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Nick Sparks

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	28	90		3.2	1,217	13.5	43.5	5		17	0.6	52	3.1	1.9	0		1,269	5

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	12	40		3.3	425	10.6	35.4	1		5	0.4	30	6.0	2.5	0		455	1
Road	16	50		3.1	792	15.8	49.5	4		12	0.8	22	1.8	1.4	0		814	4

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	13	38		2.9	488	12.8	37.5	2		6	0.5	34	5.7	2.6	0		522	2
Losses	15	52		3.5	729	14.0	48.6	3		11	0.7	18	1.6	1.2	0		747	3

Month

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TOT YDS	TOT TD
August	3	12	4.0	99	8.3	33.0	0	6	2.0	25	4.2	8.3	124	0
September	9	25	2.8	327	13.1	36.3	1	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.9	335	1
October	7	30	4.3	397	13.2	56.7	2	2	0.3	7	3.5	1.0	404	2
November	9	23	2.6	394	17.1	43.8	2	7	0.8	12	1.7	1.3	406	2

Conference

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Atlantic Coast	2	4	2.0	105	26.3	52.5	1							105	1
Big 10	3	8	2.7	82	10.3	27.3	0	5	1.7	10	2.0	3.3	0	92	0
Independent	2	4	2.0	89	22.3	44.5	0	5	2.5	9	1.8	4.5	0	98	0
Mid-American	18	67	3.7	872	13.0	48.4	3	5	0.3	26	5.2	1.4	0	898	3

Opponent

	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YPG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
BUFF	2	4	2.0	62	15.5	31.0	0							62	0
CMU	2	9	4.5	165	18.3	82.5	1							165	1
CONN	1	3	3.0	54	18.0	54.0	0							54	0
CP	1	2	2.0	23	11.5	23.0	1							23	1
EMU	3	13	4.3	147	11.3	49.0	0							147	0
HOW	1	4	4.0	39	9.8	39.0	0							39	0
IOWA	1	3	3.0	31	10.3	31.0	0	3	3.0	2	0.7	2.0	0	33	0
KENT	2	10	5.0	74	7.4	37.0	0	1	0.5	4	4.0	2.0	0	78	0
LIB	1	1	1.0	7	7.0	7.0	0	2	2.0	7	3.5	7.0	0	14	0
M-OH	2	12	6.0	188	15.7	94.0	1							188	1
MD	1	1	1.0	65	65.0	65.0	1							65	1
MRSH	2	5	2.5	90	18.0	45.0	1	1	0.5	-1	-1.0	-0.5	0	89	1
OHIO	3	2	0.7	22	11.0	7.3	0	3	1.0	23	7.7	7.7	0	45	0
PUR	1							2	2.0	8	4.0	8.0	0	8	0
UCF	3	13	4.3	159	12.2	53.0	0	5	1.7	9	1.8	3.0	0	168	0
UVA	1	3	3.0	40	13.3	40.0	0							40	0
WIS	1	5	5.0	51	10.2	51.0	0							51	0

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More Akron Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,343

Roggow

RUSH

730

Gant

REC

417

Williams

Team Rankings

PPG

19.1

139th

OPP PPG

32.2

137th

RUSH YDS/G

136.7

116th

PASS YDS/G

217.2

96th

2026 MAC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
9	Ball State	2-3	3-6
10	Central Michigan	2-3	4-5
11	Bowling Green	2-3	2-7
12	Sacramento State	1-6	2-8
13	Akron	0-5	1-8

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 11/10	WMU	@	AKR	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	AKR	@	MASS	1:00 PM
Fri 11/27	BUFF	@	AKR	12:00 PM

Last Game

Ohio

7 - 2

Final

Akron

1 - 8

Tue 3 Nov 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