GAME 5 | March 13, 2021 | 12 PM CT No. 10 Southern Illinois (3-1, 2-1) vs. No. 4 Northern Iowa (2-1, 2-1) Carbondale, Illinois | Saluki Stadium (15,000) Series: Salukis trail, 16-20 (H: 12-6, A: 4-14, N: 0-0)

Follow The Game Series versus Northern Iowa Knighton climbs closer to sack record Watch: ESPN+ (Connor Onion, Connor James and Adam The game against the Panthers marks Knighton is third all-time in sacks at SIU King) the 37th meeting all-time between the with 22.0 and is 2.0 sacks shy of breaking Saluki Radio: Mike Reis and Gene Green two programs and the first since 2017. The the school record held by James Phillips WCIL-FM 101.5 Carbondale (Flagship) Salukis own an all-time record of 16 wins (1977-80). He also has 38.0 tackles for loss KATZ-AM 1600 St. Louis, Mo., Tune-In Radio to 20 losses against the Panthers in a series in his career, which places him fifth in Live Stats: SIUSalukis.com that dates back to 1965. program history. He needs 10.0 to tie first Twitter: SIU_Football | Facebook: SalukiFootball Instagram: @SIUSalukis | Website: SIUSalukis.com In the Missouri Valley Conference foe’s with Bryan Archibald (1998-2001). last match up, UNI defeated SIU 24-17 in 2020-21 MVFC Standings Saluki Stadium on Sept. 30, 2017. In the Salukis in the top-10 for the first time MVFC ALL Coaches Stats loss, Sam Straub led the Salukis with 276 since 2010 North Dakota 3-0 3-0 — 3 passing yards and two touchdowns, while The Salukis moved up one spot in the North Dakota State 2-1 3-1 — 5 throwing two interceptions. On the ground, FCS Stats rankings this week into a tie for Southern Illinois 2-1 3-1 — 10 RB Daquan Isom ran for a season-high 126 No. 10 nationally with Jacksonville State. Northern Iowa 2-1 2-1 — 4 South Dakota State 2-1 2-1 — 8 yards on 16 carries. UNI’s Daurice Fountain, The last time SIU was ranked in the Top-10 South Dakota 1-1 1-1 — 21 who went on to play two seasons with the was on Sept. 13, 2010. Missouri State 1-1 1-4 — — Indianapolis Colts, recorded seven catches Illinois State 0-2 0-2 — 22 for 106 yards and a touchdown. WR Avante Cox one of the best skill Western Illinois 0-2 0-2 — — Southern is looking to defeat Northern players in the FCS Youngstown State 0-3 0-3 — — Iowa for the first time since Oct. 12, 2013, a Through four games into his 2020-21 *Indiana State 0-0 0-0 — — game in which SIU took down the the No. campaign, WR Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Jr.) *Opted out of the 2021 spring season 4-ranked Panthers 24-17 in overtime. In the leads the Salukis with 29 catches for 355 victory, SIU was able to contain NFL All-Pro yards and a touchdown, while also adding Southern Illinois Schedule running back David Johnson to 19 yards on 81 yards on the ground on nine carries. Oct. 30 #25 SEMO W, 20-17 11 carries. Cox’s versatility has led him to gain Feb. 20 at North Dakota ESPN+ L, 21-44 113.50 all-purpose yards per game, ranking Feb. 27 #1 North Dakota St. ESPN+ W, 38-14 Salukis against ranked FCS opponents him fifth in the MVFC. Additionally, his 355 Mar. 6 at Youngstown St. ESPN+ W, 30-22 Mar. 14 #4 Northern Iowa ESPN+ 12 PM The Salukis are 49-88 all-time against receiving yards this season rank first in the Mar. 20 South Dakota St. ESPN+ or ESPN3 12 PM ranked FCS opponents, including a 9-21 Valley and 12th in the nation. With 972 Mar. 27 at Missouri St. ESPN+ or ESPN3 2 PM record against programs who are ranked in career receiving yards, Cox is poised to join Apr. 3 at Illinois St. ESPN+ or ESPN3 12 PM the top-five. the 1,000-yard club and crack the top-25 in Apr. 10 Western Illinois ESPN+ or ESPN3 12 PM This season, SIU has defeated two- program history for career receiving yards *All times Central straight top-25 teams, including No. in the coming weeks. 2020-21 Statistical Leaders 1-ranked North Dakota State on Feb. 27. Rushing Att YDs Avg. TD Long Southern’s two-game win streak over top- Third & fourth-down efficiency Romeir Elliott 63 302 4.8 3 20 25 teams is the program’s first since the Southern Illinois leads the MVFC Javon Williams Jr. 48 251 4.1 4 40 2015 season, where SIU defeated No. 10 and ranks second in the country in third- Justin Strong 18 76 4.2 0 12 Liberty (9/26/15) and No. 17 Youngstown down conversion percentage at 57.9%. State (10/24/2015). Additionally, SIU’s fourth-down conversion Receiving Rec YDs Avg. TD Long rate of 75% ranks second in the MVFC and Avante Cox 29 323 12.24 1 65 Landon Lenoir 16 131 12.19 2 37 Anthony Knighton lays it on the line 12th in the nation. Justin Strong 9 78 9.56 2 30 Following the win against NDSU, DE Branson Combs 4 57 14.25 0 19 Anthony Knighton (6-4, 251, Sr.) needed to Nic Baker settling in well Izaiah Hartup 4 38 9.50 0 13 have a procedure on his hand and was told In his three games played in 2021, by his coaches that he could stay home and QB Nic Baker (5-9, 194, So.) has thrown Passing Comp-Att-Int Pct. YDs TD rest, but the senior defensive end showed for 546 yards and three touchdowns at Nic Baker 42-64-3 65.63 546 3 up for meetings and practice later that a completion percentage 65.5%, a mark Karé Lyles 27-41-2 65.85 226 2 Javon Williams Jr. 2-3-0 66.67 25 0 same day. Knighton continued to practice that stands second in the Missouri Valley throughout the week and went on to start Conference and 14th in the nation. The Defense Tackles TFL-YDs Sack-YDs INT PBU his 38th career game against Youngstown third-year signal caller has also shown Notree, Bryce 23 1.0-1 0-0 0 0 State on Saturday. In the Salukis win an ability to make plays with his feet, as Strong, Bryson 22 1.0-1 1.0-1 0 0 against the Penguins, Knighton racked up evidenced by his 17-yard touchdown Bush, Clayton 20 1.0-8 1.0-8 1 1 eight total tackles, one tackle for loss and scramble late in the second quarter against Calhoun, Makel 18 3.0-20 1.0-5 0 0 a sack. “There’s just a willingness to make Youngstown State, which helped spark the Ceasar, James 12 0-0 0-0 0 6 Agnew, Keenan 10 1.0-2 0-0 0 0 some plays out there,” said head coach Nick Salukis to score 16-straight points in the Thompson, Jonathan 10 1.0-1 0-0 0 3 Hill. “That’s what I think the most about victory. Driver, Tylan 9 0.5-0 0-0 0 0 Anthony: He’s just consistent.” Qua Brown 8 0-0 0-0 0 0 1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 1 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

RBs continue to shine Southern Illinois Team Rankings RBs Romeir Elliott (5-6, 190, So.), Javon Williams Jr. (6-2, 245, So.) and Justin 2020-21 Statistics Nation MVFC Value Strong (6-0, 215, So.) make up one of the most versatile running back groups in 3rd Down Conversion Pct 2 1 0.579 the country. Through four games this season, the trio has combined for 636 yards, 3rd Down Conversion Pct Defense 53 7 0.44 eight rushing touchdowns and two receiving touchdowns. As team, the Salukis 4th Down Conversion Pct 12 2 0.75 average 180.50 yards per game on the ground, good for fourth in the Missouri 4th Down Conversion Pct Defense 64 10 0.833 Valley and 25th in the nation. Blocked Kicks 1 1 2 Individually, Elliott and Williams Jr. are second and fourth in the Valley in total Blocked Kicks Allowed 1 1 0 rushing yards, respectively. Meanwhile, Strong’s two receiving touchdowns are Blocked Punts 1 1 1 tied for first on the team with WR Landon Lenior (6-1, 192, Sr.). Blocked Punts Allowed 1 1 0 Completion Percentage 15 1 0.657 Fewest Penalties Per Game 22 5 4.5 Saluki secondary is one of the top units in the FCS Fewest Penalty Yards Per Game 24 7 41.25 SIU’s secondary has been one of the most stout units in all of the FCS, as the First Downs Defense 63 9 67 group has allowed only 106 yards per game through the air, which stands as First Downs Offense 8 1 87 the least in the Missouri Valley and is the fifth-fewest in the nation. In last week’s Fumbles Lost 59 6 3 victory over Youngstown State, DB James Ceasar (5-10, 185, Sr.) led the Salukis Fumbles Recovered 20 5 2 with three pass breakups and helped limit the Penguins to 94 passing yards, Kickoff Return Defense 18 1 14.12 which is the first time the Salukis have kept an opponent to under 100-yards Kickoff Returns 23 5 21.14 passing since Oct. 5, 2019, against South Dakota State University. Net Punting 23 3 38 Passes Intercepted 15 5 3 Redzone success Passing Offense 34 4 199.2 Through four games, Southern Illinois has been perfect inside the redzone, Passing Yards Allowed 5 1 106 Passing Yards per Completion 40 4 11.23 scoring on 15-of-15 attempts with 12 touchdowns and three field goals. In all, SIU Punt Return Defense 37 5 5 has scored 92 of it’s 109 points this year inside the opponent’s 20-yard line. Punt Returns 25 4 7.8 Southern is one of 22 teams in the FCS to have perfect scoring success in the Red Zone Defense 52 6 1 redzone. Out of those 22 teams, only the Salukis and the UNI Panthers represent Red Zone Offense 1 1 1 the Missouri Valley Conference in the field of perfect teams. Rushing Defense 56 7 205.5 Rushing Offense 25 4 180.5 Familar face Sacks Allowed 26 4 1.25 Northern Iowa’s assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach Shawn Watson is a Scoring Defense 43 7 24.2 former Saluki, as the native of Carbondale suited up for Southern Illinois as a free Scoring Offense 23 3 27.2 safety from 1979-80. In 1982, he would begin his coaching career as a graduate Tackles for Loss Allowed 18 4 5 assistant at SIU before heading to the University of Illinois for the same position. Team Passing Efficiency 27 2 133.75 Watson later went on to serve as the Southern Illinois head coach from 1994- Team Passing Efficiency Defense 14 2 104.79 1996. During his tenure with the Salukis, SIU produced 20 all-conference players, Team Sacks 49 8 1.25 Time of Possession 34 4 30:19 including TE Damon Jones, who went on to become the first-ever tight end Total Defense 27 4 311.5 drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1997. Total Offense 25 3 379.8 . Turnovers Gained 18 4 5 Gualdoni kicking his way into the record books Winning Percentage 23 2 0.75 Southern Illinois kicker Nico Gualdoni (6-1, 218, Sr.) has 18 career field goals, placing him just four shy of cracking the top-10 in school history. Meanwhile, his Southern Illinois Individual Rankings 59 career PATs put him 13th in school history, seven shy of tying 10th. During his Statistic (2020-21) Player Nation MVFC Value senior campaign, Gualdoni has made every field goal (4-of-4) and has connected All Purpose Avante Cox 31 5 113.5 on 13-of-14 PATs. Combined Kick Returns Justin Strong 26 3 113 Completion Percentage Nic Baker 14 2 0.656 The Agnew family legacy Completions Per Game Nic Baker 40 6 14 DT Keenan Agnew (6-0, 275, Jr.) is third Agnew brother to play at SIU. Fullback Field Goal Percentage Nico Gualdoni 1 1 1 Ray Agnew (2010-13) played one season in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns. Field Goals Per Game Nico Gualdoni 22 5 1 Fumbles Recovered Jordan Berner 12 2 1 Running back Malcolm Agnew (2013-14) rushed for 1,708 yards and scored 19 Roderick Campbell 12 2 1 touchdowns in two seasons. He is currently the running backs coach for North Kickoff Returns Justin Strong 17 3 22.6 Dakota. The Agnews’ father is Ray Agnew, who was the 10th overall pick in the Passes Defended James Ceasar 9 2 2 1990 NFL Draft by the New England Patriots and played six seasons in the NFL at Passing Efficiency Nic Baker 17 2 143.4 defensive tackle. Ray Agnew is now the Assistant General Manager for the Detroit Passing Yards Nic Baker 15 4 546 Lions. Keenan Agnew played in all 12 games and made 5 starts last season and Passing Yards Per Game Nic Baker 29 4 182 was second on the team among defensive tackles with 23 tackles. Points Responsible For Javon Williams Jr. 26 2 30 Punt Returns Javon Williams Jr. 11 1 7.8 The Leg from Down Under Receiving TDs Landon Lenoir 19 2 2 A native of Melbourne, Australia, P Jack Colquhoun (6-2, 190, Sr.) is the first Justin Strong 19 2 2 Australian to play for the Salukis since Wayne Cowley punted in 1973. Colquhoun Receiving Yards Avante Cox 12 1 355 had 12 kicks of 50+ yards last season, including an 80-yard boot at South Dakota Landon Lenoir 32 6 195 Receiving Yards Per Game Avante Cox 17 1 88.8 State that was the third-longest in school history. Three of his 50+ yarders came Receptions Per Game Avante Cox 13 2 7.2 against Youngstown State, as he was named the MVFC Special Teams Player of Landon Lenoir 76 9 4 the Week. Colquhoun had never seen an American football game in person prior Rush Yards Per Carry Romeir Elliott 41 5 4.79 to his college debut at SEMO on Aug. 29, 2019. Colquhoun (pronounced KUH- Rushing TDs Javon Williams Jr. 2 1 5 hoon) was a decorated rugby player back home.

