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2026 North Carolina College Football Season Stat Leaders

This page tracks North Carolina college football season stat leaders in passing, rushing, receiving, tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, interceptions and punting across the FBS, FCS, Division II, Division III and NJCAA levels.

Rankings are updated weekly throughout the season.

🔄 Last Updated: September 8, 2026 10:50 pm

Sources: NCAA statistics (NCAA.com) and official team statistical reports 

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🥇 NC College Football Stat Leaders By Category

After Week 1 games (Sept. 3-6, 2026)

Passing Yards
Gio Lopez (Wake Forest) – 350.0 yards per game

Passing Touchdowns
Lex Thomas (Western Carolina) – 5 TDs

Rushing Yards
Nate Sheppard (Duke) – 227.0 yards per game

Rushing Touchdowns
Fabian Duncan (Johnson C. Smith), LJ Turner (Lenoir-Rhyne), Jimmyll Williams (Elon) – 4 TDs each

Receiving Yards
Carlos Hernandez (Wake Forest) – 165.0 yards per game

Receiving Touchdowns
Jaylen Hampton (Charlotte), Samuel Pickett III (App State), Tyler Davis (Barton), Jaedon Alford (Elon) – 2 TDs each

Tackles
Popo Aquirre (NC State) – 18.0 tackles per game

Tackles-For-Loss
Xavier Lewis (UNC) – 4.5 TFLs

Sacks
Osirus Rhodes (Fayetteville State) – 4.0 sacks

Interceptions
Zyking Patillo (Fayetteville State) – 3 INTs

Punting
Kade Reynoldson (Duke) – 54.3 yards per punt

🏈 2026 North Carolina College Football Season Stats | All Levels  

Passing Yards

YPGPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESATTCOMPINTTDYARDS
350.0Gio Lopez (Wake Forest)FBSJr.QB1322103350
345.0Cole Pennington (Gardner-Webb)FCSSr.QB21035821690
336.5Kamden Sixkiller (Campbell)FCSSr.QB2865834673
323.0Lex Thomas (Western Caro.)FCSJr.QB2795205646
322.0Cole Gonzales (Charlotte)FBSSr.QB1412823322
292.5Mason Fortune (Catawba)D2So.QB2735033585
291.0Malachi Singleton (App State)FBSSr.QB1242203291
264.5Tyler Adkins (Chowan)D2Sr.QB2603524529
244.0Cameron Turner (Greensboro)D3So.QB1221323244
240.0Braden Selvage (N.C. Wesleyan)D3So.QB1271802240
232.0Billy Edwards Jr. (North Carolina)FBSSr.QB1281600232
209.5Wells Bettenhausen (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2So.QB2523231419
207.5Casey Bullock (Davidson)FCSJr.QB2864213415
184.0Damien Mazil (Johnson C. Smith)D2Sr.QB1181200184
181.5Jamir Dismukes (Fayetteville St.)D2Sr.QB2463222363

Passing Touchdowns

TDPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMES
5Lex Thomas (Western Caro.)FCSJr.QB2
4Kamden Sixkiller (Campbell)FCSSr.QB2
4Tyler Adkins (Chowan)D2Sr.QB2
3Gio Lopez (Wake Forest)FBSJr.QB1
3Cole Gonzales (Charlotte)FBSSr.QB1
3Mason Fortune (Catawba)D2So.QB2
3Malachi Singleton (App State)FBSSr.QB1
3Cameron Turner (Greensboro)D3So.QB1
3Casey Bullock (Davidson)FCSJr.QB2
3Nelson Layne (N.C. Central)FCSFr.QB2
2Braden Selvage (N.C. Wesleyan)D3So.QB1
2Jamir Dismukes (Fayetteville St.)D2Sr.QB2
2Josh Ehrlich (UNC Pembroke)D2Sr.QB2
2Brady Stober (Elon)FCSSo.QB2
2Brooks Brien (Wingate)D2So.QB2
2TJ Crews IV (Elon)FCSJr.QB2

Rushing Yards

PER GAMEPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESATTTDYARDSPER ATT.
227.0Nate Sheppard (Duke)FBSSo.RB13522276.5
201.0Rayvon Durant (Mars Hill)D2Sr.RB12822017.2
144.5Fabian Duncan (Johnson C. Smith)D2Jr.RB24342896.7
138.0Khamani Alexander (Charlotte)FBSSr.RB11411389.9
138.0Nahjir Seagraves (N.C. Wesleyan)D3Sr.RB12111386.6
112.0Jamel Thomas (Livingstone)D2So.TE11711126.6
105.0Ty Clark (Wake Forest)FBSJr.RB17010515.0
104.5LJ Turner (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Sr.RB22442098.7
84.5Braylon Vinson (Fayetteville St.)D2So.RB23611694.7
84.0Kyjuan Westmoreland (Greensboro)D3So.RB1100848.4
83.5Trey Thorpe (Shaw)D2Sr.RB23321675.1
83.0Ethan Wallace (Wingate)D2Jr.RB23311665.0
81.5Kamerin Mcdowell-Moore (Elon)FCSFr.RB22821635.8
78.5Nelson Layne (N.C. Central)FCSFr.QB21921578.3
78.5Eddie Clark (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Sr.RB21821578.7

