THUNDERBIRD NATION · BIG SKY · 2026 SEASON
Southern Utah Thunderbirds Football Stats
The 2026 Southern Utah football season by the numbers: team statistics with national ranks and advanced efficiency metrics, through 8 games. Plus national ratings. The team averaged 31.8 points per game, 448.4 total yards per game and 33.1 points allowed per game.
2026 RATINGS
| MODEL | RATING | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| SRS | -27.8 | – |
2026 TEAM STATS
8 GAMES · 31.8 PPG · 33.1 ALLOWED · 448.4 YPG
| STAT | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 8 | – |
| Points / Game | 31.8 | #78 |
| Points Allowed / Game | 33.1 | #221 |
| Total Yards / Game | 448.4 | #36 |
| Rushing Yards / Game | 265.6 | #6 |
| Passing Yards / Game | 182.8 | #203 |
| Yards / Play | 6.7 | #28 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 42.5% | #77 |
| Turnover Margin | 3 | #71 |
ADVANCED
| METRIC | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Offense PPA | 0.146 | #96 |
| Defense PPA | 0.166 | #204 |
| Offense Success Rate | 42.1% | #129 |
| Defense Success Rate | 41.7% | #143 |
| Explosiveness | 1.385 | #26 |
2026 PLAYER STATS
Passing
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Burns | 124/197 | 1459 | 7.4 | 11 | 7 |
| Lee Norman-Lester | 1/1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Stevens | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 125/199 | 1462 | 7.3 | 11 | 7 |
Rushing
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Chalk IV | 173 | 1089 | 6.3 | 10 |
| Will Burns | 101 | 843 | 8.3 | 10 |
| Camury Reid | 16 | 59 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Niko Alailefaleula | 18 | 55 | 3.1 | 0 |
| Hubert Thomas | 6 | 29 | 4.8 | 0 |
| Ran Sawyer | 11 | 23 | 2.1 | 0 |
| David Spjut | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Mark Bails | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Talmage Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Lee Norman-Lester | 3 | 2 | 0.7 | 0 |
| Totals | 333 | 2128 | 6.4 | 20 |
Receiving
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Bails | 21 | 458 | 21.8 | 3 |
| Joshua Acord | 27 | 284 | 10.5 | 6 |
| David Spjut | 25 | 268 | 10.7 | 1 |
| Floyd Chalk IV | 14 | 93 | 6.6 | 0 |
| Jack Fairchild | 9 | 90 | 10.0 | 0 |
| Devin Downing | 6 | 77 | 12.8 | 1 |
| Hayden George | 5 | 61 | 12.2 | 0 |
| Logan Dunfield | 4 | 49 | 12.3 | 0 |
| Camury Reid | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 |
| Ran Sawyer | 5 | 29 | 5.8 | 0 |
| Chance Arbon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Anson Kraut | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Talmage Brown | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Niko Alailefaleula | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 |
| Antonio Walton | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 125 | 1462 | 11.7 | 11 |
Defense
| PLAYER | TCKL | TFL | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Vance | 63 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Mason Stromstad | 48 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 |
| Amarion York | 34 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Christian Sampson | 29 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Lincoln Tuioti-Mariner | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Logalima Lesa | 27 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Hall | 25 | 5.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| Myles Amey | 25 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Jonathan Landry | 21 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Christian | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jakobi Spence | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Seni Tuiaki | 14 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Mays | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jesse Garza | 12 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Kasahn Johnson | 11 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Andrus | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kealamaikahiki Loo | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rocky Shields | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tavian Edwards | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Wells | 6 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Malo | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Manasa Pela | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colten Swanson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaden Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Koy Mortensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Valencia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keenan Eck | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sal Avila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashton Wysokinski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Floyd Chalk IV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaishon Bledsoe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joshua Acord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Villa-Rowe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Niko Alailefaleula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ran Sawyer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ty Pringle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 457 | 45 | 11 | 8 |