2 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

This season, Colquhoun is ranked 19th in the country for punting Personal Notes with an average of 40.5 yards per kick. - WR Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Nick Hill versus ... Jr.) and D’Ante Cox (5-11, 182, H A All Defense continues to make great strides under Jason Petrino Jr.) are brothers, as are S Aaron Arkansas State 0-0 0-1 0-1 The Salukis made tremendous strides on defense during Jason Florida Atlantic 0-0 0-1 0-1 Maddox (6-0, 213, Jr.) and CB Illinois State 1-1 0-2 1-3 Petrino’s first year in charge of the unit in 2019. In scoring defense, Christian Maddox (6-3, 210, Indiana State 0-2 2-0 2-2 Southern improved from 10th (40.7) to 6th (23.0) — nearly cutting in Jr.), in addition to Chance Bush Memphis 0-0 0-1 0-1 half the amount of points allowed from the previous season. Similar (5-9, 185, So.) and Clayton Bush Missouri State 1-1 1-1 2-2 gains were made in rushing defense (221.3 to 154.0) and passing (6-0, 210, So.). Mississippi 0-0 0-1 0-1 defense (262.1 to 200.6). Miss. Valley St. 1-0 0-0 1-0 His defense has taken another step forward in 2020-21, as the Quick Facts Murray State 1-0 1-0 2-0 unit ranks 27th in the nation in total defense, in addition to 14th in Carbondale is located in the North Dakota 0-0 0-1 0-1 team passing efficiency defense (104.79), 15th in interceptions (3) and North Dakota St. 1-1 0-2 1-3 southern tip of the state — Northern Iowa 0-1 0-0 0-1 20th in fumbles recovered (5). about a five-hour drive south SEMO 2-1 1-1 3-2 Petrino is a cousin of former Louisville coach Bobby Petrino and of Chicago and two hours South Dakota 1-1 1-1 2-2 Idaho coach Paul Petrino. He spent three seasons as head coach at southeast of St. Louis...Many of South Dakota St. 0-2 0-2 0-4 NAIA Rocky Mountain College (2016-18) in Montana, where he led the SIU’s alums are concentrated in UMass 0-0 1-0 1-0 program to a conference championship and playoff berth in 2018. those two cities...The Southern UT Martin 1-0 0-0 1-0 Illinois region is informally Western Illinois 1-1 1-1 2-2 Jared Petrino special teams coach known as “Little Egypt,” hence Youngstown St. 1-1 1-2 2-3 TOTAL 11-12 9-17 20-29 The Saluki staff also features Jared Petrino, the brother of the adoption of the Saluki (an defensive coordinator Jason Petrino, as the program’s special teams Egyptian hunting dog) as the vs. FCS Coaches Top 25...... 5-14 coach and assistant defensive line coach. school mascot. vs. FCS Coaches Top 10...... 5-7 SIU’s special teams flourished under Jared Petrino in his first vs. Unranked FCS Teams...... 12-12 season in charge of the units in 2019. The Salukis improved in the Jerry Kill legacy When Ranked...... 2-2 conference rankings in every category — kickoff coverage (+3), net Jerry Kill coached Nick vs. FBS Teams...... 1-4 punting (+4), punt returns (+4) and kickoff returns (+2). Hill at SIU. Kill was the head Home...... 11-12 Jared Petrino spent three seasons serving under his brother at football coach at SIU from 2001 Road...... 9-17 Rocky Mountain College (2016-18) as defensive coordinator, special Neutral...... 0-0 to 2007, leading the Salukis Conference...... 12-23 teams coordinator and a defensive line coach. to five-straight appearances When rushing for 200+...... 12-8 in the Football Championship When passing for 300+ ...... 4-8 Dawg Bites Subdivision and winning three When scoring 35+...... 15-5 - James Ceasar transferred back to Southern Illinois after spending a straight Gateway Football Opponents score <10...... 4-0 year at Ferris State University. His return has been a huge factor in the Conference Championships. When forcing 3 or more TOs...... 10-2 secondary’s ability to shutdown opposing quarterbacks. Ceasar ranks While at SIU he also received When SIU scores first...... 10-13 second in the MVFC and ninth in the nation with two passes defended the prestigious Eddie Robinson When SIU leads at half...... 14-9 per game. When SIU trails at half...... 4-19 National Coach of the Year When SIU is tied at half...... 2-1 - After scoring a rushing touchdown against Youngstown State, Javon Award in 2004 and the Liberty When leading after third...... 17-3 Williams Jr. now sits eighth in program history with 25 total career Mutual Coach of the Year When trailing after third...... 2-25 touchdowns, tying current Tennessee Titan MyCole Pruitt. Williams Award in 2007. When tied after third...... 0-0 Jr.’s five rushing touchdowns this season lead the conference and are He left SIU to serve as Games decided <3...... 1-5 the second-most in the nation, trailing only Alonzo Booth of Eastern head coach at Northern Illinois Games decided by 11+...... 14-14 Kentucky, who leads with seven. from 2008 to 2010, delivering Games decided by 8-10...... 4-4 - SIU’s five offensive line starters all have starting experience, with three bowl-eligible teams. Kill Games decided by 4-7...... 1-5 Overtime games...... 0-0 a combined 79 starts between them. All-Conference LG ZeVeyon went on to become head coach Furcron (6-2, 327, Sr.) leads the group with 35 starts. at Minnesota from 2011 to - WR Avante Cox leads the team in all-purpose yardage per game 2015. While there, he was named 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year, sent with 135.67. That places him third-overall in the Valley and 13th in the three teams to bowl games and produced six NFL draft picks. nation. Kill inherited a program at SIU that had two winning seasons in its previous 15 years. His 2007 team, quarterbacked by Nick Hill, 5-game win streak longest since 2009 advanced to the semifinals in the playoffs, where SIU lost to Joe Flacco The Salukis recorded a five-game winning streak during the 2019 and Delaware. Hill played for Kill from 2005-07. season — their longest since 2009, when the team went 11-2 and won 11-straight games. During Southern’s five-game winning streak, Coach Kill connections it out-scored opponents by an average margin of 20.2 points. The Five assistant coaches on Southern’s staff have direct ties to 24-point win at Western Illinois was the team’s largest road margin in Coach Kill. school history. - Safeties coach Marty Rodgers played for Kill at SIU in his firsttwo seasons, 2006 and 2007. True Scholar-Athletes - Offensive line coach Trevor Olson played for Kill at Northern Illinois. Saluki Athletics leads the Missouri Valley Conference with 101 - Olson and running backs coach Nate Griffin were on the quality Academic All-Americans all-time. C Jacob Marnin was the most control staff under Kill at Minnesota before Hill hired them at SIU. recent Academic All-American in 2018, 2019. - Tight ends coach and co-special teams coordinator Pat Poore was an assistant coach under Kill at SIU, Northern Illinois and Minnesota.

1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 3 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

The Golden Era of Saluki Football (2003-09) - Overall Record: 70-19 (.787) Famous non- Career Starts - Conference Record: 42-8 (.840) football SIU alums Player 17 18 19 20-21 Career Cons. Keenan Agnew — 1 5 4 10 9 - Conference Championships: 5 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009) Kenny Troutt, Jordan Berner 11 11 7 1 30 1 - FBS Wins: at Indiana (2006), at Northern Illinois (2007) founder of Excel, Beau Branyan — — 11 4 15 15 - FCS Playoff Appearances: All 7 years owner of Winstar Chance Bush — 1 — — 1 — - FCS Playoff Wins: 5 Farms and 2018 Clayton Bush — — — 4 4 4 - Deepest Postseason Run: Final Four in 2007, Nick Hill’s senior year at Triple Crown winner Makel Calhoun — — 6 4 10 6 QB Justify Avante Cox — — 9 4 15 8 - Weeks in Top 25: 99-consecutive weeks from 2003 to 2010 - NBA star Walt Matt Chmielewski 2 — 7 4 13 11 - Weeks at No. 1: 18 weeks during 2004 and 2005 Frazier Lucas Davis — 1 1 4 6 4 Romeir Elliott — — 1 4 5 4 - MLB All-Stars Dave Calvin Francis Jr. — — 5 4 9 4 Salukis’ NFL Tradition Stieb and Steve ZeVeyon Furcron 8 11 12 4 35 28 - Southern Illinois has had 42 alumni play in the NFL. Finley Jacob Garrett — — 11 3 14 13 - RB Brandon Jacobs, two-time Super Bowl Champion with New York - Curt Jones, founder Luke Giegling — 7 4 — 11 — Giants of Dippin’ Dots Tim Johns — — 1 — 1 — - QB Jim Hart, four-time Pro Bowl selection who threw for 34,665 - Civil rights activist PJ Jules — — 1 2 3 2 career yards with St. Louis Cardinals. Later served as AD for SIU. Dick Gregory Anthony Knighton 11 11 12 4 38 38 - LB Bart Scott, 11-year NFL pro with Baltimore Ravens and New York - NASA astronaut Stone Labanowitz — — 3 — 3 — Landon Lenoir — 9 10 4 23 12 Jets Joan Higginbotham, Raquan Lindsey — — 4 2 6 2 - OL Carl Mauck, 13-year NFL pro and long-time NFL assistant who flew on the Karé Lyles — — 9 2 11 11 - S Jermey Chinn, a second-round selection in the 2020 NFL draft by Space Shuttle Nic Baker — — — 2 2 2 the Carolina Panthers Discovery Aaron Maddox — — — 1 1 — - S Ryan Neal, an undrafted free agent pickup by the Seattle Seahawks - U.S. Ambassador Levi Mitchell — — 3 4 — who recorded 33 tackles, two interceptions and a safety in 2020 to the U.N. Donald Bryce Notree — 11 1 4 16 4 McHenry Brody Parker — — 1 — 1 — Why the Saluki? - Actors Jim Belushi, Cole Steward — — 1 — 1 — Chucky Sullivan — — 1 1 1 — Southern Illinois had been known as the Maroons since Dennis Franz and Bryson Strong — — 7 4 9 10 intercollegiate athletics began in 1913. The name “Salukis” became Hannibal Buress Jon Thompson — — 4 4 8 7 official on March 19, 1951, when the student body overwhelmingly - Actresses Jenny Javon Williams Jr. — — 4 — 4 — approved the dog as the new symbol of SIU athletics, easily besting McCarthy and Jajuan Blankenship — — — 3 3 3 “Rebels,” “Knights,” “Flyers,” “Marauders,” and “Maroons.” Melissa McCarthy The oldest purebred dogs in the world with records dating back - “Macho Man” to 3600 B.C., the Saluki is an ancient Egyptian hunting dog known for Randy Savage, professional wrestler its speed and hunting prowess. - Mark Newman, New York Yankees Senior VP So why is the name Salukis relevant to Southern Illinois? Natives of southern Illinois know that the region is frequently referred to Walt Frazier — The Rest of the Story as “Egypt.” Historian Baker Brownell, in his book “The Other Illinois,” Most people know that Southern’s most famous basketball alum explained how the region came to be known as Egypt. is Walt Frazier (1964-67). What they don’t know is the story of how the He wrote, “There was a drought in the northern counties (of Atlanta native ended up in Carbondale. Illinois) in the early 1800s...the wheat fields dried up, the streams died Basketball was Frazier’s second-best sport in high school. He in their beds. But in Southern Illinois, rain fell and there were good was offered a scholarship to play quarterback at Georgia Tech, but crops, and from the north came people seeking corn and wheat as to he didn’t want to play football. Frazier went on a recruiting visit to Egypt of old. Thus, the name, Egypt.” SIU in 1963 and met with AD Donald Boydston, who was progressive The 19th century drought in Illinois parallels the Biblical account about recruiting minorities during a time when southern schools of the country of Egypt. rarely recruited them. According to Boydston, Frazier didn’t say one “There was famine in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there word the whole trip, but called shortly after he took the train back to was bread. All the earth came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, Atlanta to say he was enrolling at SIU. because the famine was so severe. And (Jacob) said, ‘Behold, I have Frazier was dismissed from the team for academic issues after his heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, sophomore year. He went back to Atlanta and got a job doing manual that we may live, and not die.’ So 10 of Joseph’s brothers went down to labor. Frazier called in August of 1965 and asked if he could come buy grain in Egypt.” (Genesis 41:54b, 57, 42:2-3). back. He was not eligible for a scholarship, so he paid his own way In Egypt at that time, Salukis were accepted as the finest animal and sat out his junior year, making the Dean’s List. He played on the a family could possess. Adopting such a well-respected dog as its practice team, and sometimes they would beat the varsity. The 1966- mascot fit perfectly for a school in a region known as “Little Egypt.” 67 storybook season saw Frazier lead the team to the NIT National Championship, beating Marquette in the finals. He turned pro after King Tut’s Tomb the season. King Tut was the school’s first live Saluki mascot after the nickname change from Maroons to Salukis in 1951. King Tut died in Basketball powerhouse, 2002-07 1954 after being struck by a car, and a concrete pyramid marked his SIU’s most successful run in college basketball took place from burial at McAndrew Stadium. The marker was moved to its current 2002-07 when it made six-straight NCAA Tournament appearances, spot outside Saluki Stadium in 2010. Before each home game, the including Sweet 16s in 2002 and 2007. Head coaches during that span Salukis walk from their locker room and pat Tut’s Tomb for good luck. were Bruce Weber, Matt Painter and Chris Lowery. Live pure-bred Saluki mascots continue to lead the team onto the field prior to each home game.

4 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

Offense Two-Deep Defense Two-Deep Special Teams Two-Deep WR 17 Landon Lenoir (6-1, 192, Sr.) DE 11 Anthony Knighton (6-4, 251, Sr.) K 99 Nico Gualdoni (6-1, 218, Sr.) 10 Jacquez Sloan (5-9, 165, Sr.) 58 Chucky Sullivan (6-3, 237, Sr.) 91 Jake Baumgarte (6-0, 160, Fr.) WR 11 Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Jr.) DT 95 Tylan Driver (6-2, 295, So.) KO 99 Nico Gualdoni (6-1, 218, Sr.) 82 Izaiah Hartrup (6-0, 179, Fr.) 93 Dante Cleveland (6-4, 290, Sr.) 91 Jake Baumgarte (6-0, 160, Fr.) WR 4 Jerron Rollins (6-2, 198, Sr.) DT 56 Keenan Agnew (6-0, 275, Jr.) P 97 Jack Colquhoun (6-2, 190, Sr.) 83 Branson Combs (6-3, 210, rFr.) 65 Devin Love (6-3, 300, So.) 99 Nico Gualdoni (6-1, 218, Sr.) LT 76 Beau Branyan (6-2, 295, So.) DE 92 Jordan Berner (6-5, 255, Sr.) LS 47 Dan Heilbron (6-1, 207, Jr.) 79 Jake Green (6-4, 315, rFr.) 44 Raquan Lindsey (6-2, 245, Jr.) 48 Cole Steward (6-4, 250, Jr.) LG 59 ZeVeyon Furcron (6-2, 327, Sr.) SLB 8 Makel Calhoun (6-2, 220, Jr.) H 8 Nic Baker (5-9, 194, So.) 62 Chase Evans (6-3, 277, rFr.) 34 Luke Giegling (6-4, 240, Jr.) 97 Jack Colquhoun (6-2, 190, Sr.) C 65 Calvin Francis Jr. (6-1, 328, Jr.) MLB 31 Bryson Strong (5-10, 230, Jr.) PR 15 Javon Williams Jr. (6-2, 245, So.) 73 Jimmy Wormsley (6-4, 300, So.) 45 Tim Johns (6-2, 240, So.) 11 Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Jr.) RG 60 Matt Chmielewski (6-4, 300, Sr.) WLB 54 Bryce Notree (6-3, 225, Sr.) KR 82 Izaiah Hartrup (6-0, 179, Fr.) 68 Derek Harden Jr. (6-2, 325, Fr.) 26 Christian Maddox (6-3, 210, Jr.) 11 Avante Cox (5-10, 170, Jr.) RT 74 Lucas Davis (6-4, 288, Jr.) LCB 7 Jonathan Thompson (6-0, 180, Sr.) 70 Abdou Toure (6-5, 302, rFr.) 4 PJ Jules (6-3, 191, So.) QB 8 Nic Baker (5-9, 194, So.) FS 24 Qua Brown (5-11, 206, Sr.) 6 Stone Labanowitz (5-10, 195, Jr.) 27 Roderick Campbell (6-0, 192, Sr.) RB 1 Romeir Elliott (5-6, 190, So.) SS 0 Clayton Bush (6-0, 210, So.) 15 Javon Williams Jr. (6-2, 245, So.) 33 Jeffery Wells (5-9, 195, Fr.) TE 43 Jacob Garrett (6-2, 245, Jr.) RCB 2 James Ceasar (5-10, 185, Sr.) 18 Levi Mitchell (6-5, 229, So.) 19 Chance Bush (5-9, 185, So.) 48 Cole Steward (6-4, 250, Jr.)

