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
1–2
Minnesota
59
1–1
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 LaCrue4yr419 Pass yds5 TD0 Int59.4 Cmp%105 Rush yds
- —No recruiting profile foundQB15Jeremiah Salem5yr8 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%
- —No recruiting profile foundQB14Logan Duhachek1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB16Payton Faker1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundQB13Jazel Riley IV1yr
MINNQuarterbacksNo blue chips6
- 33-star recruitQB5Drake Lindsey3yr543 Pass yds1 TD0 Int69.4 Cmp%-6 Rush yds
- 22-star recruitQB6Max Shikenjanski4yr50 Pass yds0 TD0 Int100.0 Cmp%2 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB16Brady Palmer1yr34 Pass yds0 TD0 Int66.7 Cmp%8 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB12Michael Merdinger ← Liberty3yrcareer 436 Pass yds1 TD1 Int56.6 Cmp%-3 Rush yds
- 33-star recruitQB14Dylan Wittke4yrcareer 7 Pass yds0 TD1 Int33.3 Cmp%
- 33-star recruitQB15Owen Lansu1yr
EIUOffensive lineNo blue chips18
- —No recruiting profile foundOL62Cole Roberson4yr
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedOL65Carson Fichtel3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL70Alejandro Arellano2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL72Brandin Carpenter2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL61Antonie De Lau2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL76Dominic Fasano2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL67Dejan Guzina2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL79Aidan Hubble2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL74Rahfeeq Katumbusi2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL57Panayiotis Mihalopoulos2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL73Jordan Yandila2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL69Tatum Bentley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL78Grady Farley1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL77Gianni Pangallo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL66Jalin Strowder1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL63Nick Thomas1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL75David Trujillo1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundOL71Peter Williams1yr
MINNDefensive line4 blue chips24
- 33-star recruitDL3TJ Bush Jr. ← California4yr11 Tackles2.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL11Karter Menz4yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL99Theorin Randle4yr5 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL0Anthony Smith5yr3 Tackles1.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL70Naquan Crowder ← Marshall2yr3 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL93Riley Sunram3yr2 Tackles2.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL92Sid Kaba ← Marshall4yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL98Adam Kissayi3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL48Aaden Aytch1yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL55Jaylin Hicks3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL45Sam Macy3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL1Jaxon Howard4yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL90Xion Chapman ← Florida International2yr0 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitDL50Mo Omonode5yrcareer 31 Tackles5.5 TFL4.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitDL91Howie Johnson1yr
- 33-star recruitDL94Mo Saine3yr
- 33-star recruitDL47Enoch Atewogbola2yr
- 33-star recruitDL95Colin Hansen2yr
- 33-star recruitDL33Rhett Hlavacka2yr
- 33-star recruitDL56Jay'Quan Stubbs2yr
- 33-star recruitDL96Abu Tarawallie2yr
- 33-star recruitDL88Josiah Anyansi1yr
- 33-star recruitDL97Jeremiah Benson1yr
- 33-star recruitDL41Anthony Charles1yr
EIUDefensive lineNo blue chips21
- —No recruiting profile foundDL45Erik Hehl3yr8 Tackles3.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL42Isaac Engle2yr7 Tackles3.0 TFL1.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL55James Collins II1yr6 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL41Aidan Archibald2yr4 Tackles2.0 TFL2.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL13Premiere Whitley2yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL9Trevon Piggee3yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL53Daniel Viramontes2yr2 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL59Tyler Fortis2yr1 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 22-star recruitDL52Barron Sholl2yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDL98Adam Kaminski3yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundDL44Joel Jameson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL48Maximo Vaughn2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL96Micah Williams2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL93Osvaldo Avila1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL55James Collins II1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL92Aidan Flores1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL99Joey Hiner1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL56Christian Markum1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL95Leon Muller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL95Leon Muller1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDL97David Uzoma1yr
MINNOffensive line4 blue chips17
