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Mitchell Brinkman

Overall

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Career	52	77	115	1.5	951	12.4	18.3	7	48	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	989	7	0	0

Team

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
NIU	31	48	67	1.5	617	12.9	19.9	5	48	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	618	5	0	0
USF	21	29	48	1.4	334	11.5	15.9	2	37	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	371	2	0	0

Location

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Home	25	32	42	1.3	405	12.7	16.2	5	37	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	428	5	0	0
Road	25	42	70	1.7	504	12.0	20.2	2	48	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	519	2	0	0

Result

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
Wins	19	25	35	1.3	359	14.4	18.9	4	48	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	372	4	0	0
Losses	31	49	77	1.6	550	11.2	17.7	3	38	0	0.0	0		0.0	0	0	575	3	0	0

Month

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
August	1	4	5	4.0	51	12.8	51.0	0	21							51	0
September	14	15	24	1.1	183	12.2	13.1	1	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	195	1	0	0
October	16	30	43	1.9	386	12.9	24.1	1	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	387	1	0	0
November	19	25	40	1.3	289	11.6	15.2	5	33							314	5	0	0

Conference

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
American Athletic	15	22	39	1.5	237	10.8	15.8	2	37	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	262	2	0	0
Atlantic Coast	3	4	4	1.3	56	14.0	18.7	0	31							56	0
Big 10	2	3	5	1.5	25	8.3	12.5	0	13							25	0
Independent	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
Mid-American	21	33	45	1.6	438	13.3	20.9	4	48	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	439	4	0	0
Pac-12	1	3	5	3.0	16	5.3	16.0	0	10							16	0
Southeastern	2	3	5	1.5	59	19.7	29.5	1	38							59	1

Opponent

	GP	REC	TRG	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	LNG	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPG	TD	LNG	TOT YDS	TOT TD	FUM	LOST
AKR	2	3	4	1.5	49	16.3	24.5	1	18							49	1
BALL	2	5	7	2.5	52	10.4	26.0	1	20							52	1
BC	1
BUFF	2	4	4	2.0	46	11.5	23.0	0	24							46	0
BYU	1	0	1	0.0	0		0.0	0	0							0	0
CIN	2	3	8	1.5	36	12.0	18.0	0	15							36	0	0	0
CIT	1	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	12							24	0
CMU	3	3	4	1.0	36	12.0	12.0	0	17	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	36	0	0	0
ECU	2	3	3	1.5	56	18.7	28.0	0	37							56	0
EIU	1
EMU	3	4	6	1.3	34	8.5	11.3	0	12	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	35	0	0	0
FAMU	1	1	2	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	0	15							15	0
FLA	1	1	1	1.0	14	14.0	14.0	0	14							14	0
HOU	2	1	6	0.5	33	33.0	16.5	1	33							43	1
ILST	1	4	5	4.0	51	12.8	51.0	0	21							51	0
KENT	1	1	1	1.0	13	13.0	13.0	0	13							13	0
M-OH	1	3	4	3.0	40	13.3	40.0	0	28							40	0
MEM	1	2	3	2.0	13	6.5	13.0	1	10							13	1
NCST	1	2	2	2.0	35	17.5	35.0	0	31							35	0
ND	1	2	2	2.0	21	10.5	21.0	0	12							21	0
NEB	2	3	5	1.5	25	8.3	12.5	0	13							25	0
OHIO	1	5	6	5.0	100	20.0	100.0	0	48							100	0
SMU	1	1	3	1.0	13	13.0	13.0	0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	13	0	0	0
TEM	2	1	3	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0	0							0	0
TLSA	2	5	5	2.5	38	7.6	19.0	0	14							38	0
TOL	4	3	5	0.8	35	11.7	8.8	0	15							35	0
TULN	1	2	3	2.0	26	13.0	26.0	0	18							41	0	0	0
UCF	2	4	5	2.0	22	5.5	11.0	0	10							22	0
UTAH	1	3	5	3.0	16	5.3	16.0	0	10							16	0
VAN	1	2	4	2.0	45	22.5	45.0	1	38							45	1
WIU	1
WMU	2	2	4	1.0	33	16.5	16.5	2	26							33	2

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More Northern Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,617

Dickens

RUSH

574

Johnson

REC

633

Rogers

Team Rankings

PPG

16.3

155th

OPP PPG

37.6

163rd

RUSH YDS/G

117.6

139th

PASS YDS/G

208.0

106th

2026 MWC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
6	Nevada	2-2	3-5
7	San Jose State	2-3	4-5
8	Hawai'i	1-4	2-6
9	UTEP	0-4	1-7
10	Northern Illinois	0-4	0-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/7	NIU	@	SJSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/14	NEV	@	NIU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/21	NIU	@	NDSU	4:00 PM
Sat 11/28	UTEP	@	NIU	3:30 PM

Last Game

Northern Illinois

0 - 8

Final

UNLV

5 - 3

Sat 31 Oct 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375