2020-21 Game-By-Game Starters Opponent LT LG C RG RT QB RB TE WR/TE WR/TE FLEX K SEMO Branyan Furcron Francis Jr. Chmielewski Davis Lyles Elliot Mitchell Cox Lenoir Garrett Gualdoni North Dakota Branyan Furcron Francis Jr. Chmielewski Davis Lyles Elliot Mitchell Cox Lenoir Garrett Gualdoni North Dakota St. Branyan Furcron Francis Jr. Chmielewski Davis Baker Elliot Garrett Cox Lenoir Combs Gualdoni Youngstown St. Branyan Furcron Francis Jr. Chmielewski Davis Baker Elliot Mitchell Cox Lenoir Combs Gualdoni

Opponent DE DT DT DE LB LB LB/DB CB FS S CB P SEMO Knighton Agnew Parzych Sullivan B. Strong Notree Calhoun Thompson Maddox Cl. Bush Jules Colquhoun North Dakota Knighton Agnew Blankenship Berner B. Strong Notree Calhoun Thompson Brown Cl. Bush Jules Colquhoun North Dakota St. Knighton Agnew Blankenship Lindsey B. Strong Notree Calhoun Thompson Campbell Cl. Bush Ceasar Colquhoun Youngstown St. Knighton Agnew Blankenship Lindsey B. Strong Notree Calhoun Thompson Campbell Cl. Bush Ceasar Colquhoun

1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 5 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Heading into his fifth season at the The Hill File helm of Saluki Football, and coming off a Birthday: April 5, 1985 seven-win season and Top-25 ranking in Hometown: Du Quoin, Illinois Alma mater: Southern Illinois, 2008 2019, 35-year-old Nick Hill has brought NFL Career: Chicago Bears, Green Bay the perfect balance of energy, passion Packers AFL Career: Rio Grande Valley and creativity needed to re-energize the Dorados,Orlando Predators, program. Tampa Bay Storm, San Antonio Talons Carbondale H.S.: Head coach in 2013 A native son of southern Illinois, Hill’s journey to the top job at SIU started 16 years ago and just 20 miles north Collegiate Coaching Record of campus, where he was a football and basketball icon at Year School Assignment Overall MVFC DuQuoin High School. 2014 Southern Illinois Quarterbacks 6-6 3-5 (t-7th) During his senior year of high school in 2002-03, Hill 2015 Southern Illinois OC/Quarterbacks 3-8 2-6 (9th) was the area’s Player of the Year in both sports and guided 2016 Southern Illinois Head Coach 4-7 2-6 (t-8th) the Indians to the Illinois High School Association 3A state 2017 Southern Illinois Head Coach 4-7 2-6 (t-8th) championship football game. 2018 Southern Illinois Head Coach 2-9 1-7 (10th) 2019 Southern Illinois Head Coach 7-5 5-3 (t-3rd) The legend continued on the hardwood where Hill 2020 Southern Illinois Head Coach 3-1 2-1 (3rd) averaged 23 points as a senior at DuQuoin and chose Western Career Southern Illinois Head Coach 20-29 12-23 Kentucky from a host of Division I offers. A broken hand prematurely ended his freshman season at Western but Southern’s offensive coordinator and now as head coach, Hill ultimately led him home. has refined his own unique style of offense that combines In the spring of 2004, Hill transferred to SIU to switch elements of Air Raid, spread and up-tempo. sports and play football under head coach Jerry Kill, just as In his first season at SIU, Saluki quarterbacks broke a the program was beginning its rapid rise to the top of the school record for single-season touchdown passes with 29. league standings. The following year in 2015, Southern’s offense averaged 498 yards per game -- the second most in conference history. Nick Hill was selected to attend Quarterback Mark Iannotti led the nation in total offense per game. the American Football Coaches In 2016, the Salukis set program records for passing Association’s 35 Under 35 Coaches completions, attempts and yards while only throwing seven Leadership Institute in 2019. interceptions. Southern Illinois ranked in the top-10 nationally for passing offense, total offense and scoring offense for nearly the entire year. “I took a leap of faith with Coach Kill,” Hill recalled. In 2018, the offense ranked third in the MVFC in total “Everyone needs someone who believes in him and for me, offense, first downs and time of possession, and ranked in the that someone was Coach Kill.” top half of the league in several more offensive categories. In Hill initially sat behind league Player of the Year Joel 2019, the Saluki offense produced a pair of 1,000-yard rushers Sambursky, before taking over the starting job in 2006. In two and ranked 12th in the nation in rushing. seasons as the starter, he went 21-6 and set the school record Hill has assembled a talented mix of veteran assistant for passing yards in 2007. He still holds the best completion coaches and young, up-and-comers. First-year defensive percentage (68.3) in school history. coordinator Jason Petrino has both head coaching Highlights of Hill’s playing career include guiding experience, plus spent four years in the MVFC as defensive Southern to a win at Indiana in 2006, in which he passed for coordinator at South Dakota. Tight ends and special teams four touchdowns as SIU became the league’s first team to coach Pat Poore is a former Kill assistant who was a key figure defeat a Big Ten opponent. Hill capped off his career in 2007 in Southern’s initial rebuild. by leading the team to the Final Four of the playoffs, where “I know what the blueprint looks like for our program to the Salukis ultimately lost a 20-17 heartbreaker to Joe Flacco be successful, going back to my playing days for Coach Kill, and Delaware. He was also a finalist for the Peyton Award in and I know we can get there,” Hill said. “Coaching my alma ‘07. mater is a dream come true. I love everything about this Hill played six seasons of professional football, mostly in region and what it stands for, that blue-collar mentality. This is the Arena Football League, where he played for head coach not my team. This is our team. Our program is going to invest Jay Gruden, now the offensive coordinator of the Jacksonville in the community and make us proud on and off the field.” Jaguars. Hill also had brief free-agent stints with the Chicago Hill and wife, Alicia, a former volleyball player at SIU, Bears in 2008 and Green Bay Packers in 2012. reside in Carbondale and have two daughters, Skylar and Playing for Gruden, one of the game’s top offensive Charley. His brother, former Saluki quarterback A.J. Hill, minds, helped shape Hill’s offensive philosophy. First as coaches football at Rochester (Ill.) High School.

6 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

QUICK FACTS COACHING STAFF School...... Southern Illinois University Head Coach...... Nick Hill Location...... Carbondale, Ill. Alma Mater...... Southern Illinois, 2008 Founded...... 1869 Record at SIU (Years)...... 18-29 (4 years) Enrollment...... 11,366 (Fall, 2020) Career Record (Years)...... Same Nickname...... Salukis Defensive Coordinator/Safeties...... Jason Petrino Colors...... Maroon and White Alma Mater...... Carroll College, 1999 Affiliation...... NCAA Division I (FCS) Offensive Coordinator/QBs...... Blake Rolan Conference...... Missouri Valley Football Alma Mater...... Louisville, 2005 President...... Dr. Daniel F. Mahony Linebackers...... Spencer Brown (SMU, 2010) Chancellor...... Dr. Austin A. Lane Running Backs...... Nate Griffin (Idaho) Director of Athletics...... Liz Jarnigan (St. Olaf College, ‘87) Defensive Line...... Chuka Ndulue (Oklahoma, 2014) Athletic Trainer...... David Rule Offensive Line...... Trevor Olson (Northern Illinois, 2011) Equipment Manager...... Ashley Nowak Tight Ends / Special Teams...... Pat Poore (Fort Hays State, 1984) Football Office Phone...... (618) 453-3332 Cornerbacks...... Marty Rodgers (Southern Illinois, 2009) Ticket Office Phone...... (618) 453-2000 Wide Receivers...... Mark Watson (McPherson College, 2010) Graduate Assistant, Offense...... Brett Johnson FACILITY INFORMATION Graduate Assistant, Player Personnel...... Ian Clark Stadium (Capacity)...... Saluki Stadium (15,000) First Season...... 2010 PRONUNCIATIONS Surface...... FieldTurf Classic HD Kenan Abed...... KEE-nin UH-bed Record...... 27-27 (.500) Gianini Belizaire ...... GEE-uh-knee-knee, Bell-UH-zarry Press Box Phone...... (618) 453-1980 Matt Brenneisen...... Bren-IZE-in Makel Calhoun...... muh-KELL TEAM INFORMATION Savon Cameron...... SAY-von 2019 Record...... 7-5 Matt Chmielewski...... SHIM-uh-LESS-kee Home...... 3-2 Jack Colquhoun ...... KUH-hoon Road...... 4-3 Tanner Corum...... CORE-um MVFC (Finish)...... 5-3 (t 3rd) Tylan Driver...... TIE-lin Basic Offensive Set...... Multiple Romeir Elliott...... ROW-meer Basic Defensive Set...... 4-3 ZeVeyon Furcron...... zay-vee-ONN FUR-cron Offensive Starters Returning...... 8 Luke Giegling...... Giggling OT Beau Branyan, G Matt Chmielewski, WR Avante Cox, David Grenia...... gruh-KNEE-uh G ZeVeyon Furcron, FB Jacob Garrett, WR Landon Lenoir, Nico Gualdoni...... gwall-DOH-nee QB Kare Lyles, RB Javon Williams Jr. Dan Heilbron...... HILE-brawn Defensive Starters Returning...... 5 Adam Hundemer...... HUN-duh-mir DT Keenan Agnew, DE Jordan Berner, OLB Makel Calhoun, DE An- Chris Koerwitz...... CORE-witz thony Knighton, ILB Bryson Strong Stone Labanowitz...... Luh-BAN-oh-witz Special Teams Returning Starters...... 2 Landon Lenoir...... le-NORE K Nico Gualdoni, P Jack Colquhoun, LS Dan Heilbron Raquan Lindsey...... RUH-qwan Lettermen Returning...... 50 Karé Lyles...... KUH-ray Offense...... 24 Chuka Ndulue...... CHOO-kuh, en-DOO-loo-A Defense...... 23 Bryce Notree...... NO-tree Special Teams...... 3 Jacob Poetzl...... PET-zil Abdou Toure...... OBB-doo, toe-RAY MEDIA SERVICES Football Contact / Associate AD...... Tom Weber Office Phone...... (618) 453-7235 Cell Phone...... (618) 528-1111 Email...... [email protected] Mailing Address...... Saluki Media Services ...... 127 Lingle Hall ...... Carbondale, IL 62901 Website...... SIUSalukis.com Twitter...... @SIU_Football Facebook...... Facebook.com/SalukiFootball

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Record Book Update

Rushing Yards (Career) Pass Receptions (Career) Punting Average (Career) 1. Tom Koutsos, 1999-2003 4,715 1. MyCole Pruitt, 2011-14 221 Minimum 50 attempts 2. Arkee Whitlock, 2004-06 4,241 2. Cornell Craig, 1996-99 207 1. Scott Ravanesi, 2006-09 42.56 3. Karlton Carpenter, 1995-98 3,181 3. LaSteven McKinney, 2011-14 149 2. Derek Mathewson, 2014-15 41.96 4. Burnell Quinn, 1976-79 2,798 4. Joe Allaria, 2007-10 138 3. John Amitrano, 1997-98 41.51 5. D.J. Davis, 2016-19 2,697 5. Reggie Fowler, 1994-97 125 4. Jack Colquhoun, 2019-Present 41.40 6. Amos Bullocks, 1958-61 2,441 6. Brent Little, 2002-05 124 5. Mark Gagliano, 1993-96 40.92 7. Muhammad Abdulqaadir, 2002-03 2,372 7. Billy Swain, 1990-93 123 6. Barclay Allen, 1966-69 40.70 8. Andre Herrera, 1974-76 2,346 8. Justin Roebuck, 1989-92 120 7. Steve Mick, 1976-77 40.66 9. Deji Karim, 2007, 2009 2,080 9. Billy Reed, 2013-16 118 8. Lane Reazin, 2016-18 40.50 10. Byron Mitchell, 1984-87 2,021 10. Darrell James, 2015-18 117 9. Austin Pucylowski, 2010-13 39.81 11. Walter Poole, 1978-81 1,927 11. Landon Lenoir, 2016-Present 114 10. Tom Striegel, 1978-81 39.16 12. Yonel Jourdain, 1989-92 1,862 12. D.J. Davis, 2016-19 112 13. Derrick Taylor, 1982-84 1,848 13. John Ference, 1965-67 108 Tackles For Loss (Career) 14. Carver Shannon, 1956-58 1,805 14. Derrick Taylor, 1981-84 107 Note: Since 1983 15. Larry Warner, 2007-08 1,790 15. John Lantz, 2010-13 103 1. Bryan Archibald, 1998-01 48.0 16. Coe Bonner, 1995-97 1,787 16. Mark Shasteen, 1998-2001 101 2. Jayson DiManche, 2009-12 46.0 17. Greg Brown, 1990-93 1,730 17. Damon Jones, 1994-96 99 3. Chauncey Mixon, 2006-09 41.5 18. Malcolm Agnew, 2013-14 1,708 18. Connor Iwema, 2014-17 98 4. Tavita Tovio, 1997-00 41.0 19. Anthony Perry, 1991-92 1,670 5. Brandin Jordan, 2006-09 36.5 20. John Randle, 2006-07 1,563 Receiving Yardage (Career) 5. Anthony Knighton, 2017-Present 36.5 21. Brandon Robinson, 2001-03 1,509 1. Cornell Craig, 1996-99 3,508 22. William Tolen, 1992-95 1,499 2. MyCole Pruitt, 2011-14 2,601 Sacks (Career) 23. George Loukas, 1970-72 1,427 3. Brent Little, 2002-05 2,303 Note: Since 1977 24. Daquan Isom, 2015-pres. 1,344 4. Justin Roebuck, 1989-92 1,809 1. James Phillips, 1977-80 23.5 25. Bruce Phibbs, 1983-86 1,342 5. Darrell James, 2015-18 1,765 2. Andre Bailey, 1997-99 22.0 26. Vic Harrison, 1978-80 1,339 6. Billy Swain, 1990-93 1,629 3. Anthony Knighton, 2017-Present 22.0 27. Javon Williams Jr., 2018-Present 1,322 7. Billy Reed, 2013-16 1,564 28. Antonio Moore, 1987-90 1,295 8. Damon Jones, 1994-96 1,542 Forced Fumbles (Career) 29. Jack Schneider, 1953-55 1,258 9. Kevin House, 1976-79 1,524 1. Tyler Williamson, 2012-14 8 30. Chuck Harmke, 1987-89 1,248 10. Alan Turner, 2003-07 1,511 2. Ron Geels, 1976-79 6 31. Larry Perkins, 1971-73 1,239 11. Joe Allaria, 2007-10 1,468 2. John Palmero, 1977-79 6 32. Bob Hasberry, 1969 1,178 12. Reggie Fowler, 1994-97 1,437 2. Jeremy Chinn, 2016-19 6 33. Mel Kirksy, 1983, 85-86 1,142 13. John Lantz, 2010-13 1,413 5. Frank Johnson, 2003-05 5 34. Charles Pemberton, 1966-67 1,138 14. LaSteven McKinney, 2011-14 1,407 5. Freddie Taylor, 1994-97 5 35. Jewel Hampton, 2011 1,121 15. Tom Massey, 1963-64, 66-67 1,350 5. Tommy Anderson, 1993-96 5 36. Joel Sambursky, 2001-05 1,100 16. Landon Lenoir, 2016-Present 1,344 8. Chase Allen, 2013-16 4 17. John Ference, 1965-67 1,324 8. Bryan Presume, 2011-13 4 Rushing Yards Per Carry (Career) 18. Raphael Leonard, 2017-18 1,309 8. Brandin Jordan, 2005-09 4 Minimum 150 Attempts 19. LaVance Banks, 1991-93 1,301 8. Chauncey Mixon, 2006-09 4 1. Brandon Jacobs, 2004 6.61 20. Connor Iwema, 2014-17 1,299 8. Lorenzo Wims, 2005 4 2. Carver Shannon, 1956-58 6.60 21. Wesley Yates, 1986-89 1,276 8. Greg Harrison, 1996-97 4 3. Deji Karim, 2007, 2009 6.58 8. Oyd Craddock, 1976-79 4 4. Muhammad Abdulqaadir, 2002-03 6.26 Touchdowns (Career) 8. Anthony Knighton, 2017-Present 4 5. Larry Warner, 2007-08 6.01 1. Tom Koutsos, 1999-2003 52 8. Chucky Sullivan, 2017-Present 4 6. Javon Williams Jr., 2018-Present 6.00 1. Arkee Whitlock, 2004-06 52 7. Brandon Robinson, 2001-03 5.80 3. Cornell Craig, 1996-99 37 8. Byron Mitchell, 1984-87 5.79 4. Amos Bullocks, 1958-61 32 9. Arkee Whitlock, 2004-06 5.75 4. Muhammad Abdulqaadir, 2002-03 32 10. D.J. Davis, 2016-19 5.60 6. Deji Karim, 2007, 2009 29 7. Karlton Carpenter, 1995-98 28 Pass Completion Percentage (Career) 8. MyCole Pruitt, 2011-14 25 Minimum 150 Attempts 8. Javon Williams Jr., 2019-Present 25 1. Nick Hill, 2005-07 68.3 10. Walter Poole, 1978-81 23 2. Josh Straughan, 2016 67.4 11. Andre Herrera, 1974-76 21 3. Mark Iannotti, 2014-15 64.5 11. D.J. Davis, 2016-19 21 4. Karé Lyles, 2019-Present 63.0 12. Billy Swain, 1990-93 20 5. Paul McIntosh, 2009-11 60.4 12. Yonel Jourdain, 1989-92 20 6. Joel Sambursky, 2002-05 59.9 12. Brent Little, 2002-05 20 7. Kory Faulkner, 2010-13 59.5 8. Chris Dieker, 2007-10 58.9 9. Sam Straub, 2015-18 56.5 10. Scott Gabbert, 1988-92 55.9

