THIRD AND DATA

Week 1 · 2026

Eastern Illinois at Minnesota

Thu 09/03/2026 08:00 PMHuntington Bank StadiumMinnesota pregame100% — Pregame win probability: 100% for Minnesota. Minnesota favored, and won.

86°Mostly Clear59% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station

Eastern Illinois

7

3–6

Minnesota

59

5–3

Attendance

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not yet 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 2026, marked career, at every school he has played for. Long snappers and returners are not drawn.

EIUQuarterbacksNo blue chips5
  • 33-star recruitQB7Cole LaCrue6'1"·2104yr
    1,347 Pass yds12 TD3 Int55.6 Cmp%300 Rush yds
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB15Jeremiah Salem6'3"·2055yr
    36 Pass yds0 TD0 Int71.4 Cmp%
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB14Logan Duhachek6'4"·2251yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB16Payton Faker6'5"·2151yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundQB13Jazel Riley IV6'1"·2051yr
MINNQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
  • 33-star recruitQB5Drake Lindsey6'5"·2303yr
    1,592 Pass yds10 TD6 Int62.2 Cmp%-39 Rush yds
  • 22-star recruitQB6Max Shikenjanski6'2"·1854yr
    50 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB16Brady Palmer6'2"·2101yr
    34 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%8 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB12Michael Merdinger ← Liberty6'1"·2053yr
    career 436 Pass yds1 TD1 Int56.6 Cmp%-3 Rush yds
  • 33-star recruitQB14Dylan Wittke6'1"·2154yr
    career 7 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%
  • 33-star recruitQB15Owen Lansu6'1"·1951yr
EIUOffensive lineNo blue chips18
MINNDefensive line4 blue chips24
  • 33-star recruitDL3TJ Bush Jr. ← California6'3"·2654yr
    30 Tackles7.0 TFL5.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 44-star recruitDL0Anthony Smith6'6"·2805yr
    17 Tackles3.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL99Theorin Randle6'2"·3004yr
    17 Tackles2.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL70Naquan Crowder ← Marshall6'2"·3302yr
    15 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL11Karter Menz6'5"·2404yr
    14 Tackles4.5 TFL3.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL93Riley Sunram6'5"·3053yr
    11 Tackles5.5 TFL1.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL1Jaxon Howard6'4"·2604yr
    5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL90Xion Chapman ← Florida International6'3"·3052yr
    5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL92Sid Kaba ← Marshall6'2"·3054yr
    2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL98Adam Kissayi6'8"·2553yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL48Aaden Aytch6'3"·2401yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL55Jaylin Hicks6'3"·2703yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL45Sam Macy6'5"·2503yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitDL50Mo Omonode6'0"·2855yr
    career 31 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitDL91Howie Johnson6'3"·3001yr
  • 33-star recruitDL94Mo Saine6'4"·2753yr
  • 33-star recruitDL47Enoch Atewogbola6'4"·2552yr
  • 33-star recruitDL95Colin Hansen6'7"·2652yr
  • 33-star recruitDL33Rhett Hlavacka6'5"·2602yr
  • 33-star recruitDL56Jay'Quan Stubbs6'4"·2852yr
  • 33-star recruitDL96Abu Tarawallie6'3"·2902yr
  • 33-star recruitDL88Josiah Anyansi6'3"·2601yr
  • 33-star recruitDL97Jeremiah Benson6'3"·2801yr
  • 33-star recruitDL41Anthony Charles6'5"·2101yr
EIUDefensive lineNo blue chips21
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL41Aidan Archibald6'2"·2502yr
    31 Tackles7.5 TFL4.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL45Erik Hehl6'0"·2453yr
    25 Tackles4.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL42Isaac Engle6'1"·2302yr
    22 Tackles4.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL9Trevon Piggee6'1"·3053yr
    21 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL13Premiere Whitley6'2"·2852yr
    19 Tackles2.5 TFL0.5 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL55James Collins II6'2"·2951yr
    19 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL53Daniel Viramontes6'1"·2752yr
    4 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL96Micah Williams6'2"·2502yr
    4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL48Maximo Vaughn6'5"·2452yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitDL59Tyler Fortis6'3"·2952yr
    1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 22-star recruitDL52Barron Sholl6'4"·2552yr
    1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL98Adam Kaminski6'7"·2603yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL44Joel Jameson6'7"·2652yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL93Osvaldo Avila6'2"·2901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL55James Collins II6'2"·2951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL92Aidan Flores6'1"·2801yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL99Joey Hiner6'0"·2901yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL56Christian Markum6'0"·2751yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL95Leon Muller6'4"·2501yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL95Leon Muller6'4"·2501yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDL97David Uzoma6'2"·2501yr
