REDBIRD NATION · MVFC · 2026 SEASON
Illinois State Redbirds Football Stats
The 2026 Illinois State football season by the numbers: team statistics with national ranks and advanced efficiency metrics, through 8 games. Plus national ratings. The team averaged 35.1 points per game, 396.6 total yards per game and 16.2 points allowed per game.
2026 RATINGS
| MODEL | RATING | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| SRS | -11.5 | – |
2026 TEAM STATS
8 GAMES · 35.1 PPG · 16.2 ALLOWED · 396.6 YPG
| STAT | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 8 | – |
| Points / Game | 35.1 | #50 |
| Points Allowed / Game | 16.2 | #25 |
| Total Yards / Game | 396.6 | #98 |
| Rushing Yards / Game | 177 | #80 |
| Passing Yards / Game | 219.6 | #133 |
| Yards / Play | 5.6 | #133 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 51.9% | #13 |
| Turnover Margin | 1 | #117 |
ADVANCED
| METRIC | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Offense PPA | 0.154 | #90 |
| Defense PPA | -0.076 | #13 |
| Offense Success Rate | 47.0% | #45 |
| Defense Success Rate | 38.2% | #75 |
| Explosiveness | 1.129 | #239 |
2026 PLAYER STATS
Passing
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gage Roy | 91/136 | 862 | 6.3 | 10 | 2 |
| Beckham Pellant | 64/112 | 808 | 7.2 | 6 | 4 |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 10/13 | 87 | 6.7 | 1 | 0 |
| Cooper Kmet | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Lord | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 165/263 | 1757 | 6.7 | 17 | 7 |
Rushing
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Dawson | 104 | 413 | 4.0 | 6 |
| Tyler Lofton | 53 | 320 | 6.0 | 4 |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 29 | 239 | 8.2 | 4 |
| Seth Glatz | 41 | 222 | 5.4 | 2 |
| Anthony Hall | 20 | 117 | 5.8 | 1 |
| Albert Gooden III | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 1 |
| Quentin Skillings | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 |
| Beckham Pellant | 16 | 23 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Gage Roy | 17 | 16 | 0.9 | 0 |
| Hayden Futch | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 294 | 1425 | 4.8 | 19 |
Receiving
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Lord | 41 | 427 | 10.4 | 6 |
| Luke Mailander | 14 | 257 | 18.4 | 1 |
| Stevan Gavric | 15 | 207 | 13.8 | 2 |
| Ian Willis | 17 | 172 | 10.1 | 0 |
| Alex Herrera | 13 | 152 | 11.7 | 4 |
| Mar'Quan Gary | 8 | 104 | 13.0 | 1 |
| Ethan Loss | 10 | 91 | 9.1 | 0 |
| Max Ziebarth | 10 | 69 | 6.9 | 1 |
| Tyler Lofton | 9 | 68 | 7.6 | 1 |
| Andrew Rockford | 6 | 57 | 9.5 | 0 |
| Brady Probst | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 |
| Dallas Amos | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 |
| Travis Stamm | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Nick True | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Victor Dawson | 5 | 17 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Seth Glatz | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Chase Kwiatkowski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Quentin Skillings | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Anthony Hall | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Nick Arogundade | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 165 | 1757 | 10.6 | 17 |
Defense
| PLAYER | TCKL | TFL | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tye Niekamp | 61 | 7.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Mason Kaplan | 46 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Solomon Oduma | 40 | 3.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ben Harman | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Jordan Coleman | 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| La'Shavion Brown | 35 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Dexter Niekamp | 34 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| Doreon Dubose | 32 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Key Crowell | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Anthony Corona | 27 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Manuel Espinoza | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Jones | 18 | 2.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Jamaricus Thomas | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Logan Jellison | 13 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Valentino Garcia | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Oliver | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wyatt Boals | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Mueller | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Cooper | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rylan Crawford | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Lehew | 8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Haering | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Rico Clay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Sierra | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Javien Jackson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aden Cannon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Crandall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Aidan Crews | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Draivyn Colvin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emmanuel Ofosu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Olson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Rockford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dereon Crowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Drzonek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethan Loss | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel Nege | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Gettemy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Michaelsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattox Kelly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Ziebarth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Lofton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Victor Dawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Lord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 579 | 44 | 13 | 5 |