8 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

Miscellaneous Stats

Special Teams Tackles (Career) FCS Top 25 Polls Player 16 17 18 19 20 Career Through games MAR. 1, 2021 Makel Calhoun, OLB — — 8 6 — 14 Stats FCS Poll (First-Place Votes) Record Prev. PJ Jules, CB — — — 9 2 11 1 James Madison (29) 3-0 1 Justin Strong, S — — — 7 — 7 2 Weber State (2) 1-0 2 Bryce Notree, ILB — 6 — — — 6 3 North Dakota (9) 3-0 4 Jon Thompson, CB — — — 5 — 5 4 UNI 2-1 3 David Grenia, LB — — — 4 3 7 5 North Dakota State 3-1 6 Chance Bush, CB — — 4 — — 4 6 Villanova 1-0 5 Bryson Strong, LB — — 3 — — 3 7 Nicholls 3-0 7 Christian Maddox, CB — — — 3 2 5 8 South Dakota State 2-1 8 9 Kennesaw State 1-0 9 Jakari Patterson, S — — — 3 — 3 10 Southern Illinois 3-1 11 Nico Gualdoni, K/P — 1 1 — 2 4 10 Jacksonville State 5-1 10 Tanner Corum, WR — — — 2 — 2 12 Sam Houston 1-0 12 Luke Geigling, LB — — 1 1 1 3 13 Albany 1-0 13 Raquan Lindsey, DE — — 1 — — 1 14 Chattanooga 2-1 18 Cole Steward, TE — — 1 — — 1 15 Furman 2-1 17 Bryce Notree, LB — — 1 — — 1 16 Eastern Washington 1-1 22 Branson Combs, WR — — — 1 2 3 17 New Hampshire 0-1 14 Jacob Garrett, TE — — — 1 — 1 18 Southeastern Louisiana 1-1 23 Tim Johns, LB — — — 1 1 2 19 Delaware 1-0 25 Jeffery Wells, S — — — — 4 4 20 Wofford 1-1 20 Jay Welch, CB — — — — 3 3 21 South Dakota 1-1 20 James Ceasar, CB — — — — 1 1 22 Illinois State 0-2 15 Dante Cleveland, DL — — — — 1 1 23 UC Davis 1-0 NR 24 Monmouth 0-0 23 25 UIW 2-0 NR

Dropped out: Southeast Missouri (16) and Idaho (19) Career 100-yard Rushing Games Player Times Last Time Also receiving votes: VMI 89, Idaho 81, Southeast Missouri 77, Javon Williams Jr. 7 135 vs. SEMO, 10/30/20 Jackson State 55, Richmond 36, Gardner-Webb 32, San Diego 15, Romeir Elliott 1 109 vs. Illinois St., 10/12/19 ETSU 12, Austin Peay 10, Dixie State 10, Murray State 9, Tarleton 9, Elon 3 Career 100-yard Receiving Games Player Times Last Time Avante Cox 4 138 vs. NDSU, 02/27/21 Landon Lenoir 2 114 at Western Illinois, 11/16/19 Javon Williams Jr. 1 103 at UMass, 9/7/19

MVFC Weekly Awards Offensive Player of The Week Javon Williams Jr., RB at UMass, 9/7/19 Javon Williams Jr., RB SEMO, 10/30/20 Avante Cox, WR at South Dakota, 10/26/19 Nic Baker, QB vs. North Dakota State, 02/27/21

Newcomer of The Week Avante Cox, WR at Arkansas State, 9/21/19 Javon Williams Jr., RB Youngstown State, 10/19/19 Avante Cox, WR at South Dakota, 10/26/19 Javon Williams Jr., RB at Western Illinois, 11/16/19

Special Teams Player of The Week Jack Colquhoun, P Youngstown State, 10/19/19 Nico Gualdoni, K SEMO, 10/30/20

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The Last Time a Saluki player had...

RUSHING Three-straight 100-yard receiving games: 3.0 TFL: 3.5, Makel Calhoun at Western Illinois 300+ yards rushing: 9/20-10/4/14, MyCole Pruitt (11/16/19) 312, Muhammad Abdulqaadir at E. Michigan at Purdue (136), vs. WIU (106), and vs. USD (137) 4 INT: Greg Shipp* vs. Western Carolina (12/17/83) (9/28/02) Four-straight 100-yard receiving games: Never 3 INT: Orlando Rodgers at UT-Martin (9/12/98) 250-299 yards rushing: 2 receivers with 100 yards receiving: 2 INT: Jeremy Chinn at South Dakota (10/26/19) 273, Deji Karim vs. Illinois State (10/10/09) Darrell James (154) and Raphael Leonard (104) 3 players with interceptions: 200-249 yards rushing: at Indiana State (10/21/17) Craig James (1), Jeremy Chinn (1), and 201, D.J. Davis vs. SDSU (11/10/18) 80+ yard pass play: Roman Tatum (1), vs. Illinois State (10/14/17) 150-199 yards rushing: 85, Javon Williams Jr. from Stone Labanowitz at 4 players with an interception: 194, D.J. Davis at Western Illinois (11/16/19) UMass (9/7/19) Tyler Williamson (1), Terrell Wilson (1), 125-149 yards rushing: 70-79 yard pass play: Bryan Presume (1), & DJ Cameron (1) at ILS 135, Javon Williams Jr. vs. SEMO (10/30/20) 73, Javon Williams Jr. from Karé Lyles, vs. (10/6/12) 100-124 yards rushing: Youngstown St. (10/19/19) INT return for TD: Michael Elbert (55 yds) at 117, Javon Williams Jr. vs. NDSU (11/23/19) 60-69 yard pass play: MSU (10/27/18) 100 yard rushing game by a quarterback: 65, Avante Cox from Nic Baker vs. North Dakota 2 players with interceptions returned for TDs: 135, Matt DeSomer vs. Indiana State (10/20/18) State (02/27/21) Brandon Williams (34), Mike McElroy (80) vs. 100 yard rushing game by a freshman: 50-59 yard pass play: Missouri State (11/14/09) 149, Javon Williams Jr. at Western Illinois (11/16/19) 53, Landon Lenoir from Karé Lyles INT and FF in same game: Back-to-back 150-yard rushing games: vs. Youngstown St. (10/19/19) Ryan Neal, vs. Western Illinois (11/19/16) Deji Karim (155 at SEMO, 11/21/09 & 155 vs. 10 or more receptions: Last DL with an interception: Eastern Illinois, 11/29/09) 11, Raphael Leonard vs. SEMO (9/15/18) Anthony Knighton vs. Western Illinois (11/3/18) Three consecutive 100-yard rushing games: 2 receivers with 10 or more receptions: Last DL with two interceptions for TDs in a season: Javon Williams Jr., 11/16/19 - 10/30/20 Billy Reed (14) & Jonathan Mixon (11) vs. ILS Larry Luster in 2007 (vs. UNI and Indiana St.) Four consecutive 100-yard rushing games: (11/14/15) Fumble recovery for TD: D.J. Davis, 8/30/18 - 9/29/18 2 receivers with 3 TDs: Qua Brown (23 yards), at MSU (8/30/18) Five consecutive 100-yard rushing games: Cornell Craig (3) & Brian Hamlett (3) vs. Murray St. Michael Elbert (77 yards) at MSU (8/30/18) Deji Karim, 9/19-10/17/09 (9/11/99) Scored on a safety: TEAM, vs. SEMO (9/21/13) 2 rushers with 100 yards: 2 receivers with 2 TDs: D.J. Davis (194) & Javon Williams Jr. (149) Landon Lenoir (2) & Avante Cox (2) vs. Missouri SPECIAL TEAMS at Western Illinois (11/16/19) State (11/9/19) Blocked a PAT: Anthony Knighton at Youngstown State 2 rushers with 150+ yards: 3 TDs receiving: (03/06/21) Arkee Whitlock (158) & Brandon Jacobs (151) Cornell Craig vs. Illinois State (10/23/99) Returned a blocked PAT: Trevor Moe vs. UNI (11/11/06) at Missouri State (10/23/04) 2 TDs receiving: Landon Lenoir (2) & Avante Cox (2) vs. Blocked a field goal:Jeremy Chinn and Terrance 90+ yard rushing play: Missouri State (11/9/19) Henley vs. Indiana State (10/20/18) 93*, Deji Karim vs. Illinois State (10/10/09) Five receivers with TDs: Blocked 2 field goals in a game: 80-89 yard rushing play: MyCole Pruitt (2), Tay Willis (1), LaSteven McKinney Craig Turner vs. Arkansas Pine-Bluff (9/22/07) 85, Andre Herrera vs. Northern Illinois (10/23/76) (1), Malcolm Agnew (1), and Adam Fuehne (1) Returned a blocked field goal for a touchdown: 70-79 yard rushing play: vs. Southeast Missouri (9/13/14) Bryan Presume at Western Illinois (11/2/13) 74, Romeir Elliott vs. Illinois State (10/12/19) Four receivers with TDs: Blocked a punt: Luke Geigling vs. Missouri State 40+ rushing attempts: Javon Williams Jr. (1), D.J. Davis (1), Nigel Kilby (1) (11/9/19) 43*, Muhammad Abdulqaadir at E. Michigan and Romeir Ellliott (1) at UMass (9/7/19) Blocked a punt in back-to-back games: (9/28/02) An OL caught a pass: Brandon Williams, 10/3-10/10/15 30-39 rushing attempts: Sean Smith (4 yds) vs. Youngstown St. (10/24/09) Blocked a kick in three-straight games: 30, D.J. Davis at Western Illinois (11/16/19) Brandon Williams, 9/26 (FG), 10/3-10/10/15 (P) 2 rushers with 2 TDs: PASSING Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: Romeir Elliott (2) and Javon Williams Jr. (2) vs. 400 yards passing: Brandon Williams at WIU (10/3/15) North Dakota State (02/27/21) 450*, Sam Straub vs. Western Illinois (11/19/16) Returned a kickoff for a TD: 6 TDs rushing: 300-399 yards passing: Je’Quan Burton (100 yards) vs. NDSU (11/17/18) Andre Herrera* vs. Northern Illinois (10/23/76) 320, Sam Straub vs. South Dakota (9/29/18) Returned an opening kickoff for a TD: 5 TDs rushing: 200-299 yards passing: Je’Quan Burton (100 yards) vs. NDSU (11/17/18) Muhammad Abdulqaadir vs. W. Virginia Tech 254, Nic Baker vs. North Dakota State (02/21/21) 2 Salukis returned kickoffs for TDs in same game (9/21/02) 3 Consecutive 300+ passing games: Never Happened 4 TDs rushing: Sam Straub, 9/8/18 - 9/29/18 at Mississippi (382), Returned a punt for a TD: Javon Williams Jr. at South Dakota (10/26/19) vs. SEMO (338) and vs. South Dakota (320) Craig Turner (83 yards) vs. W. Kentucky (10/21/06) 4 TDs rushing by a quarterback: Consecutive 300+ passing games: Kicked a field goal of 40-50 yards Matt DeSomer vs. SDSU (11/10/18) Sam Straub, 9/15/18 (338 vs. SEMO) - 9/29/18 (320 45, Nico Gualdoni at Western Illinois (11/16/19) 3 TDs rushing by a quarterback: vs. South Dakota) Kicked a field goal of 50+ yards Paul McIntosh at SEMO (11/21/09) 6 TDs passing: Mark Iannotti vs. SEMO (9/13/14) 50, Griffin Cerra vs. SDSU (11/10/18) 2 TDs rushing by a quarterback: 5 TDs passing: Never Happened Recorded a punt of 80+ yards Matt DeSomer vs. Youngstown State (11/11/17) 4 TDs passing: Karé Lyles vs. Missouri State (11/9/19) 80, Jack Colquhoun at SDSU (10/5/19) Two 40+ yard TD passes in the same game: Recorded a punt of 70+ yards: RECEIVING Karé Lyles, to Javon Williams Jr.(73 yds) and 75, Nick Neidig vs. Western Illinois (9/27/14) 200 yards receiving: Landon Lenoir (53 yds) vs. Youngstown St. 219*, Cornell Craig vs. Illinois State (10/11/97) (10/19/19) TOTAL OFFENSE/ALL-PURPOSE 203, Israel Lamprakes vs. #23 W. Illinois (11/19/16) 50+ pass attempts: 59, Sam Straub vs South Dakota 400 yards total offense: 150-199 yards receiving: (9/29/18) 418, Sam Straub at Mississippi (9/8/18) 154, Darrell James at Indiana State (10/21/17) 300-100 (passing-rushing): 100-149 yards receiving: DEFENSE 411-106, Mark Iannotti at Indiana (9/5/15) 138, Avante Cox vs. NDSU (02/27/21) 15+ tackles: 300 yards all-purpose: 310, Deji Karim vs. ILS Back-to-back 100-yard receiving games: 15, Jeremy Chinn at Western Illinois (11/16/19) (10/10/09) Avante Cox - 02/20/21 at North Dakota (111) and 3+ sacks: 3.0, Eze Obiora, at Eastern Illinois (8/30/12) 200 yards all-purpose: 210, D.J. Davis at Western 02//27/21 vs. North Dakota State (138) 4.0+ tackles for a loss: Illinois (11/16/19) Back-to-back 150-yard receiving games: 5.0, Blake Parzych vs. SEMO (10/30/20) 11/12 - 11/19/16, Israel Lamprakes at YSU (156) and * denotes school record vs. Western Illinois (203)

