Complete Game Notes (PDF)
 
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The sixth-ranked Slippery Rock University football team returns home to Mihalik-Thompson Stadium to celebrate Senior Day Saturday evening with a 4 p.m. kickoff against Edinboro in the Salute to Military and First Responders game presented by Deep Well Services.
 
Below you will find all pertinent information regarding tickets, parking, tailgating and live coverage, along with complete game notes and information about Senior Day and the Salute to Military and First Responders. SRU does not print physical copies of game programs. This page will serve as a digital game program with links to rosters, schedules, stats, live coverage and complete game notes.
 

Game 10: Edinboro at Slippery Rock
The Rock (9-0, 6-0)	Edinboro Fighting Scots (4-5, 2-4)
Game Notes (PDF)	-
Depth Chart	Depth Chart
Roster	Roster
Schedule	Schedule
Statistics	Statistics
Coach: Shawn Lutz	Coach: Eric Crandall
Program Records	Program Records
PSAC Standings  |  PSAC Stats Leaders  |  PSAC Schedule
Mihalik-Thompson Stadium  |  SRU Campus Map  |  Parking Map

SALUTE TO MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS
Slippery Rock will recognize our military and first responders with free admission to the game for all veterans and active duty military members and all former and current first responders. To receive free admission, please show a military or first responder ID at the ticket gate. The Slippery Rock ROTC will present the colors before the game and, pending the weather, a giant American flag will be displayed on the field during the national anthem pregame.

SENIOR DAY
Slippery Rock will celebrate 19 senior or fifth-year players and senior interns and athletic training students in a pregame ceremony that will begin at 3:10 p.m. Parents walking with their seniors are asked to report to the track in front of the home bleachers at 2:45 p.m. The band seniors will be recognized during the halftime performance. The senior cheerleaders will be recognized between the third and fourth quarters.
 
LIVE INTERNET COVERAGE
• Live Stats  |  Provided by SRU Athletic Communication.
• Live Streaming Video  |  Provided by SRU Athletic Communication.
• Live Audio (Online and Radio)  |  Provided by The Rock Station 97.7 FM (Butler County).
• X (formerly Twitter)  |  In-game updates and highlights.
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV
• Fans can watch the game live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU Athletic Communication Office.
• Search for "Rock Athletics Digital Network" in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Roku and Android TV devices to download the app. All 11 regular season SRU football games will be available on the app.
 
MOBILE APP
• Fans can also watch all PSAC football games on the PSAC Sports Digital Network mobile app that is available for free in the app stores on Apple and Android devices.
 
CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS AT SRU
SRU Athletics will continue to operate cashless for football this year. All parking lots, tickets and concessions will be card only. Please plan accordingly. Fans can save time and help speed up the entry process by purchasing tickets and Lot A parking in advance.
 
TICKETS
All fans are encouraged to help speed up the entry process by purchasing tickets online in advance and using the mobile QR code for entry on game day. Visit the links below to purchase tickets in advance.
 
• Purchase Tickets for This Game
• Stadium gates will open at 2:30 p.m.
• Chair-Back Reserved Seat - $15
• Reserved Bench Seat - $15
• Adult General Admission - $10
• Students Ages 6-High School – $5
• Children Ages 6 and Under – FREE
• SRU Students – FREE with valid student ID
• Students from Other Colleges - $5 with valid student ID
 
SRU FAN PARKING  
• Parking Map and Prices (PDF)
• Lot A Reserved Parking is SOLD OUT for this game
• Lots open at 12 p.m.
• Shuttles will circle the paid parking lots to assist with transportation to the gates.
• Free parking is available in other campus lots not marked on the map above.
• Campus Map  |  Stadium is #56 on Map

EDINBORO FAN PARKING
• Parking Map and Prices (PDF)
• Visiting fans can park together and tailgate in Lot E ($15 / CARD ONLY).
• Lot opens at 12 p.m.
• GPS Address: 246 Harmony Road, Slippery Rock, PA
• Visiting fans can enter the game through gate six, located at the field hockey/lacrosse building, which provides direct access to the visiting bleachers.
• Campus Map  |  Visitor parking is above building #61. Entry gate is at building #61.
 
TAILGATING
• Tailgating is allowed in paid lots four hours before kickoff (lots open at 12 p.m.)
• No Tailgating at halftime
• All Tailgaters must enter game at kickoff
• Tailgaters must vacate the lots 90 minutes after the game ends
• No hard liquor or glass bottles
• Adhere to all campus tailgating rules found HERE.
 
