Week 1 · 2025
Sam Houston at Western Kentucky
Sat 08/23/2025 07:00 PMHouchens Industries-L.T. Smith StadiumWestern Kentucky pregame74% — Pregame win probability: 74% for Western Kentucky. Western Kentucky favored, and won.Conference
84°Clear7 mph NNW · 45% humidityRecorded at kickoff by College Football Data
Sam Houston
24
2–10
Western Kentucky
41
9–4
Attendance
15,312
reported
Each room is drawn against the one it plays: the away offensive line beside the home defensive front, and back again. Quarterbacks, kickers and punters have no opposing room and face their own. Players are ordered exactly as they are on a team's roster tab — by position, then by who has played this season, then production, then recruiting stars, then seasons on a roster — so an offensive line, for which no production is published, runs on stars and then experience. A player who has appeared this season shows that season's totals; everyone else shows career totals through 2025, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.
SHSUQuarterbacks1 blue chip5
- —No recruiting profile foundQB10Hunter Watson2yr1,108 Pass yds5 TD4 Int57.1 Cmp%276 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB8Landyn Locke1yr765 Pass yds4 TD4 Int50.4 Cmp%-15 Rush yds
- 44-star recruitQB—Mabrey Mettauer ← Wisconsin2yr293 Pass yds3 TD2 Int59.0 Cmp%85 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB15DJ Bailey2yr42 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%-10 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB17Noah Normand1yr
WKUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
- 33-star recruitQB7Maverick McIvor ← Abilene Christian7yr2,062 Pass yds12 TD6 Int67.0 Cmp%76 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB5Rodney Tisdale Jr.2yr1,432 Pass yds9 TD7 Int65.6 Cmp%108 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Tucker Parks2yr0 Pass yds0 TD0 Int0.0 Cmp%6 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB10Caleb McMickle ← Houston3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB14Owen Loy1yr
SHSUOffensive lineNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitOL70Rhett Larson4yr
- 33-star recruitOL55Kolt Dieterich3yr
- 33-star recruitOL67Isaac Sohn ← North Texas3yr
- 33-star recruitOL68Logan Cahill1yr
- 33-star recruitOL74Graceson Spann1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL71James Dawn II4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Quinton Williams ← Louisiana4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Luke Eckardt3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL59Graceson Jackson-Smith3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Kevin Kalonji ← Maryland3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75William McCollum3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Carter Buchheit2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL54Mich'le Joseph2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL52Cam Todd ← Coastal Carolina2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Zo'Maryon Bryan1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL56Jeremiah Edmond1yr
WKUDefensive lineNo blue chips18
- 33-star recruitDE55Venson Sneed4yr14 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE50Elin Jones ← Johnson C. Smith1yr13 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE45Josaiah Knight ← Mississippi State2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE17Zsacari Minnis2yr
- 33-star recruitDE59Sharlandiin Strange1yr
- 33-star recruitDE41Brandon Thomas1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDE96Brandon Tobias II2yr
- 33-star recruitDL0Mackavelli Malotumau ← Nevada4yr33 Tackles7.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Rylen Su'a-Filo ← Southern Utah4yr28 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL98Jaden Hardy ← Grambling5yr20 Tackles2.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL15Jayden Gray ← Louisiana Tech5yr17 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL93Robby Harrison ← Indiana4yr16 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL10Chukwunedu Okeke2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT52Jakeem Fletcher ← Alabama State2yr15 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT54Sekou Peters1yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDT99Eric Etienne ← Norfolk State2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitEDGE50Harper Holloman2yr39 Tackles5.5 TFL2.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitEDGE16Koron Hayward3yr19 Tackles3.5 TFL2.5 Sacks1 Int
SHSUDefensive lineNo blue chips17
- —No recruiting profile foundDE48Chauncey Chidi1yr31 Tackles3.5 TFL2.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE17Christopher Eaton Jr. ← Hampton5yr26 Tackles9.0 TFL5.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDE16Brody Henderson1yr11 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDE14Bryen Spaulding1yr1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDE91Caius Coy1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Quardale Patt2yr9 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL23AJ Sargent ← Tarleton State3yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL94Josiah Stephens2yr4 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL99Keelan Cox ← Texas Southern4yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
- 33-star recruitDL92Anthony Shorter1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL51Jaredh Frayre2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL58Joshua Frayre2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL55Cade Adams ← Georgia Tech1yr
- 33-star recruitDT97Dylan Frazier4yr41 Tackles4.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDT33Zeiqui Lawton4yr13 Tackles3.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT10Darien Jackson1yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDT95She'Fon Boyd1yr8 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
WKUOffensive line1 blue chip15
- 44-star recruitOL50Laurence Seymore III4yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Elijah Williams ← Kent State2yr
- 33-star recruitOL64Jackson Dialls1yr
