Running back, Southern Illinois, 2025–⁠26

Chandler Chapman

Number
No. 8
Height
5′11″
Weight
210 lb
Class (2026)
Senior
Hometown
Bay St. Louis, MS

Chandler Chapman plays running back for Southern Illinois. Last time out, against Illinois State: 10 carries, 32 yards; 1 catch, 3 yards. Chapman leads Southern Illinois in rushing yards this season.

2026 so far

515 rushing yards

Last game: 10 carries, 32 yards; 1 catch, 3 yards vs. Illinois State, L 14–⁠35

Next game: vs. Northern Iowa, Oct 24

Game by game this season, rushing yards
  1. 75@WFL
  2. 133@SAM
  3. 71SEMO
  4. 6@ILL
  5. 63@MUR
  6. 49YSU
  7. 86@SDAK
  8. 32ILST

Filled bars: wins; outlined: losses.

Career highs

133rushing yards, career highat Samford, 20262rushing touchdowns, career highvs. Indiana State, 2025

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

* The season in progress, so far.

SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2025Southern Illinois784656.0644
2026Southern Illinois1165154.4029
Career1949805.1644

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2025Southern Illinois11494.5023
2026Southern Illinois9717.9134
Career201206.0134

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2025Southern Illinois8RBJr.
2026Southern Illinois8RBSr.5′11″210

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Per play

SeasonTeamPlaysEPA/playPctileMedianTotalUsage
2025Southern Illinois (FCS)980.1875th (n=576)0.1018.212%
2026Southern Illinois (FCS)107-0.0026th (n=478)0.10-0.323%

Expected points added: how much the player’s plays moved the team’s expected score, per play and in total. Plays: total EPA divided by EPA per play, the plays the source credits to him (for a receiver roughly his catches and runs, not every target; for a passer, not every attempt), so it can differ from attempts plus carries. Percentile: against the position’s regulars that season across all divisions on file (quarterbacks with 150+ plays, backs 60+, receivers and tight ends 30+), with how many there were (n) and their median; a dash means too few plays to rank. A season in progress uses the full-season bar scaled by games played, never below 75 plays for quarterbacks, 30 for backs and 20 for receivers. The cohort grows or shrinks with the source’s coverage each season (2025 lists far more players), so compare percentiles rather than raw EPA across years. FCS seasons are marked. Usage: the share of the team’s plays the player was part of (shown from 20 plays). From CollegeFootballData, 2013 on.

Game by game

2026 Southern Illinois 8 games, 515 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 27atWest FloridaL 31–⁠34107502928
Sep 3atSamfordW 22–⁠1824133024247
Sep 12vs.Southeast Missouri StateW 34–⁠20187102128
Sep 19atIllinoisL 10–⁠486603––
Sep 26atMurray StateW 46–⁠6166301825
Oct 3vs.Youngstown StateL 16–⁠281149022––
Oct 10atSouth DakotaL 10–⁠312186017––
Oct 17vs.Illinois StateL 14–⁠3510320913
2025 Southern Illinois 12 games, 465 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Aug 30vs.Thomas MoreW 49–⁠33170829
Sep 6atPurdueL 17–⁠34180813
Sep 13atUT MartinW 37–⁠1013781442−2
Sep 20atSoutheast Missouri StateW 59–⁠3142007––
Oct 4vs.Indiana StateW 55–⁠2789323916
Oct 11atNorth Dakota StateL 17–⁠4593116224
Oct 18vs.North DakotaL 19–⁠38156811711
Oct 25vs.Northern IowaW 31–⁠1768113216
Nov 1atMurray StateW 27–⁠71032013––
Nov 8atYoungstown StateL 38–⁠4852301312
Nov 15vs.South DakotaL 51–⁠5331206––
Nov 22atIllinois StateW 37–⁠71202––

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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