Rushing Touchdowns

TDPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMES
4Fabian Duncan (Johnson C. Smith)D2Jr.RB2
4LJ Turner (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Sr.RB2
4Jimmyll Williams (Elon)FCSSr.RB2
3Kamden Sixkiller (Campbell)FCSSr.QB2
2Nate Sheppard (Duke)FBSSo.RB1
2Rayvon Durant (Mars Hill)D2Sr.RB1
2Trey Thorpe (Shaw)D2Sr.RB2
2Kamerin Mcdowell-Moore (Elon)FCSFr.RB2
2Nelson Layne (N.C. Central)FCSFr.QB2
2Eddie Clark (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Sr.RB2
2Camron Torrence-Kelly (Greensboro)D3So.RB1
2Saeed St. Fleur (Catawba)D2Jr.RB2
2Ethan Lawrence (Campbell)FCSJr.RB2

Receiving Yards

YDS/GMPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESRECYARDSTDYPC
165.0Carlos Hernandez (Wake Forest)FBSSr.WR15165133.0
139.5Amir Alexander (Chowan)D2Jr.WR216279117.4
118.5Kory Jones (Gardner-Webb)FCSSo.WR215237015.8
117.0Jaylen Hampton (Charlotte)FBSJr.WR18117214.6
103.5Mike Geter (Catawba)D2Jr.WR210207120.7
102.0Tyson Resper (N.C. Wesleyan)D3Sr.WR17102114.6
99.0KJ Brown (Greensboro)D3Jr.WR1499124.8
94.0Jelani Thurman (North Carolina)FBSJr.TE1494023.5
94.0Isaiah Jackson (N.C. Wesleyan)D3Jr.WR1394131.3
93.0Antonio Meeks (Wake Forest)FBSSr.WR1393131.0
93.0Jaden Barnes (Charlotte)FBSSr.WR1793013.3
90.5AJ Colombo (Western Caro.)FCSSr.WR212181015.1
88.5Mikel McClellan (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2So.WR212177014.8
87.5Spencer Jones (Campbell)FCSSr.WR211175115.9
85.5Marcus Fleming (Fayetteville St.)D2So.WR210171017.1
76.0Samuel Pickett III (App State)FBSSo.WR1576215.2

Receiving Touchdowns

TDPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMES
2Jaylen Hampton (Charlotte)FBSJr.WR1
2Samuel Pickett III (App State)FBSSo.WR1
2Tyler Davis (Barton)D2Jr.WR2
2Jaedon Alford (Elon)FCSFr.WR2

Tackles

TPGPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESSOLOASSTTOTAL
18.0Popo Aguirre (NC State)FBSSr.LB141418.0
12.0Theo Butler (Methodist)D3So.LB111112.0
11.0Derek McDonald (North Carolina)FBSSr.LB14711.0
11.0Collin Gill (Charlotte)FBSSr.DB18311.0
10.5Tre Yanez (Gardner-Webb)FCSJr.LB281321.0
10.0Maurice Odom (Winston-Salem)D2Jr.LB214620.0
10.0Derek Schemenauer (N.C. Wesleyan)D3Fr.LB17310.0
9.5Alex Evans (Barton)D2So.DB215419.0
9.0Vincent Firenze (Wake Forest)FBSJr.LB1639.0
9.0Frank Cusano (Wake Forest)FBSSo.LB1279.0
9.0Jaylen Hinton (Catawba)D2Sr.LB212618.0
9.0John Earley (Elizabeth City St.)D2Fr.LB213518.0
9.0Vincent Hill (Johnson C. Smith)D2Sr.LB261218.0
9.0Jamarion Farrior (Mars Hill)D2Jr.LB1369.0
9.0Jadin Baptist (UNC Pembroke)D2Jr.LB213518.0
9.0Nick Iannone (Guilford)D3Sr.LB1369.0
8.5Charles Battaglia (Campbell)FCSSr.LB29817.0
8.5Sean Bethea (Barton)D2So.LB211617.0
8.5Darian Whitaker (Chowan)D2Jr.LB251217.0

