Eastern Illinois Panthers
FCS
OVC-Big South Association · EIU
Team Vitals
-14.5
power · 2026 · #341 D1
-5.9 / -8.6
off / def (higher = better)
1–2
2026 record
107
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Illinois State FCS | AWAY | Illinois State 96% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | South Dakota State FCS | AWAY | South Dakota State 93% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Gardner-Webb FCS | AWAY | Gardner-Webb 79% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Lindenwood FCS | HOME | Eastern Illinois 51% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Southeast Missouri State FCS | HOME | Southeast Missouri State 61% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | UT Martin FCS | AWAY | UT Martin 73% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Western Illinois FCS | HOME | Western Illinois 59% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Tennessee State FCS | AWAY | Eastern Illinois 59% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Charleston Southern FCS | HOME | Charleston Southern 51% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Indiana State vs | L | 35–42 |
| 2026-09-03 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Minnesota @ | L | 7–59 |
| 2026-08-27 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Murray State @ | W | 28–14 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Alabama @ | L | 0–56 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Lindenwood @ | L | 12–42 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Tennessee Tech vs | L | 9–21 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | UT Martin vs | L | 20–27 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Charleston Southern @ | L | 16–17 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Southeast Missouri State @ | L | 13–42 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Gardner-Webb vs | L | 10–21 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Tennessee State vs | W | 31–7 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Western Illinois @ | W | 31–23 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 70 | 115 | -45 |
| 2025 | 3 | 9 | 210 | 350 | -140 |
| 2024 | 3 | 9 | 222 | 391 | -169 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 | 260 | 217 | +43 |
| 2022 | 2 | 9 | 245 | 343 | -98 |
| 2021 | 1 | 10 | 160 | 312 | -152 |
| 2019 | 1 | 11 | 177 | 364 | -187 |
| 2018 | 3 | 8 | 357 | 445 | -88 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | 194 | 286 | -92 |
| 2016 | 6 | 5 | 294 | 310 | -16 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 283 | 319 | -36 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Kellom | RB | 85 | #14 | 3 | 297 rush yds · 4 TD · 9 rec |
| Ja'Wuan Nickson | LB | 81 | #36 | 3 | 21 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL |
| Isaac Engle | DL | 72 | #253 | 2 | 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL |
| Aidan Archibald | DL | 69 | #340 | 3 | 4 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Erik Hehl | DL | 67 | #411 | 3 | 8 tkl · 3.0 TFL |
| Brandon Worsley | DB | 66 | #430 | 3 | 14 tkl · 1 PD |
| Kaleb Lyons | DB | 65 | #502 | 3 | 8 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Christopher Sharp | DB | 63 | #598 | 2 | 10 tkl · 1 PD |
| Cole LaCrue | QB | 62 | #144 | 3 | 419 pass yds · 5 TD · 0 INT |
| Saipeti Maiava Jr | DB | 61 | #698 | 3 | 16 tkl |
| Lonnie Burt | LB | 61 | #430 | 3 | 13 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| Samuel Gonzalez | WR | 61 | #453 | 2 | 7 rec · 128 yds |
| Cade Cox | P | 61 | #65 | 3 | 21 punts · 41.0 yd avg |
| Landers Green | WR | 60 | #480 | 2 | 4 rec · 93 yds · 1 TD |
| Jerry Addo-Boateng | DB | 59 | #845 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1 PD |
| James Collins II | DL | 58 | #977 | 3 | 6 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jacarre Fleming-Page | RB | 57 | #438 | 3 | 97 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Dillon Conway | DB | 56 | #1067 | 3 | 12 tkl |
| Tyren Buggs | RB | 55 | #493 | 3 | 8 rush yds · 3 rec |
| Jeremy Reeves | WR | 54 | #754 | 2 | 3 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD |
| Josh Brown | DB | 54 | #1227 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Micah Valenzuela | LB | 53 | #771 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Nasir Maryland | DB | 51 | #1408 | 3 | 8 tkl |
| Devin Whitlock | WR | 51 | #899 | 3 | 8 rec · 38 yds |
| Drew Schiller | K | 49 | #215 | 3 | 10 XP · 10 pts |
| Noah Williams | LB | 48 | #1034 | 3 | 6 tkl |
| Mafileo Tupou | DL | 48 | #1837 | 1 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Barron Sholl | DL | 47 | #1934 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jordyn Stewart | LB | 46 | #1109 | 3 | 7 tkl |
| Daniel Viramontes | DL | 46 | #2047 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Premiere Whitley | DL | 45 | #2124 | 3 | 4 tkl |
| Bruce Mitchell | DB | 45 | #1948 | 2 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Nick Vecchiarelli | DB | 45 | #1947 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Mafileo Tupou | LB | 43 | #1282 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Eli Evans | WR | 43 | #1328 | 1 | 2 rec · 15 yds |
| Zeke Lewis | RB | 42 | #940 | 1 | 2 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Collin Henry | DB | 41 | #2180 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Trevon Piggee | DL | 41 | #2419 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Matthew Toledo team-inferred | OL | 40 | #97 | 1 | — |
| Davian Humphrey | LB | 40 | #1397 | 3 | 4 tkl |