Nicholls at Kansas State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Nicholls | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Kansas State | 22 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 71 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 12:36 | Kansas State touchdown. Jaron Tibbs 7 Yd pass from Avery Johnson (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
| 6:59 | Kansas State touchdown. Avery Johnson 10 Yd Run (Linkon Cure Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 0:29 | Kansas State touchdown. Brandon White 65 Yd Punt Return (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 10:09 | Kansas State touchdown. Rodney Fields Jr. 26 Yd Run (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
| 5:48 | Nicholls field goal. Kingston Phan 32 Yd Field Goal |
| 1:58 | Kansas State touchdown. Joe Jackson 43 Yd pass from Avery Johnson (Luis Rodriguez Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:28 | Kansas State REC. Josh Manning 11 Yd pass from Avery Johnson (Robert Hammond III Kick) |
| 5:52 | Kansas State touchdown. Joe Jackson 11 Yd Run (Robert Hammond III Kick) |
| 2:08 | Kansas State touchdown. Jay Harris 11 Yd Run (Robert Hammond III Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 13:19 | Kansas State RUSH. Monterrio Elston Jr. 46 Yd Run (Robert Hammond III Kick) |
| 8:02 | Kansas State touchdown. Jacob Knuth 2 Yd Run (Aidan O'Neill Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Total first downs | 9 | 34 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Third downs attempted | 16 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 9 |
| Third down percentage | 25 % | 82 % |
| Fourth down | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Total yards | 122 | 559 |
| Total rushing yards | 92 | 312 |
| Total passing yards | 30 | 247 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 26:17 | 33:43 |
| Rushing | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Total rushing plays | 39 | 44 |
| Total rushing yards | 92 | 312 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 6 |
| Passing | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 1.6 | 9.1 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 3 |
| Penalties | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Penalties committed | 2 | 1 |
| Penalty yards | 26 | 10 |
| Turnovers | Nicholls | Kansas State |
| Passes intercepted | 0 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 0 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Tamaj Hoffman | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Ean Rodrigue | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Preston Welch | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Shane Lee | 10 | 12 | 1.2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Keven Williams | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Jayden Milton | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Damondrick Blackburn | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Karaaz Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kansas State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Rodney Fields Jr. | 14 | 101 | 7.2 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Monterrio Elston Jr. | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 1 | 46 | ||||
| Jay Harris | 6 | 53 | 8.8 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| Joe Jackson | 7 | 38 | 5.4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Jacob Knuth | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Avery Johnson | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Brandon White | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Blake Barnett | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Ean Rodrigue | 19 | 7 | 37 % | 30 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kansas State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Avery Johnson | 21 | 15 | 71 % | 199 | 9.5 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Blake Barnett | 5 | 4 | 80 % | 41 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jacob Knuth | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jordan Smith | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ellis Stewart | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jackson Dufrene | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Shane Lee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Treylin Whaley | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kansas State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Joe Jackson | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 1 | 43 | ||||
| Garrett Oakley | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Jaron Tibbs | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Derrick Salley Jr. | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Josh Manning | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Brandon White | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Will Anciaux | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Izaiah Williams | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Ean Rodrigue | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Tamaj Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Kevin Martin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kansas State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jay Harris | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Darien Whitaker Jr. | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kansas State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Skylar Husband | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kennon Loftin | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gavin Duplechin | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zavian Dilworth | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jhamal Shelby Jr. | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kevin Martin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alex Villavaso | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alec Haynes | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gary Bailey Jr. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyree Fuller | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kasai Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| EJ Segrest | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trent Santos | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Romeo Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey Lightfoot | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Diedrich | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kristian Dillard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Logan Jackson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Klabron Pollard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Milton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antoine Okelo-Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keith Hills | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Grant Merritt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Erin Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kansas State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Logan Bartley | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gabe Powers | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Koy Beasley | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Allen | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Darien Whitaker Jr. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Bryant | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dalton Knapp | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashton Moore | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Hill | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eli Jackson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wesley Fair | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kamari Burns | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Wendell Gregory | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zashon Rich | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mekhi Mason | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Asa Newsom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacobi Oliphant Jr. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adrian Maddox | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Travis Bates | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rex Van Wyhe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ja'Son Prevard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Weston Polk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sawyer Schilke | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JoJo Scott | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| DJ Ackerson Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick McClellan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Micheal Graham Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| None | |||||||||
| Kansas State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jay Harris | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kansas State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Brandon White | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 65 | 1 | ||||
| Sterling Lockett | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Nicholls | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Kingston Phan | 1/1 | 32 | 0/0 | 3 | |||||
| Kansas State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Robert Hammond III | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Luis Rodriguez | 0/0 | 0 | 4/4 | 4 | |||||
| Aidan O'Neill | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Nicholls | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Pharrell Harewood | 9 | 354 | 39.3 | 0 | |||||
| Wyatt Guidry | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 0 | |||||
| Kansas State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Simon McClannan | 2 | 96 | 48.0 | 0 | |||||
Last updated on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 2:26 AM.