STUDENT GATE PROCEDURES
Students should bring their valid ID to enter the game through the student gate. Students can also show their CORE app at the gate. Only CURRENT students will be allowed to enter through the student gate. To speed up entry into the game, students should make sure to have their ID ready before getting to the gate.
 
BEER GARDEN WILL BE OPEN
Slippery Rock will partner with the North Country Brewing Company to operate a beer garden inside the stadium this year for home SRU football games. The beer garden will be located on the runoff of the track opposite the scoreboard end of the stadium. All patrons must be 21+ to enter the beer garden and all alcoholic beverages must be purchased and consumed in the beer garden. Sales will begin when stadium gates open at 2:30 p.m. and conclude at the kickoff of the third quarter.  

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THE GAME
No. 6 Slippery Rock welcomes Edinboro on Senior Day looking to avenge a loss on the road last year and complete a perfect 10-0 regular season.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES  |  Game-by-Game Scores
Slippery Rock owns a 62-29-7 advantage in the all-time series that dates all the way back to 1913 when Slippery Rock posted a 101-0 win with a program record 101 points. Edinboro snapped a six-game losing skid in the series with a 38-8 win last year in Edinboro. The Rock are 12-3 in the last 15 meetings and had not lost in the series since 2017 prior to last fall. SRU is nationally ranked at the time of this meeting for the seventh straight year.
 
• First Meeting: 1913 (SRU won 101-0)
• Last Meeting: 2025 (Boro won 38-8)
• Current Streak: Edinboro +1
• at BORO: SRU leads 25-18-3
• at SRU: SRU leads 37-11-4
• Most Points Scored (BORO): 62 (1989)
• Biggest Win Margin (BORO): 55 (1989)
• Most Points Scored (SRU): 101 (1913)
• Biggest Win Margin (SRU): 101 (1913)
• Last SRU Win: 2024 at SRU (28-23)
 
COACHING MATCHUP
Slippery Rock head coach Shawn Lutz is in his 31st overall year at The Rock and his 11th year (10th season) as head coach, where he owns a 97-25 record with 10 straight winning seasons, six PSAC West titles and six trips to the NCAA playoffs. Lutz was the PSAC West Coach of the Year in 2018, 2019 and 2023 and was the Don Hansen Football Gazette Division II National Coach of the Year in 2019. The 97 wins are the most among all PSAC West head coaches since the 2016 season. Lutz was an assistant at SRU for 20 years before taking over the program in 2016. He has been a member of the coaching staff for 14 of SRU's 21 PSAC West titles. Lutz played tight end at West Virginia University, graduating in 1996, and earned a master's degree from SRU in 2003.
 
Eric Crandall is in his first season as the interim head coach at Edinboro, which also marks his first season as a collegiate head coach. He owns a 4-5 record. Crandall took over prior to this year after serving as the defensive coordinator at Edinboro in 2025. Prior to that, he spent eight seasons as linebackers coach at the University of New Haven, where he also coached special teams. Before his stint at New Haven, Crandall worked at Western Connecticut State for one year and the University at Buffalo for six years. He is a 2007 graduate from Buffalo.
 
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Slippery Rock moved up one spot to No. 6 in the AFCA Division II national poll and No. 7 in the D2football.com poll this week. Both polls are available on page nine of the PDF notes linked above. The Rock were also ranked No. 2 in the NCAA NPI computer rankings this week. More info on NPI available HERE.
 
NO. 2 IN NCAA NPI RANKINGS  |  NPI Rankings
The NCAA Power Index (NPI) debuted this year in Division II. The NPI will be used to determine the national tournament fields moving forward, replacing the ranking committees. The NPI assigns a point value to each game and rewards teams for their winning percentage and strength of schedule. Slippery Rock is currently ranked No. 2 among all programs in Division II this week and No. 1 in Super Region One.
 
NATIONAL NPI  |  NPI Rankings
Slippery Rock was No. 1 in each of the first two rankings but was overtaken by Ferris State this week after the Bulldogs earned a win over previously unbeaten Davenport. FSU is No. 1 with an NPI score of 70.007 as the only team in the country to top 70 in the ratings. Slippery Rock is No. 2 at 69.179 with a cushion of more than two points over No. 3 Harding (67.031). The rest of the top five includes No. 4 Northwood (65.681) and No. 5 Colorado State Pueblo (64.918). The top 10 is rounded out by Minnesota State (64.292), East Stroudsburg (63.794), Northwest Missouri State (63.326), Emporia State (62.884) and Kentucky State (61.834).
 