- 44-star recruitOL55Jerome Williams4yr
- 44-star recruitOL50Nathan Roy3yr
- 44-star recruitOL68Bennett Warren ← Tennessee3yr
- 44-star recruitOL79Andrew Trout1yr
- 33-star recruitOL78Ashton Beers5yr
- 33-star recruitOL59Tony Nelson5yr
- 33-star recruitOL65Greg Johnson4yr
- 33-star recruitOL58Jaden Ball3yr
- 33-star recruitOL56Brett Carroll3yr
- 33-star recruitOL75Mark Handy2yr
- 33-star recruitOL60Kaveon Lee2yr
- 33-star recruitOL51Daniel Shipp2yr
- 33-star recruitOL77Nick Spence2yr
- 33-star recruitOL69Gavin Meier1yr
- 33-star recruitOL66Beckett Schreiber1yr
- 33-star recruitOL57Aaron Thomas1yr
- 33-star recruitOL71Lucas Tielsch1yr
EIUBacks & tight endsNo blue chips14
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedRB4Charles Kellom5yr40 Car297 Rush yds4 TD7.4 Rush avg9 Rec60 Rec yds6.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB1Jacarre Fleming-Page3yr19 Car97 Rush yds0 TD5.1 Rush avg1 Rec7 Rec yds7.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB22Tyren Buggs1yr11 Car8 Rush yds0 TD0.7 Rush avg3 Rec44 Rec yds14.7 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB35Zeke Lewis3yr5 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.4 Rush avg1 Rec10 Rec yds10.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB20Jeremiah Cadet2yrcareer 1 Rec2 Rec yds2.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB28Micheal Curry Jr2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB1Jacarre Fleming-Page1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundRB31Azeon Nelson1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE82Whitten Weems1yr1 Rec3 Rec yds0 TD3.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE87Alex Ginnever4yr1 Rec-8 Rec yds0 TD-8.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE81Max Loveall2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE33Chris Viveros2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE88Abbas Clark1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundTE36Jesse Eaton1yr
MINNLinebackers1 blue chip10
- 33-star recruitLB6Maverick Baranowski5yr15 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB49Matt Kingsbury4yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB19Joey Gerlach5yr6 Tackles1.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 44-star recruitLB2Emmanuel Karmo2yr3 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB46Mason Carrier3yr2 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB35Nate Cleveland2yr1 Tackles1.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB29Andrew Marshall ← Eastern Michigan3yrcareer 62 Tackles3.5 TFL1.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB44Ethan Stendel2yrcareer 1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB16Hudson Dunn1yr
- 33-star recruitLB32Angel Luciano1yr
EIULinebackersNo blue chips10
- —No recruiting profile foundLB5Ja'Wuan Nickson2yr21 Tackles4.5 TFL0.5 Sacks2 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundLB43Lonnie Burt ← Portland State2yr13 Tackles2.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB16Micah Valenzuela1yr10 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB34Jordyn Stewart2yr7 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB19Mafileo Tupou1yr7 Tackles0.5 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB11Noah Williams2yr6 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB39Davian Humphrey2yr4 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB32Cale Kimbro2yr2 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- 33-star recruitLB30Dajon Doss2yr1 Tackles0.0 TFL0.0 Sacks
- —No recruiting profile foundLB50Jacob Simmons1yr
MINNBacks & tight ends4 blue chips17
- 44-star recruitRB1Darius Taylor4yr20 Car71 Rush yds3 TD3.6 Rush avg4 Rec36 Rec yds9.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundRB23TJ Thomas3yr10 Car51 Rush yds0 TD5.1 Rush avg6 Rec63 Rec yds10.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB9Xavier Ford2yr5 Car22 Rush yds1 TD4.4 Rush avg
- 44-star recruitRB20Ryan Estrada1yr3 Car10 Rush yds0 TD3.3 Rush avg2 Rec12 Rec yds6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB22Jaron Thomas ← Purdue2yr1 Car5 Rush yds0 TD5.0 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB2A.J. Turner5yr2 Car4 Rush yds0 TD2.0 Rush avg1 Rec5 Rec yds5.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitRB28Niko Castillo1yr4 Car2 Rush yds0 TD0.5 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB21Grant Washington2yrcareer 21 Car132 Rush yds0 TD6.3 Rush avg
- 33-star recruitRB26Zeke Bates1yr
- 33-star recruitTE19Pierce Walsh4yr4 Rec46 Rec yds1 TD11.5 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE87Kaden Helms ← Oklahoma5yr2 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD6.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE44George Rohl1yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundTE82Julian Johnson3yr1 Rec1 Rec yds0 TD1.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitTE88Jacob Simpson3yrcareer 1 Rec4 Rec yds0 TD4.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitTE4Roman Voss1yr
- 33-star recruitTE83Sam Peters4yr
- 33-star recruitTE86Gabe Weaver1yr
EIUReceiversNo blue chips13
