Eastern Kentucky Colonels
FCS
United Athletic Conference · EKU
Team Vitals
-12.3
power · 2026 · #321 D1
-9.4 / -2.9
off / def (higher = better)
1–2
2026 record
108
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Dayton FCS | HOME | Dayton 67% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | North Alabama FCS | HOME | North Alabama 59% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | West Georgia FCS | HOME | Eastern Kentucky 62% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Tennessee Tech FCS | AWAY | Tennessee Tech 92% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | West Florida | HOME | West Florida 81% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Tarleton State FCS | AWAY | Tarleton State 95% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Austin Peay FCS | AWAY | Austin Peay 92% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Central Arkansas FCS | HOME | Central Arkansas 67% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Abilene Christian FCS | AWAY | Abilene Christian 82% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Chattanooga vs | W | 22–17 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Jacksonville State @ | L | 7–49 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Western Carolina @ | L | 21–45 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Utah Tech @ | W | 33–10 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Abilene Christian vs | L | 10–17 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Southern Utah vs | L | 17–27 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Central Arkansas @ | W | 34–13 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Tarleton State vs | L | 7–31 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | North Alabama @ | L | 14–35 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Austin Peay vs | W | 34–20 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Nicholls vs | W | 27–7 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | West Georgia @ | L | 12–33 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 50 | 111 | -61 |
| 2025 | 5 | 7 | 232 | 292 | -60 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 291 | 308 | -17 |
| 2023 | 5 | 6 | 324 | 365 | -41 |
| 2022 | 7 | 5 | 434 | 422 | +12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 | 304 | 275 | +29 |
| 2020 | 3 | 6 | 217 | 299 | -82 |
| 2019 | 7 | 5 | 335 | 264 | +71 |
| 2018 | 7 | 4 | 296 | 316 | -20 |
| 2017 | 4 | 7 | 228 | 292 | -64 |
| 2016 | 3 | 8 | 287 | 336 | -49 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 333 | 271 | +62 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cam Jessee | LB | 80 | #42 | 3 | 23 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL |
| Derek Taylor | DB | 75 | #137 | 3 | 24 tkl |
| Brady Hensley | RB | 75 | #62 | 3 | 225 rush yds · 2 TD · 3 rec |
| Jeffrey Kinley | DB | 70 | #266 | 3 | 19 tkl · 1 PD |
| Aden Tagaloa-Nelson | DB | 69 | #307 | 3 | 10 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Davi'yon Hawkins-Ingram | DL | 69 | #342 | 2 | 8 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Kaden Smith | LB | 69 | #197 | 3 | 17 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Payne Miller | DL | 68 | #365 | 3 | 14 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Jack McGrath | LB | 68 | #221 | 3 | 13 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Brayden Latham | RB | 68 | #157 | 3 | 139 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec |
| Jettson Brown | P | 66 | #37 | 3 | 13 punts · 41.7 yd avg |
| Keshawn Hayden | DL | 64 | #591 | 3 | 11 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Jayden Marable | DL | 64 | #599 | 3 | 9 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Elijah Caldwell | WR | 63 | #363 | 3 | 9 rec · 120 yds · 1 TD |
| D.J. Galva | DB | 61 | #686 | 3 | 7 tkl · 2 PD |
| Jarvis Hayes | WR | 59 | #546 | 3 | 7 rec · 74 yds · 1 TD |
| Nasir Spruill | LB | 58 | #558 | 3 | 6 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Caleb Redd | LB | 58 | #563 | 3 | 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Tyler Travers | QB | 56 | #241 | 3 | 515 pass yds · 4 TD · 5 INT |
| Caeleb Schlachter | TE | 55 | #231 | 2 | 3 rec · 49 yds |
| Braylon Newcomb | WR | 54 | #789 | 3 | 3 rec · 40 yds · 1 TD |
| Cortez Stone | RB | 53 | #560 | 3 | 87 rush yds · 3 rec |
| Jackson House | WR | 52 | #871 | 3 | 6 rec · 62 yds |
| Kaleb Neal | DB | 49 | #1626 | 3 | 7 tkl |
| Preston Swope | LB | 49 | #1005 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Simon Ghee | TE | 48 | #338 | 1 | 2 rec · 12 yds |
| Cameron Hergott | WR | 47 | #1105 | 2 | 3 rec · 29 yds |
| Jalen Hand | DL | 46 | #1977 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Brock Driver | LB | 45 | #1168 | 3 | 4 tkl |
| Jackson Marshall | LB | 45 | #1171 | 3 | 5 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Ryder Hooks | RB | 44 | #867 | 2 | 16 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Rishad Hence | DB | 43 | #2089 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| David Pellman | DL | 42 | #2334 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Colbey Lamberth | TE | 42 | #440 | 1 | 1 rec · 10 yds |
| AJ Johnson | WR | 35 | #1612 | 1 | 1 rec · 5 yds |
| Jack Chappell | LB | 35 | #1576 | 2 | 2 tkl |
| Tyree Weatherspoon | WR | 34 | #1655 | 1 | 1 rec · 3 yds |
| Cristian Conyer | DB | 33 | #2666 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Maurice Wells | DB | 31 | #2728 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Buzz Flabiano | P | 19 | #267 | 3 | — |