- 33-star recruitOL52Isiah Stoudemire1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL53Marshall Jackson4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Quincy Jenkins ← James Madison3yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL60Caleb Nitta ← Virginia Tech3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL65Devon Smith ← UL Monroe3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL68Gabe Claybrook2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Melvin Collins Jr.2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Jemeil Jackson ← Central Michigan2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Karsten Upchurch ← Mississippi State2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Branden Hollis1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Hackman Pierre1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Max Thurston1yr
SHSUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips16
- 33-star recruitRB10Landan Brown3yr84 Car487 Rush yds5 TD5.8 Rush avg37 Rec237 Rec yds6.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Elijah Green ← Indiana6yr58 Car391 Rush yds2 TD6.7 Rush avg15 Rec133 Rec yds8.9 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB22Alton McCaskill ← Arizona State5yr88 Car371 Rush yds1 TD4.2 Rush avg9 Rec66 Rec yds7.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB38Adrian Murdaugh4yr2 Car7 Rush yds0 TD3.5 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB6Jerrian Parker Jr.2yr5 Car0 Rush yds0 TD0.0 Rush avg2 Rec6 Rec yds3.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Shane Porter ← North Texas5yr2 Car-1 Rush yds0 TD-0.5 Rush avg1 Rec7 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB41Trey Taylor2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB81Xander Cheek1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Ah'Marion Gaines-Smith1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE12Austin Smith5yr7 Rec65 Rec yds0 TD9.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE83Dylan Burk1yr6 Rec55 Rec yds0 TD9.2 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Ray Lotten3yr3 Rec54 Rec yds0 TD18.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE86Thomas Jewett4yrcareer 9 Rec42 Rec yds0 TD4.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE89Fernando Garza III4yrcareer 1 Rec2 Rec yds0 TD2.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE82Cooper Stevens2yr
- 33-star recruitTE14London Deyon1yr
WKULinebackersNo blue chips11
- 33-star recruitLB21Jaylen Wester ← Colorado4yr106 Tackles7.0 TFL1.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB3Anthony Brackenridge4yr74 Tackles5.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB19Miller Malone2yr37 Tackles5.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB9Dominic Oliver ← San Diego State4yr20 Tackles4.0 TFL3.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB22Jordan Donald1yr14 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB20Zach Smith ← SMU2yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB29Joshua Mensah3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Kai Micatrotto1yr
- 33-star recruitLB35Elijah Rumph1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Eli Jones4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB1Kennon Loftin1yr
SHSULinebackersNo blue chips12
- —No recruiting profile foundLB6Antavious Fish ← Akron4yr78 Tackles5.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB8CJ Johnson3yr41 Tackles0.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB21Dean Ford2yr32 Tackles6.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB42Ca'lub Holloway4yr29 Tackles1.0 TFL0.5 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB26Tokyo Gordon1yr19 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB56JaMair Diaz ← Glenville State1yr14 Tackles1.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB10Jacob Robinson1yr5 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedLB45Eli Wallace3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB43Jayveon Johnson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB37Jacquis Ishmeal Jr.2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB47Cartier Okopie1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundLB40Cole Worthington1yr
WKUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips15
- 33-star recruitRB21Marvis Parrish1yr106 Car576 Rush yds1 TD5.4 Rush avg36 Rec203 Rec yds5.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB29La'Vell Wright ← Austin Peay5yr85 Car471 Rush yds10 TD5.5 Rush avg10 Rec88 Rec yds8.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB9George Hart III5yr70 Car300 Rush yds5 TD4.3 Rush avg9 Rec19 Rec yds2.1 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB25Jaden McGill ← Tennessee State2yr16 Car63 Rush yds1 TD3.9 Rush avg1 Rec12 Rec yds12.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB23Jalen Hampton6yr11 Car27 Rush yds0 TD2.5 Rush avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB9Corey Landers Jr.3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB26Donovan Jones2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB29Adrion Boyd1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Javon McMahan1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedTE81Noah Meyers3yr32 Rec357 Rec yds3 TD11.2 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE85Jackson West ← Florida State5yr8 Rec80 Rec yds1 TD10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE15Justin Wolf ← Kansas State4yr2 Rec19 Rec yds0 TD9.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE19Lofton Howard3yr3 Rec10 Rec yds0 TD3.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE89Cross Nimmo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Aiden Miller3yr
SHSUReceiversNo blue chips13
