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

DateWkOpponentSiteModel 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

DateSeasonWkOpponentResultScore
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

SeasonWLPFPADiff
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 →

PlayerPosGradePos rankG2026 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