Tackles For Loss

TOTALPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESSOLOASSTYARDSTFL/GM
4.5Xavier Lewis (North Carolina)FBSSo.DL14118.04.5
4.0Zarion Walters (N.C. Central)FCSJr.DL23221.02.0
4.0Osirus Rhodes (Fayetteville St.)D2Sr.DE24017.02.0
4.0Carnell Ferguson (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Jr.DL24024.02.0
4.0David Squires (Wingate)D2Sr.LB23210.02.0
3.5Sean Bethea (Barton)D2So.LB21517.01.8
3.5Darian Whitaker (Chowan)D2Jr.LB22322.01.8
3.0Bryce Davis (Duke)FBSSo.DE13019.03.0
3.0Sabin McLaughlin (Gardner-Webb)FCSSr.S23014.01.5
3.0AJ Mebane (Gardner-Webb)FCSJr.DL22212.01.5
3.0Tre Yanez (Gardner-Webb)FCSJr.LB2225.01.5
3.0Hasaan Kornegay (Barton)D2So.LB22219.01.5
3.0Jy Favor (Catawba)D2Jr.LB2228.01.5
3.0Greg Lott (Chowan)D2So.LB22213.01.5
3.0Jaevon Branch (Elizabeth City St.)D2So.DB23012.01.5
3.0Caleb Gervais-Lynch (Elizabeth City St.)D2Jr.LB22217.01.5
3.0Jatavien Taylor (Fayetteville St.)D2So.LB22213.01.5
3.0Caron Jones (Shaw)D2Jr.23015.01.5

Sacks

SACKSSACK LEADERSDIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESSOLO
SACKS		ASST
SACKS		YARDSSCK/GM
4.0Osirus Rhodes (Fayetteville St.)D2Sr.DE24.00.017.02
3.0Zarion Walters (N.C. Central)FCSJr.DL22.02.017.01.5
2.5Darian Whitaker (Chowan)D2Jr.LB22.01.021.01.25
2.0Bryce Davis (Duke)FBSSo.DE12.00.016.02
2.0Xavier Lewis (North Carolina)FBSSo.DL12.00.012.02
2.0Caleb Turner-Allen (Western Caro.)FCSJr.DE22.00.02.01
2.0Carnell Ferguson (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Jr.DL22.00.020.01
2.0Joshua Collins (Western Caro.)FCSJr.LB22.00.016.01
1.5AJ Mebane (Gardner-Webb)FCSJr.DL21.01.010.00.75
1.5Brodie Bradburn (Lenoir-Rhyne)D2Jr.LB21.01.06.00.75
1.5Caleb Gervais-Lynch (Elizabeth City St.)D2Jr.LB21.01.011.00.75
1.5David Squires (Wingate)D2Sr.LB21.01.05.00.75
1.5Julian Brooks Kissi (Catawba)D2So.DE21.01.04.00.75
1.5Jylon Council (Chowan)D2Sr.LB21.01.04.00.75
1.5Malachi Howell (Chowan)D2Sr.DL21.01.019.00.75

Interceptions

TOTALINTERCEPTION LEADERSDIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESYARDSTDs
3Zyking Patillo (Fayetteville St.)D2Fr.DB255.01

Punting

AVGPLAYER (SCHOOL)DIVCLASSPOSITIONGAMESPUNTSYDS
54.3Kade Reynoldson (Duke)FBSJr.P14217
47.6Mitchell Lake (UNC Pembroke)D2Jr.P210476
47.1Tomas O’Halloran (East Carolina)FBSJr.P18377
46.7Jackson Waller (NC State)FBSJr.P17327
45.5Braxtyn Green (N.C. Wesleyan)D3Sr.K14182
44.3Connor Dunn (Elon)FCSFr.P28354
41.6Mark Fitzgerald (Western Caro.)FCSFr.P210416
41.4Laurence Wallace (Chowan)D2So.P211455
40.3Sam Grubb (Barton)D2So.P28322
40.1Luke Slagel (Methodist)D3Fr.K18321

2025 North Carolina Season Statistical Champions

  • Passing yards: Darian Mensah (Duke) – 3,646 yards
  • Passing touchdowns: Taron Dickens (Western Carolina) – 38 TDs
  • Rushing yards: Nahjiir Seagraves (NC Wesleyan) – 1,236 yards
  • Rushing touchdowns: Xavier Pugh (Wingate) – 21 TDs 
  • Receiving yards: Jaylen Himes (Wingate) – 1,185 yards
  • Receiving touchdowns: James Tyre (WCU), Jaylen Himes (Wingate), Que Kennedy (UNC Pembroke) – 11 TDs
  • Tackles: Caden Fordham (NC State): 130.0 tackles
  • Tackles-for-loss: Kenyon Garner (Livingstone) – 28.0 TFLs
  • Sacks: Kenyon Garner (Livingstone) – 15.0 sacks
  • Interceptions: Tycorien Gist (Louisburg) – 7 INTs
  • Punting average: Jeff Yurk (Elon) – 48.3 yards-per-punt

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