MINNOffensive line4 blue chips17
EIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips14
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB4Charles Kellom6'0"·2155yr
    121 Car580 Rush yds7 TD4.8 Rush avg
    19 Rec151 Rec yds7.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB1Jacarre Fleming-Page5'9"·1953yr
    42 Car221 Rush yds0 TD5.3 Rush avg
    4 Rec97 Rec yds24.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB22Tyren Buggs6'2"·2151yr
    25 Car37 Rush yds0 TD1.5 Rush avg
    8 Rec47 Rec yds5.9 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB35Zeke Lewis6'0"·2053yr
    5 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.4 Rush avg
    1 Rec10 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB20Jeremiah Cadet5'9"·2052yr
    career 1 Rec2 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB28Micheal Curry Jr5'11"·2002yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB1Jacarre Fleming-Page5'9"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB31Azeon Nelson5'10"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE87Alex Ginnever6'5"·2304yr
    5 Rec69 Rec yds1 TD13.8 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE82Whitten Weems6'5"·2551yr
    2 Rec8 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE88Abbas Clark6'3"·2401yr
    1 Rec5 Rec yds0 TD5.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE81Max Loveall6'3"·2202yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE33Chris Viveros6'4"·2152yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE36Jesse Eaton6'5"·2201yr
MINNLinebackers1 blue chip10
  • 33-star recruitLB6Maverick Baranowski6'2"·2305yr
    62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB19Joey Gerlach6'3"·2255yr
    41 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB49Matt Kingsbury6'3"·2354yr
    19 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks1 Int
  • 33-star recruitLB46Mason Carrier6'3"·2353yr
    9 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 44-star recruitLB2Emmanuel Karmo6'2"·2352yr
    3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB35Nate Cleveland6'2"·2252yr
    3 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB44Ethan Stendel6'3"·2402yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB16Hudson Dunn6'0"·2201yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB29Andrew Marshall ← Eastern Michigan6'2"·2353yr
    career 62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB32Angel Luciano6'1"·2101yr
EIULinebackersNo blue chips10
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB5Ja'Wuan Nickson6'0"·2402yr
    61 Tackles6.0 TFL0.5 Sacks2 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB43Lonnie Burt ← Portland State6'0"·2252yr
    59 Tackles8.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB19Mafileo Tupou5'11"·2401yr
    27 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB16Micah Valenzuela6'0"·2251yr
    21 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB34Jordyn Stewart6'1"·2302yr
    14 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB11Noah Williams5'11"·2102yr
    14 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB39Davian Humphrey6'2"·2302yr
    10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB32Cale Kimbro6'2"·2252yr
    2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • 33-star recruitLB30Dajon Doss6'1"·2202yr
    1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
  • —No recruiting profile foundLB50Jacob Simmons6'1"·2001yr
MINNBacks & tight ends4 blue chips17
  • —No recruiting profile foundRB23TJ Thomas5'8"·1903yr
    64 Car381 Rush yds1 TD6.0 Rush avg
    20 Rec94 Rec yds4.7 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB1Darius Taylor6'0"·2154yr
    83 Car217 Rush yds5 TD2.6 Rush avg
    22 Rec167 Rec yds7.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB9Xavier Ford5'10"·2102yr
    29 Car128 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
    1 Rec1 Rec yds1.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB2A.J. Turner6'0"·2005yr
    10 Car44 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
    1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitRB20Ryan Estrada5'10"·1901yr
    3 Car10 Rush yds0 TD3.3 Rush avg
    2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitRB22Jaron Thomas ← Purdue6'0"·2252yr
    1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB28Niko Castillo6'1"·2351yr
    4 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB21Grant Washington5'10"·2052yr
    career 21 Car132 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
  • 33-star recruitRB26Zeke Bates6'0"·2201yr
  • 44-star recruitTE4Roman Voss6'4"·2351yr
    7 Rec117 Rec yds2 TD16.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE19Pierce Walsh6'4"·2504yr
    6 Rec47 Rec yds1 TD7.8 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitTE87Kaden Helms ← Oklahoma6'4"·2405yr
    2 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD6.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundTE82Julian Johnson6'6"·2603yr
    2 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD3.5 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE44George Rohl6'6"·2451yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE88Jacob Simpson6'4"·2453yr