10 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

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OFFENSE 4 interceptions: at Illinois State (10/6/12) 150, James Robinson, Illinois State (10/12/19) 80+ points: 80 vs. Shurtleff College (11/12/1915) 3 interceptions: at South Dakota (10/26/19) 2 rushers with 100 yards: SEMO, Geno Hess 70-79 points: 73, vs. Missouri State (10/10/15) 5 fumble recoveries: vs. Eastern Illinois (11/28/09) (128) and Andrew Bunch (115) (10/30/20) 60-69 points: 60, vs. Indiana State (10/11/08) 4 fumble recoveries: at Western Illinois (11/16/19) 45+ pass att: 46, Peyton Huslig, Missouri State 50-59 points: 55, vs. Miss. Valley State (9/9/17) 3 fumble recoveries: vs. Youngstown St. (11/11/17) (10/27/18) 40-49 points: 45, at Western Illinois (11/16/19) 16 TFL in a game: 16.0, vs. Miss Valley St. (9/9/17) 30+ pass comp: 30, Taryn Christion, SDSU (10/8/16) 0 points: at South Dakota (10/28/17) 10-15 TFL in a game: 12, at Western Illinois (11/16/19) 400 yards passing: 404, Peyton Huslig, Missouri 0 points in 1st half: vs. Illinois State (10/12/19) 9 TFL in a game: at Murray State (8/30/18) State (10/27/18) 0 points in 2nd half: at SDSU (10/5/19) 8 TFL in a game: vs. SEMO (10/30/20) 300 yards passing: 320, Logan Bonner, Arkansas St. Did not score a Touchdown: at Illinois State (10/13/18) 8+ sacks in a game: 9, vs. Youngstown St. (10/19/19) (9/21/19) 400+ yards rushing: 435, vs. SW Baptist (9/19/09) 6-8 sacks in a game: 6, vs. Miss Valley St. (9/9/17) 50+ yard rushing play: 63, JAlen Bussey, NDSU 300-399 yards rushing: 375, at Western Illinois 5 sacks in a game: 5, at Western Illinois (11/16/19) (02/27/21) (11/16/19) 0 sacks in a game: at North Dakota (02/20/21) 70+ yard pass play: Fewer than 100 yds rushing: 90 at ND (02/20/21) Scored 3 Def. TD: 3 (2 fumble, 1 int.) at MSU (8/30/18) 89, Logan Bonner to Omar Bayless, Arkansas St. 70+ rushing attempts: 74, at Indiana State (10/31/81) (9/21/19) 60-69 rushing attempts: 63, at Western Illinois TURNOVERS 50-69 yard pass play: (11/16/19) Forced 6 or more turnovers in a game: 59, Connor Sampson to George Wahee, at Western 50-59 rushing attempts: 50, at Indiana State (11/2/19) 6, at Murray State (4 FR, 2 Int) (8/30/18 Illinois (11/16/19) 7+ rushing TDs: 7, vs. Quincy (9/2/10) Forced 5 turnovers in a game: at Western Illinois 10+ receptions: 10, Kirk Merritt, Arkansas St. (9/21/19) 6 rushing TDs: vs. Missouri State (10/20/07) (11/16/19) 200 yards receiving: N/A 5 rushing TDs: at Western Illinois (11/16/19) Forced 4 turnovers in a game: vs. Youngstown 150-199 yards receiving: 500+ yards passing: Never (11/11/17) 198, Cade Johnson, SDSU (11/10/18) 400-499 yards passing: 450 vs Western Illinois Committed 6 or more turnovers in a game: 100-149 yards receiving: (11/19/16) 7, at SEMO (9/12/15) 141, Omar Bayless, Arkansas St. (9/21/19) 300-399 yards passing: 320 vs. South Dakota Committed 5 turnovers in a game: 131, Kirk Merritt, Arkansas St. (9/21/19) (9/29/18) at North Dakota (02/20/21) 5 FGs: Tom Bishop, New Hampshire (11/29/08) Less than 100 yards passing: 72, at Indiana State Committed 4 turnovers in a game: vs. WIU (11/3/18) 4 FGs: Arnado Villarreal, Northwestern (9/13/08) (11/2/19) Did not force a turnover: at North Dakota A 50+ yard FG: 50, Sean Slattery, Illinois State (10/15/16) 60+ pass attempts: 61, vs. South Dakota (9/29/18) (02/20/21) Punt return for a TD: 90 yds, M. Dorleant, UNI 50-59 pass attempts: 53, vs. WIU (11/19/16) Did not force a turnover in back-to-back games: (11/21/15) 40+ pass completions: 42*, vs. Illinois State (11/14/15) 2019 - 10/12 (ISU) & 10/19 (YSU) Kick return for a TD: 100, Tony Pollard, Memphis 30-39 pass completions: 32, vs. South Dakota Did not force a turnover in 3-straight games: (9/23/17) (9/29/18) 11/22/14-9/12/15 Interception return for a TD: 700+ total net yards: 754*, vs. Bradley (10/31/70) Did not commit a turnover: vs. North Dakota State 88 yards, Vernon Dasher, Mississippi (9/8/18) 600-699 total net yards: 629, at Mississippi (9/8/18) (02/27/21) Blocked Punt: Colton Folliard, WIU (11/16/19) 500-599 total net yards: 580 at Western Illinois Lost 4 or more fumbles: at SEMO (9/12/15) Returned a blocked punt for a touchdown: (11/16/19) Lost 3 fumbles: at North Dakota (02/20/21) Jadon Janke (0 yards), SDSU (11/10/18) 400-499 total net yards: 443 vs. NDSU Fumble recovery for a TD: (02/27/21) SPECIAL TEAMS 31 yards, Mike Johnson, South Dakota (10/26/19) Fewer than 100 total net yards: 64, at McNeese State Scored 13 or more points kicking: (9/11/76) 14, vs. SEMO (9/15/18) An Opposing Team Had... Fewer than 200 total net yards: 177, at NDSU Scored 10-12 points kicking: 11, at Indiana State 400+ yards rushing: 409, Illinois State (10/13/18) (10/27/12) (11/2/19) 300+ yards rushing: 302, NDSU (11/17/18) Had a 200-yard rusher and 200-yard passer: Punted 10+ times: 10, vs. South Dakota (9/29/18) 200+ yards rushing: 233, at North Dakota (02/20/21) vs. Illinois State (10/10/09) - Deji Karim (273 Totaled 175 or more kickoff return yards: Fewer than 100 yards rushing: 66, vs. Missouri State rushing) & Chris Dieker (274 passing) 212, vs. YSU (10/15/11) (11/9/19) Had a 400-yard passer & 2 100-yard receivers: Totaled 100 or more punt return yards: Fewer than 50 yards rushing: 30, YSU (10/19/19) vs. Western Illinois (11/19/16) - Sam Straub (450) 164, vs. Western Kentucky (10/21/06) Fewer than 25 yards rushing: 16, WIU (11/17/12) to Billy Reed (138) and Israel Lamprakes (203) Missed a PAT: Nico Gualdoni at Youngstown St. Negative yards rushing: -8, Miss Vall St (9/9/17) 39+ minutes of possession: 41:26, vs. NDSU (03/06/21) -7, Western Illinois (11/13/10) (02/27/21) Attempted a two-point conversion: at SEMO 500+ yards passing: 553, Murray State (9/11/99) Did not allow a sack: at Youngstown St. (03/06/21) (8/29/19) 400-499 yards passing: 404, Missouri State Did not allow a sack in back-to-back games: Successful two-point conversion: (10/27/18) 2017 - 9/16 (at SEMO), 9/23 (at MEM) and vs. SDSU (Austin Johnson rush), 10/8/16) 300-399 yards passing: 357, Arkansas St. (9/21/19) 9/30/17 (vs. UNI) Attempted an onside kick: Fewer than 100 yards passing: 94, at YSU (03/06/21) Did not allow a sack in three-straight games: vs. SEMO (10/30/20) Two receivers with 100+ yards: Mississippi (9/8/18) 2017 - 9/16 (at SEMO), 9/23 (at MEM) and Successful two-point conversion: A.J. Brown (155) and Braylon Sanders (133) 9/30/17 (vs. UNI) vs. Illinois State (10/12/19) - Gualdoni (kicker) to 500+ yards total offense: 529, SEMO (8/29/19) Did not allow a sack in four-straight games: Justin Strong (recovered) Less than 100 yards total offense: 90, INS (10/31/09) 2015 - 9/26 (vs. Liberty), 10/3 (at WIU), 5 or fewer first downs: 5, St. Joseph (9/27/03) 10/10 (vs. MSU) and 10/17/15 (at INS) MISCELLANEOUS 60+ points: 65, NDSU (11/17/18) Scored four non-offensive touchdowns: 50-59 points: 57, SDSU (11/10/18) DEFENSE at Youngstown State (2 fumble returns, int. 40-49 points: 44, at North Dakota (02/20/21) Shutout an opponent: vs. Taylor, 45-0 (8/28/14) return, blocked punt return), 10/20/12 0 points: vs. Taylor (8/28/14) Shutout an opponent in 1st half: vs. Missouri State Scored on offense, defense and special teams: 0 points in 1st Half: vs. Missouri State (11/9/19) (11/9/19) 2015 - at Western Illinois (INT return, block punt 0 points in 2nd Half: Youngstown St. (10/19/19) Shutout an opponent in 2nd half: vs. Youngstown St. return), 10/3/15 Didn’t score a TD: Mississippi Valley State (9/9/17) (10/19/19) ...in back-to-back games: Attempted a two-point conversion: Did not allow an offensive TD: vs. MVSU (9/9/17) 2012 - vs. UNI (10/13/12) and at YSU (10/20/12) Youngstown State (03/06/21) Held two opponents scoreless in the same season: Successful two-point conversion: 2012, Ill. St. (17-0) and WIU (35-0) An Opposing Player Had... Youngstown State (Farrar pass from VanGorder), Held an opponent to 0 or fewer yards in a quarter: 35+ carries: Corey Lewis, Northern Iowa (9/17/08) 10/6/18 0, fourth quarter at Illinois State (10/2/10) 200+ yards rushing: 229, Pierre Strong, SDSU Missed a field goal: Parker Lacina, Missouri State 6+ interceptions: 6*, at Murray State (9/31/00) (10/5/19) (11/9/19) 5 interceptions: at Illinois State (10/24/92) 150-200 yards rushing: Missed a PAT: Colt McFadden, Youngstown (03/06/21) Scored on a safety: NDSU (11/17/18) 1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 11 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

Saluki Stadium Records Longest Plays Tackles For Loss Total Yards Rush SIU 5.0 Blake Parzych, vs. SEMO 10/30/20 1,197 Southern Illinois 541, SDSU 656 11/10/18 SIU 74 Romeir Elliott, vs. ILS 10/12/19 OPP 4.0 Pete Swenson, WIU 11/3/18 1,125 Eastern Illinois 622, Southern Illinois 503 OPP 75 *Marshaun Coprich, ILS 11/14/15 4.0 Justin Hornsby, INS 10/22/16 9/7/13 Pass Sacks Turnovers SIU 76 *Josh Straughan to SIU 3.0 Jayson DiManche, vs. WIU 11/13/10 6 Southern Illinois 4, Western Illinois 11/3/18 Jimmy Jones, vs. SEMO 9/10/16 OPP 3.0 Romeo McKnight, ILS 10/12/19 6 Southern Illinois 3, Western Illinois 3 11/19/16 OPP 89 *Austin Simmons to Interceptions Fumbles Lost Dakarai Allen, South Dakota 9/29/18 SIU 1 Many times 3 Southern Illinois 3, Western Illinois 0 11/3/18 Kickoff Return OPP 2 Xavier Rowe, WIU 11/19/16 2 Illinois St. 2, Southern Illinois 0 11/14/15 SIU 98 *D.J. Davis, vs. Murray 9/17/16 2 Calvin Burnett, Ind. St. 9/29/12 Interceptions OPP 57 Deion Holliman, MSU 10/10/15 2 Cole Brodie, SDSU 10/16/10 6 Southern Illinois 3, Western Illinois 3 11/19/16 Punt Return Field Goals Made 4 Five Times SIU 38 LaSteven McKinney, vs. Taylor 8/28/14 SIU 3 Austin Johnson, vs. NDSU 10/31/15 Sacks OPP 36 Deion Holliman, MSU 10/10/15 3 Matt Sotiropoulos, vs. SEMO 9/10/16 12 Southern Illinois 9, Youngstown St. 3 10/19/19 Field Goal Made 3 Nico Gualdoni, vs. SEMO 9/15/18 9 Southern Illinois 6, South Dakota St. 3 11/3/12 SIU 50 Griffin Cerra, vs. SDSU 11/10/18 OPP 3 Justin Syrovatka, SDSU 11/3/12 9 Illinois St. 9, Southern Illinois 0 10/8/16 OPP 57 John Lunsford, Liberty 9/26/15 3 Ryan McCrum, SEMO 9/13/14 Penalties Field Goal Attempted 3 Ryan McCrum, SEMO 9/10/16 25 SEMO 16, Southern Illinois 9 9/15/18 SIU 54 Austin Johnson, vs. SDSU 10/8/16 24 South Dakota 16, Southern Illinois 8 9/29/18 OPP 57 Twice by John Lunsford, Liberty 9/26/15 Team Highs Penalty Yards Interception Return Points 265 SEMO 165, Southern Illinois 100 9/15/18 SIU 41 *Kenny James, vs. YSU 10/24/15 SIU 73 vs. Missouri State, 10/10/15 217 South Dakota 138, Southern Illinois 79 9/10/16 OPP 87 *Cole Brodie, SDSU 10/16/10 OPP 57, SDSU, 11/10/18 Punts Fumble Return Rushing Yards 22 South Dakota 12, Southern Illinois 10 9/29/18 SIU 100 *Bryan Presume, vs. UNI 10/13/12 SIU 385, vs. Missouri State, 10/10/15 16 Indiana State 9, Southern Illinois 7 9/29/12 OPP 74 Pat Meehan, ILS 11/14/15 OPP 397, North Dakota St., 10/31/15 * indicates touchdown was scored Passing Yards Combined Team Game Lows SIU 450, vs. Western Illinois, 11/19/16 Points Individual Highs OPP 466, SDSU, 10/8/16 12 N. Dakota State 9, Southern Illinois 3 10/8/11 Passing Attempts Total Offense 27 Indiana State 24, Southern Illinois 3 9/29/12 SIU 63 Mark Iannotti, vs. ILS 11/14/15 SIU 673, vs. Missouri State, 10/10/15 Passing Yards OPP 57 Jimmy Garoppolo, EIU 9/7/13 OPP 656, SDSU, 11/10/18 205 SEMO 53, SIU 152 10/30/20 Passing Completions Turnovers 216 North Dakota St. 146, SIU 70 11/23/19 SIU 42 Mark Iannotti, vs. ILS 11/14/15 SIU 5, vs. Western Illinois, 11/19/16 Rushing Yards OPP 34 Jimmy Garoppolo, EIU 9/7/13 OPP 5, SEMO, 9/13/14 188 Southern Illinois 128, N. Dakota State 60 Passing Yards Fumbles Lost 10/8/11 SIU 450 Sam Straub, vs. WIU 11/19/16 SIU 3 (3x), last vs. Western Illinois, 11/3/18 192 Indiana St. 102, Southern Illinois 90 10/22/16 OPP 466 Taryn Christion, SDSU 10/8/16 OPP 4, SEMO, 9/13/14 Total Yards Passing Touchdowns Interceptions Thrown 449 Southern Illinois 307, Western Illinois 142 SIU 6 Mark Iannotti, vs. SEMO 9/13/14 SIU 3 (3x), last vs. SEMO, 9/15/18 11/17/12 OPP 5 Taryn Christion, SDSU 10/8/16 OPP 3 (4x), last Western Illinois, 11/19/16 507 Southern Illinois 297, N. Dakota State 210 1 Total Offense Penalties 0/8/11 SIU 469 Sam Straub, WIU 11/19/16 SIU 12, vs. South Dakota, 11/5/16 OPP 475 Taryn Christion, SDSU 10/8/16 OPP 16, South Dakota, 9/29/18 Miscellaneous Records Rushing Attempts 16, SEMO, 9/15/18 Attendance SIU 35 D.J. Davis, vs. SEMO 9/15/18 Penalty Yards 15,000 Southern Illinois 70, Quincy 7 9/2/10 OPP 33 Shakir Bell, INS 9/29/12 SIU 126, vs. South Dakota, 11/5/16 13,356 Southern Illinois 48, Northern Iowa 38 33 Ja’Quan Keys, INS 10/20/18 OPP 165, SEMO, 9/15/18 10/9/10 Rushing Yards Time of Possession Biggest Comeback SIU 201 D.J. Davis, vs. SDSU 11/10/18 SIU 41:26, NDSU, 02/27/21 SIU 17 pts vs. Western Illinois (3Q) 11/19/16 OPP 311 Marquis Terry, SEMO 9/15/18 OPP 36:25, Missouri State, 9/24/11 OPP 21 pts SEMO vs. Southern Illinois (2Q) Rushing Touchdowns Sacks By 9/18/10 SIU 4 Matt DeSomer, vs. SDSU 11/10/18 SIU 9 vs. Youngstown St., 11/3/12 Longest Duration OPP 4 Marquis Terry, SEMO 9/15/18 OPP 9, Illinois State, 10/12/19 3:54 SEMO 48, Southern Illinois 44 9/15/18 Receptions Punts 3:46 S. Dakota St. 45, Southern Illinois 39 10/8/16 SIU 14 Billy Reed, vs. ILS 11/14/15 SIU 10, vs. South Dakota, 9/29/18 Win Streak OPP 12 Dallas Goedert, SDSU 10/8/16 OPP 12, Western Illinois, 11/17/12 5G 11/16/13 vs. ILS through 10/4/14 vs. USD Receiving Yards Win Streak vs. Ranked SIU 203 Israel Lamprakes, vs. WIU 11/19/16 Combined Team Game Highs 2G 10/9/10 vs. UNI through 11/13/10 vs. WIU OPP 198 Cade Johnson, SDSU 11/10/18 Points 9/26/15 vs. Liberty through 10/24/15 vs. YSU Receiving Touchdowns 99 Southern Illinois 73, Missouri St. 26 10/10/15 Loss Streak SIU 2 Last by Landon Lenoir and Avante Cox, 95 Southern Illinois 38, SDSU 57 9/15/18 7G 11/4/17 vs. Missouri St. through 11/10/18 vs. vs. Missouri State 11/9/19 Passing Yards SDSU OPP 2 multiple times 888 South Dakota St. 466, Southern Illinois 422 Loss Streak vs. Ranked All-Purpose Yards 10/8/16 8G 11/8/11 vs. NDSU through 11/15/14 vs. UNI SIU 236 D.J. Davis vs. South Dakota 9/29/18 787 Southern Illinois 450, Western Illinois 337 OPP 438 Marquis Terry, SEMO 9/15/18 11/19/16 Tackles Rushing Yards SIU 16 Kenny James, vs. Liberty 9/26/15 668 Southern Illinois 353, SDSU 315 11/10/18 16 Kenny James, vs. YSU 10/24/15 587 Southern Illinois 294, Indiana St. 293 10/20/18 OPP 20 Nick DeLuca, NDSU 10/31/15 20 Christian Rozeboom, SDSU 10/8/16

