Samford Bulldogs
FCS
Southern Conference · SAM
Team Vitals
-17.0
power · 2026 · #359 D1
-11.6 / -5.4
off / def (higher = better)
0–3
2026 record
117
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | VMI FCS | HOME | Samford 69% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | UAB FBS | AWAY | UAB 95% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Chattanooga FCS | AWAY | Chattanooga 79% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Mercer FCS | HOME | Mercer 87% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Furman FCS | AWAY | Furman 90% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Wofford FCS | HOME | Wofford 78% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | East Tennessee State FCS | AWAY | East Tennessee State 86% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Western Carolina FCS | HOME | Western Carolina 78% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Auburn FBS | AWAY | Auburn 99% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Tennessee Tech @ | L | 19–45 |
| 2026-09-03 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Southern Illinois vs | L | 18–22 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2026 | Wk 1 | North Alabama @ | L | 10–22 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Texas A&M @ | L | 0–48 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Austin Peay @ | L | 16–30 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | East Tennessee State vs | L | 14–38 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Wofford @ | L | 16–26 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Chattanooga vs | L | 13–49 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | VMI @ | W | 24–22 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Mercer @ | L | 21–45 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Furman vs | L | 13–31 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Western Carolina @ | L | 35–50 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 3 | 47 | 89 | -42 |
| 2025 | 1 | 11 | 175 | 455 | -280 |
| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 267 | 291 | -24 |
| 2023 | 6 | 5 | 319 | 267 | +52 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2 | 426 | 331 | +95 |
| 2021 | 4 | 7 | 417 | 434 | -17 |
| 2019 | 5 | 7 | 387 | 453 | -66 |
| 2018 | 6 | 5 | 423 | 290 | +133 |
| 2017 | 8 | 4 | 336 | 267 | +69 |
| 2016 | 7 | 5 | 421 | 327 | +94 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 381 | 294 | +87 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LaShon Young | DB | 82 | #53 | 3 | 21 tkl · 1 PD |
| Jalen Nelson | DB | 78 | #101 | 3 | 25 tkl |
| Marquise Henderson | WR | 75 | #92 | 2 | 9 rec · 218 yds · 1 TD |
| Spencer Conn | LB | 75 | #90 | 3 | 23 tkl · 2.5 TFL |
| Noah Holton | DB | 72 | #217 | 3 | 14 tkl |
| Will Thorley | P | 72 | #20 | 3 | 16 punts · 44.2 yd avg |
| Andrew Jordan | DL | 71 | #258 | 3 | 7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Cayden Aukerman | WR | 69 | #189 | 3 | 10 rec · 113 yds · 2 TD |
| Preston Bird | WR | 69 | #205 | 3 | 16 rec · 158 yds |
| Ty Ippolito | K | 67 | #55 | 3 | 6 FG · 3 XP · 21 pts |
| Maxton Woodward | DL | 66 | #478 | 3 | 13 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| David Yancey III | DB | 65 | #468 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Hank Weber | DL | 62 | #681 | 3 | 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Brandon Franklin | LB | 61 | #425 | 3 | 9 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Gabarri Johnson | QB | 60 | #178 | 3 | 646 pass yds · 3 TD · 2 INT |
| Maddox McKim | TE | 58 | #183 | 3 | 6 rec · 49 yds |
| Joseph Shannon | DL | 56 | #1135 | 3 | 5 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Trey Lenhardt | DB | 54 | #1169 | 3 | 8 tkl |
| Domonique Thomas | RB | 54 | #521 | 3 | 21 rush yds · 4 rec |
| Dylon Henderson | DB | 54 | #1195 | 3 | 10 tkl |
| Kevonte Corbin | WR | 54 | #767 | 3 | 8 rec · 56 yds |
| Jayden Lewis | DB | 53 | #1263 | 3 | 6 tkl · 1 PD |
| Ken Cherry | RB | 53 | #573 | 3 | 63 rush yds · 5 rec |
| Dezmon Thomas | DL | 51 | #1551 | 3 | 4 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jordan Whitley | DL | 51 | #1557 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Jackson Bussey | DL | 51 | #1556 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Jacob Johnson | LB | 48 | #1011 | 2 | 4 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Max Steve | DB | 47 | #1739 | 3 | 6 tkl |
| Walker Turner | LB | 46 | #1150 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Greg Williams | LB | 46 | #1151 | 1 | 4 tkl |
| Jake Haynes | LB | 45 | #1166 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Aiden Jeter | DL | 44 | #2144 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Bryon Martin | WR | 43 | #1317 | 1 | 2 rec · 10 yds |
| Elijah McDowell | DB | 42 | #2137 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Caulen Dunn | LB | 37 | #1524 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Cam Bland | RB | 37 | #1085 | 2 | 11 rush yds |
| Emerson Russell | RB | 36 | #1102 | 1 | 8 rush yds |
| Keion Dunlap | RB | 35 | #1117 | 3 | 3 rush yds · 1 rec |
| John Scott III | DL | 33 | #2890 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| David Theado | TE | 32 | #546 | 2 | 1 rec · 7 yds |