- 33-star recruitWR2Chris Reed2yr30 Rec460 Rec yds5 TD15.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Grady O'Neill ← Wisconsin3yr38 Rec392 Rec yds1 TD10.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR3Tim Burns Jr.1yr12 Rec228 Rec yds1 TD19.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR11Malik Phillips3yr18 Rec174 Rec yds1 TD9.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR7Qua'Vez Humphreys3yr12 Rec132 Rec yds1 TD11.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR0Darrick Bledsoe III2yr7 Rec86 Rec yds0 TD12.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR1Aviyon Smith-Mack ← LIU Post3yr9 Rec49 Rec yds0 TD5.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR4Michael Phoenix II2yr4 Rec40 Rec yds0 TD10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR5Lonnie Adkism2yr3 Rec24 Rec yds1 TD8.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2Kaleb Black ← Arizona State3yrcareer 1 Rec-2 Rec yds0 TD-2.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR4Fatu Mukuba2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Terrence Guillory II2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Matthew Tatum2yr
WKUDefensive backsNo blue chips20
- —No recruiting profile foundCB0Dylan Flowers3yr33 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitCB8Korbyn Green2yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Jaylen Lewis ← Temple4yr74 Tackles5 PD3 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Dave Herard6yr58 Tackles4 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Nazir Ward3yr35 Tackles6 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB11Kent Robinson4yr29 Tackles4 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Al-Ma'hi Ali ← Charlotte4yr28 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Jaavan Mack ← Charlotte2yr26 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB1Demarko Williams5yr21 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Jai Eugene Jr.3yr21 Tackles5 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB16Avarion Cole ← App State4yr20 Tackles3 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB5Jalen Emery ← Houston5yr18 Tackles3 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB14Braxton Myers ← Southern Miss3yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB10Xavion Griffin2yr2 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24Lataj Wright2yr1 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Swipe Marshall4yrcareer 39 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB27Jordan Bergeron1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6Justin Brown3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB31Jalen Jackson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB36Khrystian Washington1yr
SHSUDefensive backsNo blue chips19
- 33-star recruitCB20Dravon Wilson2yr21 Tackles0 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundCB17Octavius Henderson3yr3 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB24CJ Brown ← Bowling Green6yr64 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitDB2Cecil Powell ← Troy7yr42 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB0Alonzo Edwards Jr. ← Texas State4yr41 Tackles4 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB7Emon Allen4yr40 Tackles5 PD3 Int
- 33-star recruitDB4Jaidan Scott4yr32 Tackles2 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Trey Harris ← Cornell2yr31 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB16Joe Swen4yr4 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB31Dax Horany3yr1 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB32Quan Williams4yrcareer 4 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB39Davion Green1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB27Maurice Mathis1yr
- 33-star recruitS8Tyler Bailey4yr45 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- 33-star recruitS9Jace Arnold ← Wisconsin3yr19 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitS5Jalyn Stanford ← Houston2yr10 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS13Railyn Adams2yr9 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS29Lyric Smith2yr5 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitS30Braylen Wortham1yr1 Tackles0 PD
WKUReceiversNo blue chips12
- —No recruiting profile foundWR17Matthew Henry ← Western Illinois2yr55 Rec888 Rec yds6 TD16.1 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR2K.D. Hutchinson4yr66 Rec618 Rec yds3 TD9.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Moussa Barry4yr34 Rec488 Rec yds1 TD14.4 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR5Jairus Mack ← Charlotte5yr24 Rec223 Rec yds1 TD9.3 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR4Cameron Flowers2yr19 Rec204 Rec yds1 TD10.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Kelby Williams ← Old Dominion3yr11 Rec165 Rec yds0 TD15.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR12Quincy Burroughs ← Wisconsin4yr8 Rec77 Rec yds1 TD9.6 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Isaiah Myers ← Purdue2yr2 Rec43 Rec yds0 TD21.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR82Jaleel Walker3yr1 Rec20 Rec yds0 TD20.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR19Marvin Sims3yr2 Rec19 Rec yds1 TD9.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR24Fonzy Smith1yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedWR12Damari Jefferson2yr
SHSUKickersNo blue chips4
- 22-star recruitPK37RJ Lopez6yr3 FG6 FGA40 Long15 Pts
- 22-star recruitPK81Nico Ottomanelli ← Nebraska2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK49Christian Pavon4yr8 FG12 FGA51 Long40 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK83Tate Ryan1yr
WKUKickersNo blue chips5
- —No recruiting profile foundPK39John Cannon ← South Florida4yr16 FG20 FGA49 Long94 Pts
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedPK42Jack Cassidy1yr2 FG2 FGA55 Long6 Pts
- 33-star recruitPK43Jackson Smith4yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK58Michael Buck2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK95Konner Olson1yr
SHSUPuntersNo blue chips1
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP35Curtis Gerrand1yr64 Punts43.0 Avg21 In 20
WKUPuntersNo blue chips1
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP18Cole Maynard5yr57 Punts48.4 Avg15 In 20
Previous 3 meetings vs. Team
Western Kentucky 2–1 vs Sam Houston
- 2024 · wk 8Western Kentucky 31 @ Sam Houston 14
- 2023 · wk 12Sam Houston 23 @ Western Kentucky 28
- 2004 · wk 14Western Kentucky 24 @ Sam Houston 54
Previous 2 meetings vs. Tyson Helton
Sam Houston 0–2 vs Tyson Helton
- 2024 · wk 8Western Kentucky 31 @ Sam Houston 14
- 2023 · wk 12Sam Houston 23 @ Western Kentucky 28
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