SUPER REGION ONE RANKINGS
The current Super Region One top 10 rankings include Slippery Rock leading the way, followed by East Stroudsburg, Kutztown, Virginia Union and Johnson C. Smith rounding out the top five. Virginia State is sixth in the region, followed by California (Pa.), Indiana (Pa.), Bloomsburg and Fayetteville State rounding out the top 10.
 
7 UNBEATENS LEFT
Slippery Rock enters this weekend as one of just seven teams in Division II that is still unbeaten on the year and as the only Super Region One team that is undefeated. The other undefeated teams are Colorado State Pueblo, Ferris State, Harding, Minnesota State, Northwood and Western Colorado. All seven teams are 9-0 entering this week.
 
BACK IN THE TOP 10
Slippery Rock is ranked inside the top 10 for the seventh straight year and the 10th time in the last 11 seasons.
 
STREAKING IN THE POLLS
Slippery Rock has been ranked or at least receiving votes in every AFCA national poll released since Oct. 8, 2018, a streak of more than 2,940 straight days.
 
9-0 TO START THE YEAR
Slippery Rock is 9-0 for the first time since the 2023 season and is looking for its third 10-0 start in the last six seasons and just its third 10-0 start in program history. The Rock won their first 10 games of the 2023 season and their first 13 games in 2019 to set the program's single-season winning streak record. Prior to that, SRU hadn't reached 9-0 to open a season since finishing the 1924 season with a 9-0 mark.
 
BEST OF THE WEST
Slippery Rock has won its first PSAC West title since 2023 and its 10th divisional crown since 2011. The Rock have now won the PSAC West 21 times. SRU had a rare down year in 2025 with a 3-3 divisional record, but has lost just three total divisional games in the other seven years combined dating back to 2018. The Rock are 47-6 in the PSAC West since 2018 and are trying to complete their fourth undefeated divisional season in that stretch. This season marks the seventh time in the last eight seasons that SRU will finish PSAC West play with one or fewer losses.
 
PSAC CHAMP GAME IS SET
There is no PSAC drama this week in terms of deciding next week's title game participants. Slippery Rock locked up the West with two games to go in divisional play and East Stroudsburg locked up the East last week with an OT win at home over previously unbeaten Kutztown. It marked the first regional loss for Kutztown since SRU beat the Golden Bears in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Playoffs. The Rock will host ESU in the PSAC title game Nov. 14 at 1 p.m. The teams met earlier this season back on Sept. 12 with SRU posting a 59-35 road win.
 
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE
Rock football teams have compiled a 203-71 (.741) record in 51+ seasons at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium (formerly known as N. Kerr Thompson Stadium). The Rock own a 103-26 (.798) home record since artificial turf was installed in the summer of 2003 and are 99-20 (.832) in home games since 2005. The numbers get even better in recent years, as The Rock are 81-11 (.880) at home since the beginning of the 2010 season and 69-8 (.896) since the beginning of the 2013 season. SRU is 51-8 (.864) at home under Shawn Lutz and has never lost more than one home game in a season under Lutz.
 
LATE SEASON NIGHT GAME
Slippery Rock will play under the lights this week in a rare November night game. The later kick was required due to SRU field hockey hosting a mandated PSAC game earlier in the day. This will mark the fourth home night game this season for SRU, which also hosted Minnesota Duluth, Seton Hill and Gannon under the lights earlier this fall.
 
TURN THE LIGHTS ON
Slippery Rock will play five games start at 4 p.m. or later this fall. SRU had a streak of 37 straight night game wins snapped with a loss to California (Pa.) last year, but maintains an incredible record when the lights are on. The Rock are 41-1 in their last 42 games that started at 4 p.m. or later, including 4-0 this year. SRU is 51-10 in home night games since lights were installed at Mihalik-Thompson Stadium in 2003.
 
17TH STRAIGHT WINNING SEASON
Slippery Rock is already guaranteed to finish with a winning season this fall, extending its current streak of winning seasons to 17 straight years.  The Rock entered this year ranked ninth among all Division II programs for the longest active winning seasons streak in the country. The only other program in the PSAC with more consecutive winning seasons currently is California (Pa.), which has already extended its streak to 22 straight seasons.  
 
