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	12	229	4,055	806	5.0	1,626	428	3.8	2,429	378	6.4	213	93	106	106	61	559
Team Rank		110th	99th	109th	89th	86th	91st	73rd	90th	84th	89th	106th	82nd	90th	90th	11th	18th
Opponent	12	370	5,211		5.8	2,521	536	4.7	2,690	366	7.3	267	128	124	124	72	708
Opponent Rank		81st	88th		84th	110th	109th	95th	37th	20th	82nd	77th	96th	46th	47th	93rd	47th
Net		-141	-1,156	+806	-0.7	-895	-108	-0.9	-261	+12	-0.9	-54	-35	-18	-18	-11	-149
Net Rank		109th	109th	106th	102nd	105th	103rd	94th	82nd	53rd	96th	108th	98th	89th	89th	28th	16th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Dan Nicholson D. Nicholson	9	151	248	60.9	27.6	1,633	6.6	181.4	9	14	116.9	3.6	5.6
Ryan Morris R. Morris	7	67	127	52.8	18.1	727	5.7	103.9	4	5	103.4	3.1	3.9
Marcus Perez M. Perez	4	1	1	100.0	0.3	59	59.0	14.8	1	0	925.6	100.0	0.0
Andy Dittbenner A. Dittbenner	12	1	1	100.0	0.1	10	10.0	0.8	0	0	184.0	0.0	0.0
Matt Simon M. Simon	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
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	12	274	22.8	1,245	4.5	103.8	8	319	1,508
David Bryant D. Bryant	6	62	10.3	245	4.0	40.8	2	67	279
Montell Clanton M. Clanton	2	26	13.0	140	5.4	70.0	1	30	165
Dan Nicholson D. Nicholson	9	21	2.3	-66	-3.1	-7.3	0
Ryan Morris R. Morris	7	13	1.9	-85	-6.5	-12.1	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	5	11	2.2	61	5.5	12.2	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	7	7	1.0	20	2.9	2.9	0	8	29
Marcus Perez M. Perez	4	3	0.8	40	13.3	10.0	0	11	129
Greg Turner G. Turner	10	2	0.2	19	9.5	1.9	0	23	241
Matt Simon M. Simon	12	2	0.2	17	8.5	1.4	0	54	986
Zach Larsen Z. Larsen	7	1	0.1	2	2.0	0.3	0

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Matt Simon M. Simon	12	52	4.3	969	18.6	80.8	5	54	986
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	12	45	3.8	263	5.8	21.9	3	319	1,508
Britt Davis B. Davis	9	33	3.7	391	11.8	43.4	2
Greg Turner G. Turner	10	21	2.1	222	10.6	22.2	1	23	241
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	5	18	3.6	166	9.2	33.2	1
Brandon Davis B. Davis	8	14	1.8	108	7.7	13.5	1
Marcus Perez M. Perez	4	8	2.0	89	11.1	22.3	0	11	129
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	3	6	2.0	42	7.0	14.0	0
David Bryant D. Bryant	6	5	0.8	34	6.8	5.7	0	67	279
Brandon Beal B. Beal	5	4	0.8	27	6.8	5.4	0
Montell Clanton M. Clanton	2	4	2.0	25	6.3	12.5	0	30	165
Evans Adonis E. Adonis	8	3	0.4	26	8.7	3.3	1
Landon Cox L. Cox	6	2	0.3	19	9.5	3.2	0
David Koronkiewicz D. Koronkiewicz	1	1	1.0	15	15.0	15.0	0
Anthony Mason A. Mason	9	1	0.1	10	10.0	1.1	0
Bryan Beckner B. Beckner	2	1	0.5	9	9.0	4.5	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	7	1	0.1	9	9.0	1.3	0	8	29
Jason Onyebuagu J. Onyebuagu	3	1	0.3	5	5.0	1.7	0