12 EIGHT PLAYOFF APPEARANCES — 1983 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 SALUKI FOOTBALL

SIU Scoring Drives Breakdown Opponent Scoring Drives Breakdown Opponent Play-Yards Time Result Quarter Team Play-Yards Time Result Quarter SEMO 16-68 6:41 FG 2nd SEMO 7-84 3:35 TD 1st SEMO 6-65 2:04 TD 3rd SEMO 6-47 2:23 TD 3rd SEMO 4-44 1:12 TD 4th SEMO 9-57 4:26 FG 4th SEMO 7-53 1:23 FG 4th UND 2-17 0:38 TD 1st UND 11-84 5:33 TD 1st UND 15-52 7:17 FG 2nd UND 8-75 1:10 TD 2nd UND 10-69 5:30 TD 3rd UND 13-75 4:12 TD 4th UND 8-45 3:42 TD 3rd NDSU 12-49 6:43 FG 1st UND 2-12 0:48 TD 3rd NDSU 12-93 6:50 TD 2nd UND 8-41 2:32 TD 4th NDSU 7-74 4:25 TD 2nd NDSU 6-80 0:52 TD 2nd NDSU 5-51 2:32 TD 4th NDSU 3-75 0:51 TD 4th NDSU 4-13 1:27 TD 4th YSU 13-83 6:30 TD 1st NDSU 11-80 7:18 TD 4th YSU 6-31 3:25 TD 1st YSU 11-60 5:00 TD 2nd YSU 19-72 10:05 TD 2nd YSU 9-75 1:27 TD 2nd YSU 18-55 9:21 FG 4th YSU 12-75 4:27 TD 3rd YSU 9-47 3:47 FG 3rd YSU 3-66 0:40 TD 4th

1983 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS | 2007 FINAL FOUR 13 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Game Results (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

Overall Conference Date Opponent Score Record Record Time Attend ------Oct 30, 2020 #25 SEMO W 20-17 1- 0- 0 0- 0- 0 3:17 * Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota 21-44 L 1- 1- 0 0- 1- 0 3:12 3176 * Feb 27, 2021 #1 NORTH DAKOTA ST. W 38-14 2- 1- 0 1- 1- 0 2:53 2400 * Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State W 30-22 3- 1- 0 2- 1- 0 02:59 1901

* indicates conference game 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Overall Team Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

TEAM STATISTICS SIU OPP ------SCORING...... 109 97 Points Per Game...... 27.2 24.2 Points Off Turnovers...... 21 33 FIRST DOWNS...... 87 67 Rushing...... 39 40 Passing...... 41 22 Penalty...... 7 5 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 722 822 Yards gained rushing...... 791 890 Yards lost rushing...... 69 68 Rushing Attempts...... 168 160 Average Per Rush...... 4.3 5.1 Average Per Game...... 180.5 205.5 TDs Rushing...... 9 7 PASSING YARDAGE...... 797 424 Comp-Att-Int...... 71-108-5 44-86-3 Average Per Pass...... 7.4 4.9 Average Per Catch...... 11.2 9.6 Average Per Game...... 199.2 106.0 TDs Passing...... 5 5 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1519 1246 Total Plays...... 276 246 Average Per Play...... 5.5 5.1 Average Per Game...... 379.8 311.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards...... 7-148 16-226 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 5-39 3-15 INT RETURNS: #-Yards...... 3-8 5-107 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 21.1 14.1 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 7.8 5.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 2.7 21.4 FUMBLES-LOST...... 3-3 5-2 PENALTIES-Yards...... 18-165 20-168 Average Per Game...... 41.2 42.0 PUNTS-Yards...... 14-567 18-724 Average Per Punt...... 40.5 40.2 Net punt average...... 38.0 35.8 KICKOFFS-Yards...... 20-1029 18-897 Average Per Kick...... 51.5 49.8 Net kick average...... 38.9 38.8 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game...... 30:19 29:41 3RD-DOWN Conversions...... 33/57 22/50 3rd-Down Pct...... 58% 44% 4TH-DOWN Conversions...... 3/4 5/6 4th-Down Pct...... 75% 83% SACKS BY-Yards...... 5-19 5-41 MISC YARDS...... 0 0 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 14 13 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 4-4 3-3 ON-SIDE KICKS...... 0-1 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES...... (15-15) 100% (13-13) 100% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS...... (12-15) 80% (10-13) 77% PAT-ATTEMPTS...... (13-14) 93% (10-12) 83% ATTENDANCE...... 2400 5077 Games/Avg Per Game...... 2/1200 2/2538 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------SIU...... 10 37 17 45 - 109 Opponents...... 26 23 28 20 - 97 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Elliott, Romeir 4 63 309 7 302 4.8 3 20 75.5 Williams Jr., J 5 39 7.8 0 31 Williams Jr., J 4 57 251 15 236 4.1 5 40 59.0 Total...... 5 39 7.8 0 31 Strong, Justin 4 18 76 0 76 4.2 0 12 19.0 Opponents...... 3 15 5.0 0 7 Cox, Avante 4 9 81 6 75 8.3 0 29 18.8 Baker, Nic 3 13 48 27 21 1.6 1 17 7.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Lyles, Kare 2 6 26 12 14 2.3 0 8 7.0 ------TEAM 1 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -2.0 Maddox, Aaron 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 4 168 791 69 722 4.3 9 40 180.5 Roderick Campbe 1 8 8.0 0 8 Opponents...... 4 160 890 68 822 5.1 7 64 205.5 Bush, Clayton 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 3 8 2.7 0 8 PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Opponents...... 5 107 21.4 0 37 ------Baker, Nic 3 143.38 42-64-3 65.6 546 3 65 182.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Lyles, Kare 2 118.50 27-41-2 65.9 226 2 30 113.0 ------Williams Jr., J 4 136.67 2-3-0 66.7 25 0 19 6.2 Strong, Justin 5 113 22.6 0 30 Total...... 4 133.75 71-108-5 65.7 797 5 65 199.2 Cox, Avante 1 24 24.0 0 24 Opponents...... 4 104.79 44-86-3 51.2 424 5 37 106.0 Hartrup, Izaiah 1 11 11.0 0 11 Total...... 7 148 21.1 0 30 RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Opponents...... 16 226 14.1 0 44 ------Cox, Avante 4 29 355 12.2 1 65 88.8 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Lenoir, Landon 4 16 195 12.2 2 37 48.8 ------Strong, Justin 4 9 86 9.6 2 30 21.5 Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Rollins, Jerron 4 5 23 4.6 0 8 5.8 Opponents...... 1 36 36.0 1 36 Combs, Branson 3 4 57 14.2 0 19 19.0 Hartrup, Izaiah 4 4 38 9.5 0 13 9.5 Elliott, Romeir 4 2 24 12.0 0 16 6.0 Garrett, Jacob 4 1 14 14.0 0 14 3.5 Williams Jr., J 4 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Total...... 4 71 797 11.2 5 65 199.2 Opponents...... 4 44 424 9.6 5 37 106.0 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Williams Jr., J 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 Baker, Nic 3 77 21 546 567 189.0 Gualdoni, Nico 0 4-4 13-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 25 Elliott, Romeir 4 63 302 0 302 75.5 Elliott, Romeir 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Williams Jr., J 4 60 236 25 261 65.2 Lenoir, Landon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Lyles, Kare 2 47 14 226 240 120.0 Strong, Justin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Strong, Justin 4 18 76 0 76 19.0 Cox, Avante 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cox, Avante 4 9 75 0 75 18.8 Baker, Nic 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 TEAM 1 2 -2 0 -2 -2.0 Total...... 14 4-4 13-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 109 Total...... 4 276 722 797 1519 379.8 Opponents...... 13 3-3 10-12 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 97 Opponents...... 4 246 822 424 1246 311.5

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Colquhoun, Jack 14 567 40.5 56 1 0 6 0 Gualdoni, Nico 4-4 100.0 0-0 3-3 1-1 0-0 0-0 39 0 Total...... 14 567 40.5 56 1 0 6 0 Opponents...... 18 724 40.2 54 2 6 5 1 FG SEQUENCE SIU OPPONENTS ------KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn SEMO (23),(27) (32) ------North Dakota - (27) Gualdoni, Nico 20 1029 51.5 1 0 North Dakota St. (39) - Total...... 20 1029 51.5 1 0 226 38.9 26 Youngstown State (22) (36) Opponents...... 18 897 49.8 2 0 148 38.8 26

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Overall Individual Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Cox, Avante 4 75 355 0 24 0 454 113.5 Elliott, Romeir 4 302 24 0 0 0 326 81.5 Williams Jr., J 4 236 5 39 0 0 280 70.0 Strong, Justin 4 76 86 0 113 0 275 68.8 Lenoir, Landon 4 0 195 0 0 0 195 48.8 Combs, Branson 3 0 57 0 0 0 57 19.0 Hartrup, Izaiah 4 0 38 0 11 0 49 12.2 Rollins, Jerron 4 0 23 0 0 0 23 5.8 Baker, Nic 3 21 0 0 0 0 21 7.0 Garrett, Jacob 4 0 14 0 0 0 14 3.5 Lyles, Kare 2 14 0 0 0 0 14 7.0 Roderick Campbe 4 0 0 0 0 8 8 2.0 TEAM 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0 Total...... 4 722 797 39 148 8 1714 428.5 Opponents...... 4 822 424 15 226 107 1594 398.5 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------54 Notree, Bryce 4 16 7 23 1.0-1 ...... 31 Strong, Bryson 4 15 7 22 1.0-1 1.0-1 . . 2 . 1 . . 0 Bush, Clayton 4 16 4 20 1.0-8 1.0-8 1-0 1 . . 1 . . 8 Calhoun, Makel 4 15 3 18 3.0-20 1.0-5 . . 2 . . . . 11 Knighton, Antho 4 12 2 14 3.0-7 1.0-2 . 1 . . . . . 2C Ceasar, James 3 10 2 12 . . . 6 . . . . . 7 Thompson, Jon 4 8 4 12 1.0-1 . . 3 . . . . . 56 Agnew, Keenan 4 5 5 10 1.0-2 . . . 1 . . . . 93 Parzych, Blake 1 9 . 9 5.0-10 1.0-3 ...... 95 Driver, Tylan 4 3 6 9 0.5-0 ...... 3B Blankenship, Ja 3 6 2 8 2.0-4 ...... 27 Roderick Campbe 4 6 2 8 . . 1-8 2 . 1-0 . . . 24 Brown, Qua 1 6 2 8 ...... 44 Lindsey, Raquan 4 6 2 8 ...... 58 Sullivan, Chuck 4 3 3 6 1.5-3 . . . 1 . . . . 4 Jules, PJ 3 4 1 5 . . . 2 . . . . . 99 Gualdoni, Nico 4 4 . 4 ...... 1 . . 33 Wells, Jeffery 4 4 . 4 ...... 21 Grenia, David 4 3 1 4 ...... 1M Maddox, Aaron 1 4 . 4 . . 1-0 ...... 26 Maddox, Christi 3 3 . 3 1.0-1 ...... 8G Belizaire, Gian 1 1 2 3 ...... 45 Johns, Tim 4 1 2 3 ...... 25 Welch, Jay 4 3 . 3 ...... 34 Giegling, Luke 2 . 3 3 ...... 29 Walker, Antwain 1 2 . 2 ...... 6L Love, Devin 3 1 1 2 ...... 93 Cleveland, Dant 2 1 1 2 ...... 83 Combs, Branson 3 1 1 2 ...... 1 . 32 Patterson, Joe 1 1 . 1 ...... 92 Berner, Jordan 4 . 1 1 . . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 59 Furcron, ZeVeyo 3 1 . 1 ...... 17 Lenoir, Landon 4 1 . 1 ...... 88 Johnson, Tate 1 . 1 1 ...... Total...... 4 171 65 236 21-58 5-19 3-8 17 6 2-0 3 1 . Opponents...... 4 203 75 278 20-74 5-41 5-107 11 2 3-36 3 . . 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS

RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G ------Elliott, Romeir 4 63 309 7 302 4.8 3 20 75.5 ...... 14 144 791 13 778 5.4 6 74 55.6 Williams Jr., J 4 57 251 15 236 4.1 5 40 59.0 ...... 20 230 1368 46 1322 5.7 23 64 66.1 Strong, Justin 4 18 76 0 76 4.2 0 12 19.0 ...... 18 18 76 0 76 4.2 0 12 4.2 Cox, Avante 4 9 81 6 75 8.3 0 29 18.8 ...... 16 30 303 16 287 9.6 3 65 17.9 Baker, Nic 3 13 48 27 21 1.6 1 17 7.0 ...... 7 17 60 28 32 1.9 1 17 4.6 Lyles, Kare 2 6 26 12 14 2.3 0 8 7.0 ...... 12 66 172 150 22 0.3 1 15 1.8 TEAM 1 2 0 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 -2.0 Total...... 4 168 791 69 722 4.3 9 40 180.5 Opponents...... 4 160 890 68 822 5.1 7 64 205.5

PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G ------Baker, Nic 3 143.38 42-64-3 65.6 546 3 65 182.0 ...... 7 138.26 72-46-3 63.9 591 3 65 84.4 Lyles, Kare 2 118.50 27-41-2 65.9 226 2 30 113.0 ...... 12 136.21 243-154-10 63.4 1795 14 73 149.6 Williams Jr., J 4 136.67 2-3-0 66.7 25 0 19 6.2 ...... 20 208.14 14-9-1 64.3 185 2 41 9.2 Total...... 4 133.75 71-108-5 65.7 797 5 65 199.2 Opponents...... 4 104.79 44-86-3 51.2 424 5 37 106.0

RECEIVING GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G ------Cox, Avante 4 29 355 12.2 1 65 88.8 ...... 16 76 972 12.8 6 65 60.8 Lenoir, Landon 4 16 195 12.2 2 37 48.8 ...... 34 114 1344 11.8 7 53 39.5 Strong, Justin 4 9 86 9.6 2 30 21.5 ...... 18 9 86 9.6 2 30 4.8 Rollins, Jerron 4 5 23 4.6 0 8 5.8 ...... 4 5 23 4.6 0 8 5.8 Combs, Branson 3 4 57 14.2 0 19 19.0 ...... 7 4 57 14.2 0 19 8.1 Hartrup, Izaiah 4 4 38 9.5 0 13 9.5 ...... 4 4 38 9.5 0 13 9.5 Elliott, Romeir 4 2 24 12.0 0 16 6.0 ...... 14 15 72 4.8 1 17 5.1 Garrett, Jacob 4 1 14 14.0 0 14 3.5 ...... 27 7 119 17.0 2 41 4.4 Williams Jr., J 4 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 ...... 20 11 214 19.5 2 85 10.7 Total...... 4 71 797 11.2 5 65 199.2 Opponents...... 4 44 424 9.6 5 37 106.0

TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Baker, Nic 3 77 21 546 567 189.0 ...... 7 89 32 591 623 89.0 Elliott, Romeir 4 63 302 0 302 75.5 ...... 14 144 778 0 778 55.6 Williams Jr., J 4 60 236 25 261 65.2 ...... 20 244 1322 185 1507 75.3 Lyles, Kare 2 47 14 226 240 120.0 ...... 12 309 22 1795 1817 151.4 Strong, Justin 4 18 76 0 76 19.0 ...... 18 18 76 0 76 4.2 Cox, Avante 4 9 75 0 75 18.8 ...... 16 30 287 0 287 17.9 TEAM 1 2 -2 0 -2 -2.0 Total...... 4 276 722 797 1519 379.8 Opponents...... 4 246 822 424 1246 311.5

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ------Williams Jr., J 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30 ...... 25 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 150 Gualdoni, Nico 0 4-4 13-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 25 ...... 0 18-22 59-61 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 113 Elliott, Romeir 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Strong, Justin 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ...... 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Lenoir, Landon 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 ...... 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42 Baker, Nic 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ...... 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Cox, Avante 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ...... 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 54 Total...... 14 4-4 13-14 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 109 Opponents...... 13 3-3 10-12 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 97

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Williams Jr., J 5 39 7.8 0 31 ...... 17 151 8.9 0 31 Total...... 5 39 7.8 0 31 Opponents...... 3 15 5.0 0 7

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Strong, Justin 5 113 22.6 0 30 ...... 5 113 22.6 0 30 Hartrup, Izaiah 1 11 11.0 0 11 ...... 1 11 11.0 0 11 Cox, Avante 1 24 24.0 0 24 ...... 12 220 18.3 0 31 Total...... 7 148 21.1 0 30 Opponents...... 16 226 14.1 0 44 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Roderick Campbe 1 8 8.0 0 8 ...... 1 8 8.0 0 8 Bush, Clayton 1 0 0.0 0 0 ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Maddox, Aaron 1 0 0.0 0 0 ...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total...... 3 8 2.7 0 8 Opponents...... 5 107 21.4 0 37

FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 Opponents...... 1 36 36.0 1 36

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Cox, Avante 4 75 355 0 24 0 454 113.5 ...... 16 287 972 0 220 0 1479 92.4 Elliott, Romeir 4 302 24 0 0 0 326 81.5 ...... 14 778 72 0 0 0 850 60.7 Williams Jr., J 4 236 5 39 0 0 280 70.0 ...... 20 1322 214 151 0 0 1687 84.3 Strong, Justin 4 76 86 0 113 0 275 68.8 ...... 18 76 86 0 113 0 275 15.3 Lenoir, Landon 4 0 195 0 0 0 195 48.8 ...... 34 42 1344 0 18 0 1404 41.3 Combs, Branson 3 0 57 0 0 0 57 19.0 ...... 7 0 57 0 0 0 57 8.1 Hartrup, Izaiah 4 0 38 0 11 0 49 12.2 ...... 4 0 38 0 11 0 49 12.2 Rollins, Jerron 4 0 23 0 0 0 23 5.8 ...... 4 0 23 0 0 0 23 5.8 Baker, Nic 3 21 0 0 0 0 21 7.0 ...... 7 32 0 0 0 0 32 4.6 Lyles, Kare 2 14 0 0 0 0 14 7.0 ...... 12 22 28 0 0 0 50 4.2 Garrett, Jacob 4 0 14 0 0 0 14 3.5 ...... 27 0 119 0 27 0 146 5.4 Roderick Campbe 4 0 0 0 0 8 8 2.0 ...... 4 0 0 0 0 8 8 2.0 TEAM 1 -2 0 0 0 0 -2 -2.0 Total...... 4 722 797 39 148 8 1714 428.5 Opponents...... 4 822 424 15 226 107 1594 398.5

FIELD GOALS Att Good Long Blkd Att Good Long Blkd Pct. ------Gualdoni, Nico 4 4 39 0 ...... 22 18 45 0 81.8 Total...... 4 4 39 0 Opponents...... 3 3 36 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd ------Colquhoun, Jack 14 567 40.5 56 1 0 6 0 ...... 65 2651 40.8 80 3 10 19 1 Total...... 14 567 40.5 56 1 0 6 0 Opponents...... 18 724 40.2 54 2 6 5 1

KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn No. Yds Avg TB OB ------Gualdoni, Nico 20 1029 51.5 1 0 ...... 199 11128 55.9 37 4 Total...... 20 1029 51.5 1 0 226 38.9 26 Opponents...... 18 897 49.8 2 0 148 38.8 26 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

SEASON STATISTICS CAREER STATISTICS

DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk GP Solo Ast Total TFL Sacks Int PBU FR FF Blk ------54 Notree, Bryce 4 16 7 23 1.0 ...... 27 76 40 116 6.0 2.0 2 1 . . . 31 Strong, Bryson 4 15 7 22 1.0 1.0 . . . 1 . 26 61 29 90 4.5 3.0 . 2 . 2 . 0 Bush, Clayton 4 16 4 20 1.0 1.0 1 1 . 1 . 4 16 4 20 1.0 1.0 1 1 . 1 . 8 Calhoun, Makel 4 15 3 18 3.0 1.0 . . . . . 26 58 24 82 17.0 8.5 . 1 2 1 . 11 Knighton, Antho 4 12 2 14 3.0 1.0 . 1 . . . 38 105 25 130 38.0 22.0 1 7 . 4 1 2C Ceasar, James 3 10 2 12 0.0 . . 6 . . . 28 58 11 69 6.5 1.0 . 15 1 1 . 7 Thompson, Jon 4 8 4 12 1.0 . . 3 . . . 16 36 15 51 1.0 . . 6 . . . 56 Agnew, Keenan 4 5 5 10 1.0 ...... 27 24 21 45 5.5 2.5 . . . . . 93 Parzych, Blake 1 9 . 9 5.0 1.0 . . . . . 37 36 19 55 13.5 2.5 . 4 2 . . 95 Driver, Tylan 4 3 6 9 0.5 ...... 5 4 6 10 0.5 ...... 3B Blankenship, Ja 3 6 2 8 2.0 ...... 3 6 2 8 2.0 ...... 27 Roderick Campbe 4 6 2 8 0.0 . 1 2 1 . . 4 6 2 8 0.0 . 1 2 1 . . 24 Brown, Qua 1 6 2 8 0.0 ...... 30 124 35 159 2.0 . 1 11 2 2 . 44 Lindsey, Raquan 4 6 2 8 0.0 ...... 23 16 11 27 0.0 . . 1 . . . 58 Sullivan, Chuck 4 3 3 6 1.5 ...... 35 25 21 46 9.5 6.0 . 1 2 4 . 4 Jules, PJ 3 4 1 5 0.0 . . 2 . . . 13 14 5 19 1.0 . . 3 1 . . 21 Grenia, David 4 3 1 4 0.0 ...... 15 6 2 8 0.0 ...... 33 Wells, Jeffery 4 4 . 4 0.0 ...... 4 4 . 4 0.0 ...... 1M Maddox, Aaron 1 4 . 4 0.0 . 1 . . . . 1 4 . 4 0.0 . 1 . . . . 99 Gualdoni, Nico 4 4 . 4 0.0 . . . . 1 . 38 6 1 7 0.0 . . . . 2 . 34 Giegling, Luke 2 . 3 3 0.0 ...... 25 58 26 84 10.5 7.5 1 1 . 1 1 25 Welch, Jay 4 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 4 3 . 3 0.0 ...... 45 Johns, Tim 4 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 15 1 3 4 0.0 ...... 26 Maddox, Christi 3 3 . 3 1.0 ...... 7 6 1 7 1.0 ...... 8G Belizaire, Gian 1 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 1 1 2 3 0.0 ...... 93 Cleveland, Dant 2 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 2 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 83 Combs, Branson 3 1 1 2 0.0 . . . . . 1 7 2 1 3 0.0 . . . . . 1 6L Love, Devin 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 3 1 1 2 0.0 ...... 29 Walker, Antwain 1 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 1 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 59 Furcron, ZeVeyo 3 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 37 6 4 10 0.0 ...... 17 Lenoir, Landon 4 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 34 2 . 2 0.0 ...... 88 Johnson, Tate 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 1 . 1 1 0.0 ...... 92 Berner, Jordan 4 . 1 1 0.0 . . 2 1 . . 38 55 31 86 17.5 7.5 . 3 4 . 1 32 Patterson, Joe 1 1 . 1 0.0 ...... 25 70 18 88 7.5 1.0 1 4 . 1 . Total...... 4 171 65 236 21 5 3 17 2 3 1 Opponents...... 4 203 75 278 20 5 5 11 3 3 . 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Team Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| tot Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 46 260 1 40 15 152 1 30 15- 27- 2 152 1 30 3 65 0 30 3 30 0 31 412 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 35 90 2 29 25 233 1 39 25- 38- 2 233 1 39 3 57 0 30 0 0 0 0 323 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 48 170 4 20 18 273 1 65 18- 25- 0 273 1 65 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 7 443 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 39 202 2 17 13 139 2 37 13- 18- 1 139 2 37 1 26 0 26 0 0 0 0 341

Totals...... 168 722 9 40 71 797 5 65 71-108- 5 797 5 65 7 148 0 30 5 39 0 31 1519 Opponent...... 160 822 7 64 44 424 5 37 44- 86- 3 424 5 37 16 226 0 44 3 15 0 7 1246

Games: 4 Avg/rush: 4.3 Avg/catch: 11.2 Pass effic: 133.75 KR avg: 21.1 PR avg: 7.8 All purpose avg/game: 428.5 Total offense avg/gm: 379.8 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 51 5 56 8.0-16 1.0-3 0 0-0 2-0 1 5 1 2-2 0 0 0 20 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 47 14 61 4.0-18 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 27 14 41 3.0-12 1.0-8 2 1-0 1-8 1 4 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 46 32 78 6.0-12 3.0-8 1 1-0 0-0 2 7 0 4-3 0 0 0 30

Totals...... 171 65 236 21.0-58 5.0-19 3 2-0 3-8 6 17 1 14-13 0 0 0 109 Opponent...... 203 75 278 20.0-74 5.5-41 3 3-36 5-107 2 11 0 12-10 0 0 0 97

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 5 215 43.0 49 0 0 0 0 3 2-2 27 0 3 140 46.7 0 0 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 4 182 45.5 56 0 0 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 4 223 55.8 1 0 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 3 110 36.7 52 0 1 0 1 2 1-1 39 0 7 346 49.4 0 0 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 2 60 30.0 31 0 0 0 0 1 1-1 22 0 6 320 53.3 0 0

Totals...... 14 567 40.5 56 0 1 0 3 6 4-4 39 0 20 1029 51.5 1 0 Opponent...... 18 724 40.2 54 1 2 6 2 5 3-3 36 0 18 897 49.8 2 0 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| tot Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Cmp-Att-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg off Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 46 281 1 64 6 53 1 21 6- 15- 2 53 1 21 2 28 0 21 1 2 0 2 334 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 39 229 2 32 15 118 3 31 15- 25- 0 118 3 31 3 67 0 44 2 13 0 7 347 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 21 109 1 63 13 159 1 37 13- 24- 1 159 1 37 5 74 0 34 0 0 0 0 268 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 54 203 3 10 10 94 0 33 10- 22- 0 94 0 33 6 57 0 18 0 0 0 0 297

Opponent totals...... 160 822 7 64 44 424 5 37 44- 86- 3 424 5 37 16 226 0 44 3 15 0 7 1246 SIU...... 168 722 9 40 71 797 5 65 71-108- 5 797 5 65 7 148 0 30 5 39 0 31 1519

Games: 4 Avg/rush: 5.1 Avg/catch: 9.6 Pass effic: 104.79 KR avg: 14.1 PR avg: 5.0 All purpose avg/game: 398.5 Total offense avg/gm: 311.5 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 63 7 70 6.0-16 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-53 1 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 56 16 72 7.0-38 4.0-33 3 3-36 2-27 1 4 0 6-5 0 0 0 44 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 49 30 79 5.0-13 1.0-8 0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 35 22 57 2.0-7 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-27 0 0 0 2-1 0 0 0 22

Opponent totals...... 203 75 278 20.0-74 5.5-41 3 3-36 5-107 2 11 0 12-10 0 0 0 97 SIU...... 171 65 236 21.0-58 5.0-19 3 2-0 3-8 6 17 1 14-13 0 0 0 109

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Oct 30, 2020 SEMO...... 6 244 40.7 50 1 0 0 1 2 1-1 32 0 4 222 55.5 0 0 Feb 20, 2021 at North Dakota...... 4 134 33.5 38 0 1 2 0 2 1-1 27 0 8 383 47.9 0 0 Feb 27, 2021 NORTH DAKOTA ST...... 6 268 44.7 54 0 1 2 1 1 0-0 0 0 1 40 40.0 0 0 Mar 06, 2021 at Youngstown State.... 2 78 39.0 39 0 0 2 0 0 1-1 36 0 5 252 50.4 2 0

Opponent totals...... 18 724 40.2 54 1 2 6 2 5 3-3 36 0 18 897 49.8 2 0 SIU...... 14 567 40.5 56 0 1 0 3 6 4-4 39 0 20 1029 51.5 1 0 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU By-Quarter Statistics (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Oct 30 SEMO...... W 20-17 9-16 56.2% 4-5 80.0% 1-4 25.0% 3-4 75.0% 1-3 33.3% *Feb 20 at North Dakota...... L 21-44 7-15 46.7% 3-5 60.0% 2-3 66.7% 1-4 25.0% 1-3 33.3% *Feb 27 North Dakota St...... W 38-14 11-16 68.8% 3-5 60.0% 3-4 75.0% 1-3 33.3% 4-4 100.0% *Mar 06 at Youngstown State.... W 30-22 6-10 60.0% 2-3 66.7% 2-2 100.0% 2-3 66.7% 0-2 0.0% ------SIU 33-57 57.9% 12-18 66.7% 8-13 61.5% 7-14 50.0% 6-12 50.0% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 22-50 44.0% 6-11 54.5% 6-15 40.0% 7-12 58.3% 3-12 25.0% 0-0 0.0%

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Oct 30 SEMO...... W 20-17 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-1 0.0% *Feb 20 at North Dakota...... L 21-44 2-2 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% *Feb 27 North Dakota St...... W 38-14 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% *Mar 06 at Youngstown State.... W 30-22 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% 0-0 0.0% ------SIU 3-4 75.0% 1-1 100.0% 1-1 100.0% 0-0 0.0% 1-2 50.0% 0-0 0.0% Opponents 5-6 83.3% 0-0 0.0% 3-3 100.0% 2-2 100.0% 0-1 0.0% 0-0 0.0%

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr OT Qtr ------Oct 30 SEMO...... W 20-17 29:36 7:30 6:27 7:59 7:40 *Feb 20 at North Dakota...... L 21-44 28:09 11:16 6:01 4:27 6:25 *Feb 27 North Dakota St...... W 38-14 41:26 10:11 11:15 7:40 12:20 *Mar 06 at Youngstown State.... W 30-22 22:05 5:00 4:24 8:14 4:27 ------SIU Total 121:16 33:57 28:07 28:20 30:52 0:00 Avg. 30:19 8:29 7:01 7:05 7:43 0:00 Opponents Total 118:44 26:03 31:53 31:40 29:08 0:00 Avg. 29:41 6:30 7:58 7:55 7:17 0:00 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Red-Zone Results (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

SIU Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game ------Oct 30 SEMO...... W 20-17 3 3 13 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Feb 20 at North Dakota...... L 21-44 3 3 21 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Feb 27 North Dakota St...... W 38-14 5 5 35 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Mar 06 at Youngstown State.... W 30-22 4 4 23 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Totals 15 15 92 12 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 of 15 (100.0%)

Opponents Inside SIU Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs ---- Failed to score inside RZ ---- Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Downs Int Fumb Half Game ------Oct 30 SEMO...... W 20-17 2 2 10 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Feb 20 at North Dakota...... L 21-44 6 6 38 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Feb 27 North Dakota St...... W 38-14 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *Mar 06 at Youngstown State.... W 30-22 4 4 22 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 ------Totals 13 13 77 10 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 of 13 (100.0%) 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Games Played (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