LUTZ UP TO 11TH ON PSAC WINS LIST
SRU head coach Shawn Lutz won his 97th game at The Rock last week, which is No. 11 on the all-time PSAC head football coaching wins ledger. Lutz is five wins shy of cracking the PSAC all-time top 10 wins list, which includes just 10 other men to ever record 100 wins in the conference.
 
LAST MEETING WITH EDINBORO  |  Box Score
Edinboro claimed a share of the 2025 PSAC West title with a dominant 38-8 win over No. 20 Slippery Rock last November in Edinboro. The Scots ran for 355 yards and outgained SRU 425-272 in what was one of the most lopsided losses for The Rock in a decade. Edinboro attempted just 11 total passes in the game and ran the ball 48 times. RB Caron Robinson ran for 273 yards and two TD on 31 carries. Nico Marchitelli ran for 69 yards and went 8-of-11 for 70 yards with one TD in the passing game. SRU got 126 receiving yards from John Sabo and JayJay Jordan scored all the points with one rushing TD and a two-point conversion. DaOne Owens completed 29-of-39 passes for 234 yards with no TD and one INT.
 
LAST WEEK FOR SLIPPERY ROCK
Clarion scored on its first possession before Slippery Rock answered with a 41-0 run to pull away for a 48-14 victory last week on the road. The Rock put up 626 yards of total offense with 398 rushing yards and 228 passing yards. JayJay Jordan ran for 225 yards and two touchdowns. DaOne Owens threw for 215 yards with two TD and ran for 66 yards and one TD. John Sabo caught five passes for 68 yards and one score and also had a 14-yard rushing TD. Nine different players caught passes for SRU. Evan Harper and Ben Lane both had one interception and Tyree Johnson matched a career-high with 10 tackles.
 
LAST WEEK FOR EDINBORO
Edinboro never trailed in a 31-21 home win over Seton Hill. The Scots outgained the Griffins 450-396 in total offense, including 231-203 in rushing and 219-193 in passing. Nico Marchitelli completed 16-of-24 passes for 219 yards with two TD and no INT. He also ran for 66 yards on 16 carries. Jerry Dinkins rushed for 118 yards and one TD. Jacob Coburn had five catches for 86 yards and Clayton Bezon caught two passes for 52 yards and one TD. Amari Jones had 10 tackles and Elijah Wentz had one interception to lead the defense.
 
EDINBORO QUICK HITS
• Edinboro enters this week with a 4-5 overall record and a 2-4 mark in the PSAC West.
• The losses include a 46-44 double OT loss to IUP and a 30-20 loss to California.
• The Scots are scoring 26.8 points per game and putting up 337.7 yards of offense per game with 123.9 rushing yards and 213.8 passing yards per game.
• Opponents are scoring 31.0 points per game and putting up 390.4 yards of total offense with 134.3 rushing yards and 256.1 passing yards per game.
• QB Nico Marchitelli is completing 59 percent of his passes for 1,845 yards with 12 TD and five INT. He also has 212 rushing yards. Bo Swartz, who primarily comes in to play QB in rushing situations, has a team-high eight TD runs and has also thrown two TD passes.
• Jerry Dinkins leads the ground game with 322 yards and two TD.
• Jeremiah Neeley is the top pass catcher with 46 catches for 752 yards and nine TD.
• Parker Hoff and Shamarr Joppy lead the team with 63 tackles each. Ty Reali has 57 stops and he and Elijah Wentz each have two INT.
 
ANOTHER WEEKLY AWARD FOR JORDAN
RB JayJay Jordan earned his fifth PSAC West Athlete of the Week award this season when he picked up the offensive honor this week. He rushed for 225 yards with two touchdowns in the win at Clarion last week. Jordan has now been the PSAC West offensive honoree four times and the special teams awardee once this fall.
 
JORDAN TIES SRU RUSHING MARK
RB JayJay Jordan has 21 rushing TD in nine games this year, tying the SRU single-season record set by LaMonte Coleman in 1994. Jordan can stand alone on that list with one more rushing score.
 
JORDAN EXTENDS TD RECORD
RB JayJay Jordan broke the SRU single-season record for total touchdowns two weeks ago and has extended that record to 25 total touchdowns and 150 total points through nine games this season.
 
NOT JUST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS
JayJay Jordan is the only player in the country not only with two punt return TDs in one game, but he is the only player in Division II with two punt return TDs all season. His 146 punt return yards against Lock Haven are the most in a game this season in Division II.  
 