Defense	GP	TKL	AST	COMB	TFL	SCK	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Alex Kube A. Kube	11	49	62	111	0
Bradley Pruitt B. Pruitt	12	47	45	92	4	1.0	1	0	0	0
Josh Allen J. Allen	12	33	56	89	9	2.0
Larry English L. English	12	29	38	67	17	10.5
Mark Reiter M. Reiter	9	32	33	65	0		1	22	22	0
Melvin Rice M. Rice	8	31	30	61	4
Zach Larsen Z. Larsen	7	28	31	59	4	2.0
John Tranchitella J. Tranchitella	11	25	33	58	7		2	9	4.5	0
Cory Hanson C. Hanson	7	21	34	55	3	1.0	1	18	18	0
Alex Krutsch A. Krutsch	12	22	22	44	6	0.5
Chase Carter C. Carter	12	23	19	42	0		2	120	60	1
Phil Brown P. Brown	9	23	15	38	1
Brandon Bice B. Bice	10	14	24	38	2	1.5
Spencer Williamson S. Williamson	7	14	20	34	0
Tim McCarthy T. McCarthy	2	4	12	16	1
Anthony Mason A. Mason	9	5	9	14	0	0.5
D.J. Pirkle	6	11	2	13	4	3.0
Mike Krause M. Krause	6	6	7	13	2	1.0
Jeff Fontana J. Fontana	9	4	7	11	0
Craig Rusch C. Rusch	2	6	4	10	1
Jake Coffman J. Coffman	3	2	7	9	0
Patrick George P. George	8	5	2	7	0
Ed Jackson E. Jackson	4	2	5	7	0
Landon Cox L. Cox	6	2	3	5	0
Dan Keller D. Keller	2	2	3	5	0
Chad Spann C. Spann	5	2	3	5	0
Ricky Crider R. Crider	7	1	4	5	0
Zach Holycross Z. Holycross	2	0	5	5	0
Vincent Matthew V. Matthew	4	2	2	4	0
Kyle Skarb K. Skarb	3	2	2	4	0
Andy Dittbenner A. Dittbenner	12	3	0	3	0
Chris Nendick C. Nendick	12	3	0	3	0
Nolan Owen N. Owen	3	2	1	3	0
Justin Stewart J. Stewart	2	0	3	3	0
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	12	1	1	2	0
David Bryant D. Bryant	6	1	1	2	0
Saul Ibarra S. Ibarra	2	1	1	2	0
Jason Onyebuagu J. Onyebuagu	3	1	1	2	0
Chris Acevedo C. Acevedo	1	1	0	1	0
Eddie Adamski E. Adamski	1	1	0	1	0
Evans Adonis E. Adonis	8	1	0	1	0
Tyler Clasey T. Clasey	1	1	0	1	0
Brandon Davis B. Davis	8	1	0	1	0
Brandon Beal B. Beal	5	0	1	1	0
Bryan Beckner B. Beckner	2	0	1	1	0
Jason Cruikshank J. Cruikshank	2	0	1	1	0
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	5	0	1	1	0
John Hopkins J. Hopkins	1	0	1	1	0
Kevin Skatrud K. Skatrud	1	0	1	1	0
William Tsutsumi W. Tsutsumi	1	0	1	1	0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Justin Anderson J. Anderson	12	8	3	11			66
Chris Nendick C. Nendick	12			0	12	25	61
Matt Simon M. Simon	12	0	5	5			30
David Bryant D. Bryant	6	2	0	2			12
Britt Davis B. Davis	9		2	2			12
Evans Adonis E. Adonis	8		1	1			6
Chase Carter C. Carter	12			1			6
Montell Clanton M. Clanton	2	1	0	1			6
Reed Cunningham R. Cunningham	5		1	1			6
Brandon Davis B. Davis	8		1	1			6
Larry English L. English	12			1			6
Jeff Fontana J. Fontana	9			1			6
Greg Turner G. Turner	10	0	1	1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Evans Adonis E. Adonis	8	26	487	18.7
Patrick George P. George	8	13	242	18.6
Matt Simon M. Simon	12	4	42	10.5	8	84	10.5	0
Greg Turner G. Turner	10	3	50	16.7	8	66	8.3	0
Marcus Perez M. Perez	4	6	125	20.8	3	41	13.7	0
Jason Cruikshank J. Cruikshank	2	1	15	15.0
Anthony Antonacci A. Antonacci	1	1	2	2.0
Marcus Lewis M. Lewis	3	1	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
	Chris Nendick C. Nendick	12	12	18	66.7						25	27	92.6	61

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Andy Dittbenner A. Dittbenner	12	59	2,564	43.5
	Chris Nendick C. Nendick	12	7	304	43.4

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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