The 2026 Sam Houston football season by the numbers: team statistics with national ranks and advanced efficiency metrics, through 6 games. Plus national ratings. The team averaged 19.5 points per game, 342 total yards per game and 24.5 points allowed per game.

| MODEL | RATING | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| SP+ | -16.5 | – |
| FPI | -16.672 | #127 |
| SRS | -12.2 | – |
| Elo | 1104 | – |
| Returning Production | 57.7% | – |
6 GAMES · 19.5 PPG · 24.5 ALLOWED · 342 YPG
| STAT | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 6 | #70 |
| Points / Game | 19.5 | #123 |
| Points Allowed / Game | 24.5 | #76 |
| Total Yards / Game | 342 | #107 |
| Rushing Yards / Game | 95 | #134 |
| Passing Yards / Game | 247 | #51 |
| Yards / Play | 5.2 | #114 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 37.2% | #89 |
| Turnover Margin | 1 | #61 |
| METRIC | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Offense PPA | -0.002 | #122 |
| Defense PPA | 0.111 | #84 |
| Offense Success Rate | 38.7% | #118 |
| Defense Success Rate | 39.6% | #57 |
| Explosiveness | 1.261 | #53 |
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landyn Locke | 129/205 | 1418 | 6.9 | 11 | 4 |
| Brett Holloway | 3/5 | 64 | 12.8 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 132/210 | 1482 | 7.1 | 12 | 5 |
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alton McCaskill | 53 | 211 | 4.0 | 1 |
| Landan Brown | 28 | 121 | 4.3 | 1 |
| MJ Dowdy | 28 | 112 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Jerrian Parker | 12 | 68 | 5.7 | 0 |
| Brett Holloway | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 1 |
| Ah'Marion Gaines-Smith | 3 | 21 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Kaden Winkfield | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 |
| Kyan Berry-Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Landyn Locke | 38 | -39 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 178 | 575 | 3.2 | 3 |
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Reed | 17 | 289 | 17.0 | 3 |
| Grady O'Neill | 28 | 260 | 9.3 | 2 |
| Tim Burns Jr. | 11 | 212 | 19.3 | 2 |
| Kyan Berry-Johnson | 16 | 191 | 11.9 | 1 |
| Kamari Maxwell | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 1 |
| Jerrian Parker | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 1 |
| Darrick Bledsoe III | 10 | 81 | 8.1 | 2 |
| Landan Brown | 15 | 78 | 5.2 | 0 |
| Max Whisner | 6 | 47 | 7.8 | 0 |
| Alton McCaskill | 12 | 37 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Matt Smith | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 |
| Aviyon Smith-Mack | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 132 | 1482 | 11.2 | 12 |
| PLAYER | TCKL | TFL | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dean Ford | 38 | 3.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Railyn Adams | 28 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Brian Bates Jr. | 27 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Brody Henderson | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Caesar Magee III | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ishmel Atkins | 20 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Bailey | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Dravon Wilson | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jace Arnold | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Frazier | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike King Jr. | 14 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Justin Cottrell | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Groves | 12 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Josh Alexander-Felton | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Cameron Franklin | 10 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Lyric Smith | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tokyo Gordon | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalyn Stanford | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caius Coy | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Terrell | 7 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Chauncey Chidi | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Darien Jackson | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stacy Bey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| She'Fon Boyd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jarra Anderson | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Aaron Edwards | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ca'lub Holloway | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Opara | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Braylen Wortham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Odom | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zion Taylor | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Alton McCaskill | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aviyon Smith-Mack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ June | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Worthington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darrick Bledsoe III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dimitry Nicolas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jabaric Sullivan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyan Berry-Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Bourda Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert McFarland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tate Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Terrence Guillory II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 385 | 34 | 12 | 5 |