JORDAN TOP SCORER IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL
JayJay Jordan enters this week ranked No. 1 in the NCAA in total touchdowns among all players across all four divisions (FBS, FCS, DII, DIII) with his 25 total TD. His 21 rushing TD ranks No. 2 nationally behind Davenport's Cephus Harris, who has carried the ball 72 more times than Jordan.
 
JORDAN AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS
JayJay Jordan enters this week with 1,267 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns with averages of 8.4 yards per carry and 140.8 yards per game. He ranks third in the nation in all-purpose yards (188.6) ypg), fifth in rushing yards (1,267) and third in yards per carry (8.4) in addition to ranking No. 2 in rushing TD (21), No. 1 in total TD (25), No. 1 in total points scored (150) and No. 1 in punt return TD (2).
 
NO. 1 OFFENSE IN THE NATION
Slippery Rock enters this week ranked No. 1 in Division II in scoring offense (53.2 points per game), total offense (547.6 yards per game) and fewest turnovers (4). The Rock rank No. 2 in fewest sacks allowed (3) and total first downs (237), No. 6 in rushing offense (284.6 yards per game), No. 14 in red zone offense (90.0 percent), No. 15 in passing efficiency (165.8) and No. 21 in passing offense (263.0 yards per game).
 
HIGHEST SCORING OFFENSE IN D1 OR D2
Slippery Rock enters this week as the only 50+ point per game offense at the NCAA Division I or II level, including all teams in the FBS, FCS and Division II. The only NCAA team from any level currently scoring more points per game than SRU is Division III Lake Forest (61.5 ppg). There are only three total NCAA football teams across all four levels that average more than 50 points per game entering this week with SRU being joined by two Division III schools (Lake Forest and Baldwin Wallace (51.8 ppg).
 
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES
Slippery Rock has scored 479 points through nine games this year after scoring just 327 total points in 10 games last season. 
 
BALANCED OFFENSE
The Rock's potent offense is among the most balanced in the nation. To get to the 547.6 total yards per game, SRU is averaging 284.6 rushing yards and 263.0 passing yards per game, putting up similar averages through the air and on the ground. SRU has run the ball 323 times and thrown it 274 times through nine games.
 
RUSHING OFFENSE BREAKDOWN
Slippery Rock has rushed for at least 196 yards in each of the last eight games and has run for more than 300 yards in four different games this season, including last week with 398 yards against Clarion. The Rock ran for 344 yards against PSAC East champion East Stroudsburg and set a program record with 458 rushing yards against Seton Hill.
 
THREE-HEADED MONSTER
Slippery Rock has three players averaging at least 8.4 yards per carry on the ground. Luke McCoy has just 31 carries on the year, but has made them count in limited action when spelling JayJay Jordan. McCoy has 283 yards and five TD, averaging 9.1 yards per carry. Jordan averages 8.4 yards per carry and QB DaOne Owens is averaging 10.1 yards per carry. Those three have combined for 2,148 rushing yards and 34 TD while averaging 8.95 yards per carry on 240 carries combined.
 
OWENS AMONG NATIONAL LEADERS
QB DaOne Owens ranks first in the PSAC No. 7 nationally in points responsible for (176) and points responsible per game (19.6). He also ranks No. 1 in the PSAC and No. 17 nationally in passing efficiency (165.9) while ranking No. 13 nationally in passing TD (21) and No. 15 nationally in total offense (296.3 yards per game).
 
OWENS LEADING THE OFFENSE
QB DaOne Owens has made a significant leap in performance from his redshirt freshman season last year and has commanded the SRU offense to an historic start. Owens is completing 65.8 percent of his passes for 2,069 yards with 21 TD and three INT. He has also rushed for 598 yards and eight touchdowns and is averaging 10.1 yards per carry and 66.4 rushing yards per game on the ground. Owens has at least one run of 30+ yards in six of the last seven games and has runs of 47+ yards in four different games this year.
 
OWENS CLIMBING SRU LISTS ALREADY
QB DaOne Owens is up to 11th on the SRU career passing ledger just 19 games into his career (3,751 yards). He is also up to eighth in career TD passes (35), eighth in total offensive yards (4,651) and No. 10 in career completions (277).
 
TOO MANY GUYS TO COVER
Nine different SRU players caught passes last week at Clarion. A total of 13 different players have caught passes for SRU this year with seven players having double digit catches and 13 players having multiple grabs on the year. Eight different players have at least 100 yards receiving. Hamilton Gates (24 catches, 417 yards, 3 TD), John Sabo (31-396-7), Vincent Berardi (30-344-5), Ethan Trettel (19-289-2), JayJay Jordan (22-197-2), Reggie Fleurima (14-180-1), Carson Heckathorn (10-119-2) and Luke McCoy (6-117-0) all have at least 117 receiving yards on the year.
 