    career 1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitTE83Sam Peters6'4"·2504yr
  • 33-star recruitTE86Gabe Weaver6'5"·2401yr
EIUReceiversNo blue chips13
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR3Samuel Gonzalez6'1"·1851yr
    15 Rec273 Rec yds1 TD18.2 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR84Jeremy Reeves6'4"·2052yr
    15 Rec262 Rec yds3 TD17.5 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR6Eli Evans6'1"·1901yr
    13 Rec152 Rec yds1 TD11.7 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR8Landers Green6'4"·1953yr
    6 Rec116 Rec yds1 TD19.3 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR2Devin Whitlock5'7"·1603yr
    21 Rec113 Rec yds1 TD5.4 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR0Carlyun Neal5'11"·1902yr
    3 Rec42 Rec yds0 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR11Kenny Ajose6'6"·2251yr
    1 Rec31 Rec yds0 TD31.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR9Ayden Billups6'1"·1851yr
    1 Rec7 Rec yds0 TD7.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR80Johnovan Wysinger6'1"·1852yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR5Taiye Ajose6'6"·2301yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR83Niko Menos6'2"·2001yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR86OJ Powell6'3"·1951yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR12Jadhari Young6'0"·2051yr
MINNDefensive backsNo blue chips21
EIUDefensive backsNo blue chips19
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB21Kaleb Lyons6'0"·1955yr
    37 Tackles2 PD1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB0Nasir Maryland6'2"·2005yr
    31 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB6Jerry Addo-Boateng6'1"·1902yr
    25 Tackles2 PD3 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB25Christopher Sharp5'11"·1803yr
    20 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB7Collin Henry6'3"·1851yr
    12 Tackles1 PD
  • 33-star recruitDB14Le'Javier Payne5'8"·1802yr
    2 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB2Bruce Mitchell6'0"·2002yr
    1 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB23Kendall Ayersman6'1"·1751yr
    1 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB3Daniel Autrey6'2"·2052yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundDB12Salah Hill5'11"·1802yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundS8Nick Vecchiarelli6'0"·2204yr
    37 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS15Brandon Worsley6'0"·2002yr
    30 Tackles2 PD2 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundS1Saipeti Maiava Jr5'11"·2002yr
    24 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS24Alex Koulovatos6'2"·2051yr
    23 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS27Josh Brown6'1"·2052yr
    18 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS4Dillon Conway6'3"·2302yr
    18 Tackles1 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS29Kham Boecker6'0"·2102yr
    2 Tackles0 PD
  • —No recruiting profile foundS26Makhi Wilson6'0"·1852yr
    1 Tackles0 PD1 Int
  • —No recruiting profile foundS20Nephi Maiava5'8"·1901yr
MINNReceivers3 blue chips12
  • 33-star recruitWR11Javon Tracy6'0"·2055yr
    46 Rec460 Rec yds1 TD10.0 Rec avg
  • —No recruiting profile foundWR13Noah Jennings ← Cincinnati6'0"·1904yr
    33 Rec395 Rec yds1 TD12.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Smith6'1"·2103yr
    18 Rec263 Rec yds3 TD14.6 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR84Hayden Moore6'1"·2051yr
    3 Rec49 Rec yds0 TD16.3 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR89Quayd Hendryx5'11"·1801yr
    2 Rec28 Rec yds1 TD14.0 Rec avg
  • 44-star recruitWR7Bradley Martino6'3"·1902yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR25Zion Steptoe ← Tulsa5'11"·1905yr
    1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR18Donielle Hayes6'0"·1904yr
  • 33-star recruitWR24Braiden Stevens5'8"·1701yr
  • 44-star recruitWR3Perry Thompson ← Auburn6'3"·2203yr
    career 22 Rec280 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
  • 33-star recruitWR85Rico Blassingame6'1"·1851yr
  • 33-star recruitWR81Josiah Dozier6'1"·1901yr
EIUKickersNo blue chips3
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK47Drew Schiller6'1"·1853yr
    4 FG5 FGA41 Long35 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK40Alex Stoyanovich5'9"·1753yr
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK37Calvin Ogawa6'1"·2001yr
MINNKickersNo blue chips3
  • 33-star recruitPK36Daniel Jackson5'10"·1752yr
    1 FG1 FGA31 Long10 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK—Luke Drzewiecki6'0"·1865yr
    15 FG15 FGA60 Long59 Pts
  • —No recruiting profile foundPK92Beckham Sunderland ← Michigan6'2"·2153yr
    0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
EIUPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —No recruiting profile foundP46Cade Cox6'0"·1754yr
    61 Punts42.9 Avg10 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP51Jacob Gettman6'0"·1853yr
    career 0 FG0 FGA0 Long6 Pts
MINNPuntersNo blue chips2
  • —Recruiting profile found — unratedP37Zachary Robbins ← Utah State6'3"·2202yr
    1 Punts33.0 Avg1 In 20
  • —No recruiting profile foundP42Tom Weston6'3"·2202yr
    41 Punts42.8 Avg18 In 20

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