Brown C. Brown	9	8	0.9	101	12.6	11.2	0	9	100
Adonis Smith A. Smith	8	7	0.9	31	4.4	3.9	0	73	297
Drew Moulton D. Moulton	4	4	1.0	40	10.0	10.0	0
Mike Jensen M. Jensen	5	2	0.4	23	11.5	4.6	0
Jack Konopka J. Konopka	2	1	0.5	6	6.0	3.0	0
Venric Mark V. Mark	13	1	0.1	4	4.0	0.3	0	16	108
Tim Riley T. Riley	2	1	0.5	2	2.0	1.0	1
Tyris Jones T. Jones	6	1	0.2	1	1.0	0.2	1	20	70

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Ibraheim Campbell I. Campbell	13	54	46	100	3		2	43	21.5	0
Brian Peters B. Peters	13	49	43	92	4		5	26	5.2	0
David Nwabuisi D. Nwabuisi	13	39	45	84	8
Bryce McNaul B. McNaul	12	33	43	76	6		1	9	9	0
Jeravin Matthews J. Matthews	11	38	25	63	0		1	0	0	0
Jordan Mabin J. Mabin	12	43	19	62	0		1	0	0	0
Damien Proby D. Proby	12	34	26	60	2
Vince Browne V. Browne	12	20	16	36	4
Jack Dinardo J. Dinardo	11	16	18	34	6
Chi Chi Ariguzo C. Chi Ariguzo	9	14	18	32	2
Tyler Scott T. Scott	9	16	15	31	2		1	1	1	0
Quentin Williams Q. Williams	11	8	21	29	5	3.0
Collin Ellis C. Ellis	8	13	15	28	2
Kevin Watt K. Watt	10	11	13	24	2
Ben Johnson B. Johnson	8	10	14	24	2
Will Hampton W. Hampton	10	9	6	15	1
Niko Mafuli N. Mafuli	7	7	8	15	2	1.0
Mike Bolden M. Bolden	8	7	7	14	0
Daniel Jones D. Jones	5	8	4	12	0
Demetrius Dugar D. Dugar	4	7	4	11	1		1	0	0	0
Hunter Bates H. Bates	7			10	0
Venric Mark V. Mark	13	6	3	9	0
Ricky Weina R. Weina	5	3	6	9	0
David Arnold D. Arnold	4			8	1
Charles Brown C. Brown	9	6	1	7	0
Brian Arnfelt B. Arnfelt	3	1	6	7	0
Mike Jensen M. Jensen	5			6	0
Jared Carpenter J. Carpenter	3	5	0	5	1
C.J. Bryant	4	4	1	5	0
Steve Flaherty S. Flaherty	4			4	0
Jacob Schmidt J. Schmidt	13			4	0
Jimmy Hall J. Hall	4			3	0
Chance Carter C. Carter	3			2	0
Davion Fleming D. Fleming	2			2	0
Will Studlien W. Studlien	1	1	0	1	0
Ben Burkett B. Burkett	2			1	0
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12			1	0
Tyris Jones T. Jones	6			1	0
Dan Persa D. Persa	10			1	0
Tim Riley T. Riley	2			1	0
Brandon Vitabile B. Vitabile	2			1	0
Patrick Ward P. Ward	2			1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Kain Colter K. Colter	13	9	3	12			0	72
Jeff Budzien J. Budzien	13			0	6	50	0	68
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12	0	11	11			1	68
Drake Dunsmore D. Dunsmore	13		6	6			0	36
Jacob Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	6	0	6			0	36
Treyvon Green T. Green	13	4	0	4			0	24
Demetrius Fields D. Fields	12		3	3			0	18
Adonis Smith A. Smith	8	3	0	3			0	18
Tyris Jones T. Jones	6	0	1	1			0	6
Rashad Lawrence R. Lawrence	7		1	1			0	6
Venric Mark V. Mark	13	1	0	1			0	6
Dan Persa D. Persa	10	1		1			0	6
Tim Riley T. Riley	2		1	1			0	6
Mike Trumpy M. Trumpy	3	1		1			0	6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Venric Mark V. Mark	13	40	915	22.9	8	127	15.9	0
Jacob Schmidt J. Schmidt	13	6	101	16.8
Timmy Vernon T. Vernon	2	1	10	10.0
Jeremy Ebert J. Ebert	12	1	7	7.0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Jeff Budzien J. Budzien	13	6	10	60.0						50	50	100.0	68

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Brandon Williams B. Williams	13	52	2,119	40.8

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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

	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

	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

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	4	2	.667
2	Liberty	4	1	.800
3	Florida International	3	2	.600
4	New Mexico State	2	4	.333
5	Missouri State	1	3	.250
6	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
7	Delaware	2	3	.400
8	Middle Tennessee	2	3	.400
9	Kennesaw State	1	4	.200
10	Western Kentucky	1	4	.200

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	5	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	4	1	.800
3	Georgia State	4	1	.800
4	South Alabama	3	2	.600
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	Arkansas State	2	3	.400
11	Coastal Carolina	1	4	.200
12	Southern Miss	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