- —No recruiting profile foundWR3Samuel Gonzalez1yr7 Rec128 Rec yds0 TD18.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR8Landers Green3yr4 Rec93 Rec yds1 TD23.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR2Devin Whitlock3yr8 Rec38 Rec yds0 TD4.8 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR84Jeremy Reeves2yr3 Rec37 Rec yds1 TD12.3 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR6Eli Evans1yr2 Rec15 Rec yds0 TD7.5 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR0Carlyun Neal2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR11Kenny Ajose1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR80Johnovan Wysinger2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR5Taiye Ajose1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR9Ayden Billups1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR83Niko Menos1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR86OJ Powell1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundWR12Jadhari Young1yr
MINNDefensive backsNo blue chips21
- 33-star recruitDB14Kerry Brown4yr12 Tackles0 PD
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedDB22Mekhai Smith ← Lehigh3yr10 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB4Zack Harden2yr8 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB5Aydan West ← Michigan State2yr7 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB17John Nestor4yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB21Naiim Parrish2yr3 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB7Aidan Gousby5yr2 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB18Rhyland Kelly5yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB9Garrison Monroe4yr1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB8Mike Gerald3yrcareer 11 Tackles2 PD
- 33-star recruitDB27Simon Seidl3yrcareer 1 Tackles0 PD
- 33-star recruitDB15Samuel Madu3yr
- 33-star recruitDB13Zahir Rainer3yr
- 33-star recruitDB23Lamont Hamilton1yr
- 33-star recruitDB25Justin Hopkins1yr
- 33-star recruitDB31Jordan Lampkins1yr
- 33-star recruitDB24Chance Payne1yr
- 33-star recruitDB28Trason Richardson1yr
- 33-star recruitDB36Tavian White1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB20Parker Knutson ← Southwest Minnesota State1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB26Elisha West ← Michigan State1yr
EIUDefensive backsNo blue chips19
- —No recruiting profile foundDB25Christopher Sharp3yr10 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB21Kaleb Lyons5yr8 Tackles2 PD1 Int
- —No recruiting profile foundDB0Nasir Maryland5yr8 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB6Jerry Addo-Boateng2yr8 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB7Collin Henry1yr3 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundDB2Bruce Mitchell2yr1 Tackles1 PD
- 33-star recruitDB14Le'Javier Payne2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB3Daniel Autrey2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB12Salah Hill2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundDB23Kendall Ayersman1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS1Saipeti Maiava Jr2yr16 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS15Brandon Worsley2yr14 Tackles1 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS4Dillon Conway2yr12 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS27Josh Brown2yr8 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS8Nick Vecchiarelli4yr4 Tackles0 PD
- —No recruiting profile foundS29Kham Boecker2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS26Makhi Wilson2yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS24Alex Koulovatos1yr
- —No recruiting profile foundS20Nephi Maiava1yr
MINNReceivers3 blue chips12
- 33-star recruitWR11Javon Tracy5yr12 Rec149 Rec yds0 TD12.4 Rec avg
- —No recruiting profile foundWR13Noah Jennings ← Cincinnati4yr10 Rec145 Rec yds0 TD14.5 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR8Jalen Smith3yr8 Rec77 Rec yds0 TD9.6 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR84Hayden Moore1yr3 Rec49 Rec yds0 TD16.3 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR89Quayd Hendryx1yr1 Rec13 Rec yds0 TD13.0 Rec avg
- 44-star recruitWR7Bradley Martino2yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR25Zion Steptoe ← Tulsa5yr1 Rec6 Rec yds0 TD6.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR24Braiden Stevens1yr
- 44-star recruitWR3Perry Thompson ← Auburn3yrcareer 22 Rec280 Rec yds1 TD12.7 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR18Donielle Hayes4yrcareer 2 Rec22 Rec yds0 TD11.0 Rec avg
- 33-star recruitWR85Rico Blassingame1yr
- 33-star recruitWR81Josiah Dozier1yr
EIUKickersNo blue chips3
- —No recruiting profile foundPK47Drew Schiller3yr0 FG1 FGA0 Long10 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK40Alex Stoyanovich3yr
- —No recruiting profile foundPK37Calvin Ogawa1yr
MINNKickersNo blue chips3
- 33-star recruitPK36Daniel Jackson2yr1 FG1 FGA31 Long10 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK13Luke Drzewiecki5yr2 FG2 FGA44 Long7 Pts
- —No recruiting profile foundPK92Beckham Sunderland ← Michigan3yr0 FG0 FGA0 Long1 Pts
EIUPuntersNo blue chips2
- —No recruiting profile foundP46Cade Cox4yr21 Punts41.0 Avg5 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP51Jacob Gettman3yrcareer 0 FG0 FGA0 Long6 Pts
MINNPuntersNo blue chips2
- —Recruiting profile found — unratedP37Zachary Robbins ← Utah State2yr1 Punts33.0 Avg1 In 20
- —No recruiting profile foundP42Tom Weston2yr6 Punts38.3 Avg2 In 20
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Minnesota 1–0 vs Eastern Illinois
- 2014 · wk 1Eastern Illinois 20 @ Minnesota 42
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