## Name GP/GS SEMO UND NDSU YSU

42 Abed, Kenan 1/- XXX ...... 56 Agnew, Keenan 4/4 START START START START 8B Baker, Nic 3/2 ... XXX START START 8G Belizaire, Gian 1/- ...... XXX 92 Berner, Jordan 4/1 XXX START XXX XXX 3B Blankenship, Ja 3/3 ... START START START 76 Branyan, Beau 3/3 START START START ... 24 Brown, Qua 1/1 ... START ...... 19 Bush, Chance 2/- ...... XXX XXX 0 Bush, Clayton 4/4 START START START START 8 Calhoun, Makel 4/4 START START START START 27 Roderick Campbe 4/2 XXX XXX START START 2C Ceasar, James 3/2 ... XXX START START 60 Chmielewski, Ma 3/3 START START START ... 93 Cleveland, Dant 2/- ... XXX ... XXX 97 Colquhoun, Jack 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 83 Combs, Branson 3/1 XXX XXX START ... 16 Corum, Tanner 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 1C Cox, Avante 4/4 START START START START 74 Davis, Lucas 3/3 START START START ... 95 Driver, Tylan 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 1 Elliott, Romeir 4/4 START START START START 65 Francis Jr., Ca 4/4 START START START START 59 Furcron, ZeVeyo 3/3 START START START ... 43 Garrett, Jacob 4/3 START START START XXX 34 Giegling, Luke 2/- ...... XXX XXX 79 Green, Jake 3/- XXX XXX XXX ... 21 Grenia, David 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 99 Gualdoni, Nico 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 82 Hartrup, Izaiah 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 47 Heilbron, Dan 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 45 Johns, Tim 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 88 Johnson, Tate 1/- XXX ...... 9 Jones III, Pop 1/- XXX ...... 4 Jules, PJ 3/1 START XXX ... XXX 11 Knighton, Antho 4/4 START START START START 6 Labanowitz, Sto 1/- ...... XXX ... 17 Lenoir, Landon 4/4 START START START START 44 Lindsey, Raquan 4/2 XXX XXX START START 6L Love, Devin 3/- XXX XXX XXX ... 3 Lyles, Kare 2/2 START START ...... 1M Maddox, Aaron 1/1 START ...... 26 Maddox, Christi 3/- ... XXX XXX XXX 50 Mayes, Skylar 1/- ... XXX ...... 18 Mitchell, Levi 4/3 START START XXX START 36 Newman, Dre 2/- ... XXX ... XXX 54 Notree, Bryce 4/4 START START START START 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Games Played (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

## Name GP/GS SEMO UND NDSU YSU

93 Parzych, Blake 1/1 START ...... 6P Patterson, Jaka 1/- XXX ...... 32 Patterson, Joe 1/- XXX ...... 9P Poetzl, Jacob 1/- XXX ...... 90 Reeves, Peyton 1/- ...... XXX ... 4R Rollins, Jerron 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 98 Sorenson, Ben 1/- XXX ...... 48 Steward, Cole 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 31 Strong, Bryson 4/4 START START START START 5 Strong, Justin 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 58 Sullivan, Chuck 4/1 START XXX XXX XXX 7 Thompson, Jon 4/4 START START START START 87 Volmert, John 2/- ... XXX XXX ... 29 Walker, Antwain 1/- ... XXX ...... 25 Welch, Jay 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 33 Wells, Jeffery 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 15 Williams Jr., J 4/- XXX XXX XXX XXX 73 Wormsley, Jimmy 2/- XXX ... XXX ... 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Elliott, Romeir..... 63-302/3 15-77/0 12-39/1 18-89/2 18-97/0 Williams Jr., J..... 57-236/5 23-135/1 13-29/1 12-40/2 9-32/1 Strong, Justin...... 18-76/0 2-8/0 3-5/0 9-35/0 4-28/0 Cox, Avante...... 9-75/0 3-21/0 1-29/0 3-10/0 2-15/0 Baker, Nic...... 13-21/1 DNP 3--7/0 6--4/0 4-32/1 Lyles, Kare...... 6-14/0 3-19/0 3--5/0 DNP DNP TEAM...... 2--2/0 DNP DNP DNP 2--2/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Cox, Avante...... 29-355/1 9-74/1 8-111/0 7-138/0 5-32/0 Lenoir, Landon...... 16-195/2 3-26/0 6-60/0 4-45/1 3-64/1 Strong, Justin...... 9-86/2 1-30/0 4-21/1 2-27/0 2-8/1 Combs, Branson...... 4-57/0 1-15/0 - 3-42/0 DNP Hartrup, Izaiah..... 4-38/0 - 2-17/0 2-21/0 - Elliott, Romeir..... 2-24/0 - 1-8/0 - 1-16/0 Rollins, Jerron..... 5-23/0 1-7/0 3-11/0 - 1-5/0 Garrett, Jacob...... 1-14/0 - - - 1-14/0 Williams Jr., J..... 1-5/0 - 1-5/0 - - 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Passing Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

#8B Baker, Nic Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------North Dakota...... 23 12 2 52.2 153 0 39 2-17 90.66 North Dakota St...... 23 17 0 73.9 254 1 65 1-8 181.03 Youngstown State...... 18 13 1 72.2 139 2 37 0-0 162.64 TOTALS...... 64 42 3 65.6 546 3 65 3-25 143.38

#3 Lyles, Kare Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------SEMO...... 27 15 2 55.6 152 1 30 0-0 100.25 North Dakota...... 14 12 0 85.7 74 1 15 2-16 153.69 TOTALS...... 41 27 2 65.9 226 2 30 2-16 118.50

#15 Williams Jr., J Att Comp Int Pct Yards TD Long Sack-Yds Effic ------North Dakota...... 1 1 0 100.0 6 0 6 0-0 150.40 North Dakota St...... 2 1 0 50.0 19 0 19 0-0 129.80 TOTALS...... 3 2 0 66.7 25 0 19 0-0 136.67 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Game Superlatives (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 23 Williams Jr., J vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Yards Rushing...... 135 Williams Jr., J vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) TD Rushes...... 2 Elliott, Romeir vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Williams Jr., J vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Long Rush...... 40 Williams Jr., J vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Pass attempts...... 27 Lyles, Kare vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Pass completions.... 17 Baker, Nic vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Passing...... 254 Baker, Nic vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes...... 2 Baker, Nic at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Long Pass...... 65 Baker, Nic vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Receptions...... 9 Cox, Avante vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Yards Receiving..... 138 Cox, Avante vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Receptions...... 1 Cox, Avante vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Strong, Justin at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Lenoir, Landon vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Strong, Justin at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Lenoir, Landon at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Long Reception...... 65 Cox, Avante vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Field Goals...... 2 Gualdoni, Nico vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Long Field Goal..... 39 Gualdoni, Nico vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Punts...... 5 Colquhoun, Jack vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Punting Avg...... 45.5 Colquhoun, Jack at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt...... 56 Colquhoun, Jack at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Punts inside 20..... 3 Colquhoun, Jack vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Long Punt Return.... 31 Williams Jr., J vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Long Kickoff Return. 30 Strong, Justin vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Strong, Justin at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Tackles...... 10 Bush, Clayton at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Sacks...... 1.0 Parzych, Blake vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Bush, Clayton vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Calhoun, Makel at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Knighton, Antho at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Strong, Bryson at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Tackles For Loss.... 5.0 Parzych, Blake vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Interceptions...... 1 Maddox, Aaron vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Bush, Clayton vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Roderick Campbe vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Game Superlatives (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 48 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Rushing...... 260 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Yards Per Rush...... 5.7 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) TD Rushes...... 4 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Pass attempts...... 38 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Pass completions.... 25 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Yards Passing...... 273 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Per Pass...... 10.9 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes...... 2 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Total Plays...... 73 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Total Offense...... 443 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Per Play...... 6.1 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Points...... 38 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Sacks By...... 3 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) First Downs...... 25 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Penalties...... 5 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Penalty Yards...... 53 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Turnovers...... 5 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Interceptions By.... 2 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Punts...... 5 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Punting Avg...... 45.5 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt...... 56 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Punts inside 20..... 3 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Long Punt Return.... 31 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Game Superlatives (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 26 McLaughlin, J., at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Yards Rushing...... 128 HESS, Geno, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) TD Rushes...... 2 McLaughlin, J., at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Long Rush...... 64 HESS, Geno, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Pass attempts...... 24 Zeb Noland, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Pass completions.... 15 Tommy Schuster, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Yards Passing...... 159 Zeb Noland, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes...... 3 Tommy Schuster, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Pass...... 37 Zeb Noland, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Receptions...... 4 Bo Belquist, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Yards Receiving..... 53 Jake Lippe, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Receptions...... 1 KING, Johnny, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Bo Belquist, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Dalton Gee, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Brett Finke, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Jake Lippe, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Long Reception...... 37 Jake Lippe, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Field Goals...... 1 TILLER, K., vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Adam Stage, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) McFadden, Colt, at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Long Field Goal..... 36 McFadden, Colt, at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Punts...... 6 Garret Wegner, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Punting Avg...... 45.0 HAYNES, Zach, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Long Punt...... 54 Garret Wegner, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Punts inside 20..... 2 HAYNES, Zach, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Cade Peterson, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt Return.... 7 Mikey Griebel, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Kickoff Return. 44 Luke Skokna, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Tackles...... 10 Dixon, Grant, at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Sacks...... 1.0 C.J. Siegel, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Josh Navratil, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Ted Mullin, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Chandon Pierre, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Logan McCormick, vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Tackles For Loss.... 2.0 PIRTLE, Bryant, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) D. Krzanowski, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Interceptions...... 1 JOHNSON, L., vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) DAVIS, Shabari, vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Evan Holm, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Sammy Fort, at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Martin, Keyon, at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Game Superlatives (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes...... 54 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Yards Rushing...... 281 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Yards Per Rush...... 6.1 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) TD Rushes...... 3 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Pass attempts...... 25 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Pass completions.... 15 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Yards Passing...... 159 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Yards Per Pass...... 6.6 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) TD Passes...... 3 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Total Plays...... 76 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Total Offense...... 347 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Yards Per Play...... 6.0 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Points...... 44 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Sacks By...... 4 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) First Downs...... 21 at Youngstown State (Mar 06, 2021) Penalties...... 7 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Penalty Yards...... 71 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) Turnovers...... 2 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Interceptions By.... 2 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Punts...... 6 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Punting Avg...... 44.7 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Long Punt...... 54 vs North Dakota St. (Feb 27, 2021) Punts inside 20..... 2 vs SEMO (Oct 30, 2020) at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) Long Punt Return.... 7 at North Dakota (Feb 20, 2021) 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU All-Purpose Yards Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

ALL PURPOSE YARDS TOTAL SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Cox, Avante...... 454 119 140 148 47 Elliott, Romeir..... 326 77 47 89 113 Williams Jr., J..... 280 165 34 49 32 Strong, Justin...... 275 68 83 62 62 Lenoir, Landon...... 195 26 60 45 64 Combs, Branson...... 57 15 - 42 DNP Hartrup, Izaiah..... 49 11 17 21 - Rollins, Jerron..... 23 7 11 - 5 Baker, Nic...... 21 DNP -7 -4 32 Garrett, Jacob...... 14 - - - 14 Lyles, Kare...... 14 19 -5 DNP DNP Roderick Campbe..... 8 - - 8 - TEAM...... -2 - - - -2 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Williams Jr., J 5-39 3-30 - 2-9 -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Strong, Justin. 5-113 1-30 3-57 - 1-26 Cox, Avante.... 1-24 1-24 - - - Hartrup, Izaiah 1-11 1-11 - - -

INT. RETURNS No-Yds SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Bush, Clayton.. 1-0 1-0 - - - Roderick Campbe 1-8 - - 1-8 - Maddox, Aaron.. 1-0 1-0 DNP DNP DNP

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds SEMO UND NDSU YSU 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Fumbles Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

FUMBLES No-Lost SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Lyles, Kare...... 2-2 - 2-2 DNP DNP Williams Jr., J..... 1-1 - 1-1 - -

FUMBLES FORCED Number SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Bush, Clayton...... 1 - - 1 - Gualdoni, Nico...... 1 - - 1 - Strong, Bryson...... 1 - - - 1

FUMBLES RECOVERED Number SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Roderick Campbe..... 1 - - - 1 Berner, Jordan...... 1 - - 1 - 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A TOT SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Parzych, Blake...... 5-0 5.0 5.0-10 DNP DNP DNP Knighton, Antho..... 3-0 3.0 2.0-5 - - 1.0-2 Calhoun, Makel...... 3-0 3.0 - 2.0-15 - 1.0-5 Blankenship, Ja..... 2-0 2.0 DNP - 2.0-4 - Sullivan, Chuck..... 1-1 1.5 - 1.0-2 - 0.5-1 Strong, Bryson...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-1 Thompson, Jon...... 1-0 1.0 1.0-1 - - - Maddox, Christi..... 1-0 1.0 DNP 1.0-1 - - Notree, Bryce...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-1 Agnew, Keenan...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-2 Bush, Clayton...... 1-0 1.0 - - 1.0-8 - Driver, Tylan...... 0-1 0.5 - - - 0.5-0 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

SACKS UA-A TOT SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Parzych, Blake...... 1-0 1.0 1.0-3 DNP DNP DNP Calhoun, Makel...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-5 Bush, Clayton...... 1-0 1.0 - - 1.0-8 - Strong, Bryson...... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-1 Knighton, Antho..... 1-0 1.0 - - - 1.0-2 2020-21 Saluki Football SIU Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Mar 08, 2021) All games

TOTAL TACKLES UA-A TOT SEMO UND NDSU YSU

Notree, Bryce...... 16-7 23 5-0 4-2 3-2 4-3 Strong, Bryson...... 15-7 22 5-1 2-1 2-2 6-3 Bush, Clayton...... 16-4 20 5-0 2-0 2-1 7-3 Calhoun, Makel...... 15-3 18 3-0 6-0 1-2 5-1 Knighton, Antho..... 12-2 14 2-0 2-0 1-1 7-1 Thompson, Jon...... 8-4 12 4-1 2-1 2-0 0-2 Ceasar, James...... 10-2 12 DNP 3-1 4-1 3-0 Agnew, Keenan...... 5-5 10 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-3 Parzych, Blake...... 9-0 9 9-0 DNP DNP DNP Driver, Tylan...... 3-6 9 - 1-1 0-1 2-4 Blankenship, Ja..... 6-2 8 DNP 1-1 4-0 1-1 Brown, Qua...... 6-2 8 DNP 6-2 DNP DNP Roderick Campbe..... 6-2 8 - 3-0 2-1 1-1 Lindsey, Raquan..... 6-2 8 1-0 2-2 1-0 2-0 Sullivan, Chuck..... 3-3 6 1-1 1-0 - 1-2 Jules, PJ...... 4-1 5 3-0 - DNP 1-1 Maddox, Aaron...... 4-0 4 4-0 DNP DNP DNP Grenia, David...... 3-1 4 1-0 1-0 - 1-1 Gualdoni, Nico...... 4-0 4 2-0 1-0 1-0 - Wells, Jeffery...... 4-0 4 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 Johns, Tim...... 1-2 3 - 1-1 - 0-1 Giegling, Luke...... 0-3 3 DNP DNP 0-1 0-2 Belizaire, Gian..... 1-2 3 DNP DNP DNP 1-2 Maddox, Christi..... 3-0 3 DNP 1-0 1-0 1-0 Welch, Jay...... 3-0 3 - 2-0 1-0 - Cleveland, Dant..... 1-1 2 DNP 1-0 DNP 0-1 Walker, Antwain..... 2-0 2 DNP 2-0 DNP DNP Combs, Branson...... 1-1 2 1-0 - 0-1 DNP Love, Devin...... 1-1 2 - 1-1 - DNP Patterson, Joe...... 1-0 1 1-0 DNP DNP DNP Furcron, ZeVeyo..... 1-0 1 1-0 - - DNP Lenoir, Landon...... 1-0 1 1-0 - - - Berner, Jordan...... 0-1 1 - 0-1 - - Johnson, Tate...... 0-1 1 0-1 DNP DNP DNP