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Nathan Palmer

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	39	93		2.4	1,575	16.9	40.4	16		21	0.5	200	9.5	5.1	1		1,775	17

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	23	41		1.8	624	15.2	27.1	7		12	0.5	130	10.8	5.7	1		754	8
Road	26	52		2.0	951	18.3	36.6	9		9	0.3	70	7.8	2.7	0		1,021	9

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	34	63		1.9	1,057	16.8	31.1	14		15	0.4	156	10.4	4.6	1		1,213	15
Losses	15	30		2.0	518	17.3	34.5	2		6	0.4	44	7.3	2.9	0		562	2

Month

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
January	2	2	1.0	24	12.0	12.0	0	2	1.0	4	2.0	2.0	0	28	0
August	1	3	3.0	170	56.7	170.0	2							170	2
September	14	26	1.9	320	12.3	22.9	1	4	0.3	9	2.3	0.6	0	329	1
October	17	35	2.1	494	14.1	29.1	4	3	0.2	31	10.3	1.8	1	525	5
November	11	18	1.6	356	19.8	32.4	7	7	0.6	127	18.1	11.5	0	483	7
December	4	9	2.3	211	23.4	52.8	2	5	1.3	29	5.8	7.3	0	240	2

Conference

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
American Athletic	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	16	0
Big 10	6	9	1.5	254	28.2	42.3	2	4	0.7	9	2.3	1.5	0	263	2
Big 12	2	11	5.5	99	9.0	49.5	0							99	0
Independent	1	1	1.0	19	19.0	19.0	1							19	1
Mid-American	31	60	1.9	1,073	17.9	34.6	13	14	0.5	175	12.5	5.6	1	1,248	14
Southeastern	1	4	4.0	26	6.5	26.0	0							26	0
Sun Belt	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0							12	0
Western Athletic	2	2	1.0	40	20.0	20.0	0	1	0.5	12	12.0	6.0	0	52	0

Opponent

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
AKR	2	3	1.5	65	21.7	32.5	1	2	1.0	30	15.0	15.0	1	95	2
ARMY	1	1	1.0	19	19.0	19.0	1							19	1
ARST	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0							12	0
BALL	3	10	3.3	179	17.9	59.7	3	5	1.7	82	16.4	27.3	0	261	3
BGSU	2	3	1.5	24	8.0	12.0	0							24	0
BUFF	2	5	2.5	72	14.4	36.0	0							72	0
CMU	3	2	0.7	40	20.0	13.3	0							40	0
CP	1	3	3.0	27	9.0	27.0	0							27	0
EMU	4							1	0.3	23	23.0	5.8	0	23	0
FRES	1	2	2.0	40	20.0	40.0	0							40	0
ILL	1	1	1.0	42	42.0	42.0	0							42	0
INST	1													0	0
ISU	1	2	2.0	13	6.5	13.0	0							13	0
KENT	1	2	2.0	35	17.5	35.0	0							35	0
KU	1	9	9.0	86	9.6	86.0	0							86	0
LT	1							1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	12	0
M-OH	3	4	1.3	60	15.0	20.0	0							60	0
MINN	2	4	2.0	172	43.0	86.0	2	1	0.5	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0	171	2
OHIO	2	4	2.0	115	28.8	57.5	2	5	2.5	39	7.8	19.5	0	154	2
PUR	1	2	2.0	17	8.5	17.0	0	1	1.0	4	4.0	4.0	0	21	0
TEM	1	4	4.0	39	9.8	39.0	1	1	1.0	1	1.0	1.0	0	40	1
TENN	1	4	4.0	26	6.5	26.0	0							26	0
TOL	4	5	1.3	153	30.6	38.3	4							153	4
UND	1	1	1.0	13	13.0	13.0	0							13	0
USF	1	1	1.0	12	12.0	12.0	0	2	2.0	4	2.0	4.0	0	16	0
WIS	2	2	1.0	23	11.5	11.5	0	2	1.0	6	3.0	3.0	0	29	0
WIU	1													0	0
WMU	4	18	4.5	291	16.2	72.8	2							291	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

138th

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

2,649

Mestemaker

2,577

Jackson

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

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

25

Mensah

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

40.4

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

329.6

324.1

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	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
3	South Alabama	4	4	.500
4	James Madison	7	2	.778
5	Louisiana	5	3	.625
6	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Georgia State	4	4	.500
11	Southern Miss	3	5	.375
12	Marshall	5	3	.625
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

	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

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	UTSA	7	1	.875
2	North Texas	6	2	.750
3	Memphis	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	South Florida	6	2	.750
6	UAB	4	4	.500
7	Florida Atlantic	5	3	.625
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

	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