VAQUERO NATION · SOUTHLAND · 2026 SEASON
UTRGV Vaqueros Football Stats
The 2026 UTRGV football season by the numbers: team statistics with national ranks and advanced efficiency metrics, through 8 games. Plus national ratings. The team averaged 23.9 points per game, 404.5 total yards per game and 22.1 points allowed per game.
2026 RATINGS
| MODEL | RATING | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| SRS | -27.8 | – |
2026 TEAM STATS
8 GAMES · 23.9 PPG · 22.1 ALLOWED · 404.5 YPG
| STAT | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 8 | – |
| Points / Game | 23.9 | #167 |
| Points Allowed / Game | 22.1 | #89 |
| Total Yards / Game | 404.5 | #88 |
| Rushing Yards / Game | 149.6 | #143 |
| Passing Yards / Game | 254.9 | #62 |
| Yards / Play | 5.6 | #133 |
| 3rd Down Conversion | 41.7% | #91 |
| Turnover Margin | -1 | #150 |
ADVANCED
| METRIC | VALUE | NATIONAL |
|---|---|---|
| Offense PPA | 0.041 | #181 |
| Defense PPA | 0.057 | #103 |
| Offense Success Rate | 40.8% | #150 |
| Defense Success Rate | 44.5% | #205 |
| Explosiveness | 1.245 | #133 |
2026 PLAYER STATS
Passing
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidan Jakobsohn | 100/179 | 1237 | 6.9 | 8 | 8 |
| Garret Rangel | 70/116 | 767 | 6.6 | 3 | 3 |
| Atzel Chavez Jr. | 4/12 | 35 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 174/307 | 2039 | 6.6 | 11 | 11 |
Rushing
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ Dement | 77 | 364 | 4.7 | 2 |
| Brennan Carroll | 55 | 334 | 6.1 | 1 |
| Broderick Taylor | 21 | 199 | 9.5 | 2 |
| Aidan Jakobsohn | 50 | 159 | 3.2 | 2 |
| Fabian Garcia | 17 | 67 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Atzel Chavez Jr. | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 1 |
| Garret Rangel | 22 | 26 | 1.2 | 2 |
| Malachi Lane | 10 | 22 | 2.2 | 1 |
| Jackson Regan | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Kyran Lee | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| Nathan Huerta | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 261 | 1207 | 4.6 | 11 |
Receiving
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyran Lee | 41 | 572 | 14.0 | 5 |
| Jaydon Smith | 22 | 369 | 16.8 | 3 |
| Corey Holmes | 18 | 259 | 14.4 | 1 |
| Clint Thomas Jr. | 9 | 183 | 20.3 | 0 |
| Braden Baize | 15 | 169 | 11.3 | 0 |
| Christian Sabsook | 16 | 103 | 6.4 | 1 |
| Cameron Glenn | 8 | 90 | 11.3 | 0 |
| Tavian Cord | 7 | 90 | 12.9 | 1 |
| TJ Dement | 13 | 57 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Alex Green | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 |
| Brennan Carroll | 8 | 31 | 3.9 | 0 |
| Fabian Garcia | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Jaxon Baize | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 |
| Aidan Jakobsohn | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 |
| Tyler Day | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Hunter Luke | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Keilan Sweeny | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Malachi Lane | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 174 | 2039 | 11.7 | 11 |
Defense
| PLAYER | TCKL | TFL | SACK | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaiden Haygood | 80 | 8.5 | 1 | 2 |
| Spencer Rich | 80 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Waid | 47 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| TJ Neal | 45 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Alijah Prosser | 29 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jordan Ford | 29 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 |
| Dorian Blackwell | 27 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathan Huerta | 22 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Marcus Heard Jr. | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Cashiola | 15 | 4.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Connor Carrigan | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Withchiel Filamar | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seyyid Smith | 13 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Trey Bright | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Percy Jackson III | 11 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| Jaden Wincher | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Hewitt | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholas Peace | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Abdon Mata | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Harwell | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keion Bryant | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DC Thompson | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chase Alexander | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Sabsook | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ife Ohalete | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ja'Marcus Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxson Maynard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keamonie Archie | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Landen Gaskamp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Walker Diharce | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Earls | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Shaw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marek Wojno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Day | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Jakobsohn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor Cortez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Nwabuoku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabian Garcia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Regan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Adkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaden Pettway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| James Bailey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaydon Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyran Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lathan Morse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Wallace-Dilling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Joseph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wes Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gunner Naivar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Thomas | – | – | – | 1 |