SINGLE-GAME STREAKS
WR John Sabo has now caught at least one pass in 18 straight games. RB JayJay Jordan has at least one touchdown in 15 straight games.
 
O-LINE ADJUSTS TO CHANGES
Slippery Rock played without two starting OL last week with center Soren Stoltzfus missing his first game and left guard Brian Frasco missing a third game. Mohamed Aly made his second start of the season at center and Mike Crist made his third start at left guard. LT Varrius Farrell, RG Christian Werling and RT Jake Jonassen have started all nine games. That group, which had a combined three total starts among the whole unit entering this season, has allowed just three sacks in nine games this year while blocking for the No. 1 total offense in the nation. SRU ranks No. 2 nationally in fewest sacks allowed and No. 13 nationally in fewest tackles for loss allowed.
 
ONLY THREE TURNOVERS
Slippery Rock leads all programs in Division II with only four total turnovers on the year. The Rock have played six games without a single turnover and have turned it over in only three games. SRU currently ranks No. 1 nationally in fewest turnovers (4) and No. 4 in turnover margin (+1.44 per game).
 
TAKEAWAYS
SRU has recorded takeaways in eight of nine games this year, including three against Minnesota Duluth in the opener, one against Millersville, two against California, three against Gannon, one against Seton Hill, three against IUP, two against Lock Haven and two against Clarion. The Rock have 13 interceptions and four recovered fumbles on the year with one of those fumbles being returned 65 yards for a touchdown by Aaron Scales Jr. and one of the picks being returned 40 yards for a TD by Owen Suah. SRU ranks eighth in Division II in interceptions (13) and No. 4 nationally in pass efficiency defense (99.5).
 
BALL HAWKS
DB Ben Lane made his first career interception last week in what was his 44th career game at SRU over the last four seasons. Evan Harper also grabbed a pick last week for his team-leading third INT of the season. Harper (3), Owen Suah (2), Carmen Metcalfe (2) and Kwalil Shepperson (2) all have multiple picks on the year.
 
JOHNSON STEPS UP
LB Tyree Johnson moved into a starting role with an injury to captain and defensive leader Jacob Snow. Johnson tied his career-high with 10 tackles last week in the win at Clarion and is up to third on the team in total stops this year with 38 tackles. He and fellow LB Teddy Gregory Jr. (46 tackles) have combined for 84 tackles on the year while Snow racked up 37 in six games to give The Rock's top three linebackers 121 tackles on the season.
 
TACKLES SPREAD OUT ACROSS DEFENSE
Slippery Rock has not relied on one standout defensive player this year and is getting contributions up and down the defense. The Rock have 20 different players with double digit tackles on the year and 13 players between 26 and 46 total stops on the year. Teddy Gregory Jr. leads the group with 46 tackles and 3.0 TFL. Elijah Halley owns team-highs of 8.0 TFL and 4.0 sacks while Brett Kwoka has 6.5 TFL and 3.5 sacks to headline the defensive line. Ben Lane leads the secondary with 40 tackles and Owen Suah leads the team with seven pass breakups.
 
TEAM CAPTAINS
After voting by the players, SRU named six captains for the 2026 season with three on offense and three on defense. The offensive captains include running back JayJay Jordan, quarterback Brad Hoffman and tight end Vincent Berardi. The defensive captains include defensive end Brian Young Jr. and linebackers Jacob Snow and Teddy Gregory Jr.
 
JORDAN NAMED TO ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM
RB JayJay Jordan is one of only 22 players from all levels of college football to be named to this year's Allstate AFCA Good Works Team, recognizing his good works off the field and his commitment to community service. Jordan is active in numerous charitable and community service projects, which included traveling to Puerto Rico to help recovery from hurricanes and numerous projects that serve both the SRU community and his hometown community of Reading, Pennsylvania. Jordan is one of only three players from Division II to be named to this year's team and is one of just 11 non-FBS players from all levels to be honored. He will be recognized on the field at the Allstate Sugar Bowl and CFP National Semifinal Jan. 15 at the Superdome in New Orleans.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will host East Stroudsburg in the PSAC Championship game next Saturday at 1 p.m. The NCAA Division II Playoff field will be announced next Sunday, Nov. 15 and the first round is set for Nov. 21.




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