La'Don Bryant

Sophomore wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.

WR · Northern Illinois · So.

6′4″ · 204 lb · Savannah, GA

The numbers

115

receiving yards · 2026 · through week 3

3 games into 2026 so far

Swing playSwung Northern Illinois from 15% to 44% to win.Illinois State at Northern Illinois · 28-24

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Sophomore wide receiver for Northern Illinois. 2026: 3 games with a box-score line.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northern Illinois in 2024.

The full story, with sources

How he plays

Yards / catch: 58th percentile.

The full scouting read

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La'Don Bryant

WR · Northern Illinois · So

La'Don Bryant has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Northern Illinois. One game to point at: 47 rec yds, 2 receptions against Illinois State — Week 2, 2026.

115 REC YDS · 8 REC · 0 REC TD

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
head-coach lineage
game log

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	Northern Illinois	8	115	14.4	--
2025	Northern Illinois	6	40	6.7	--
2024	Northern Illinois	2	38	19.0	--
Career		16	193	12.1	--

Game log

Game by game

La'Don Bryant's 2026 production

Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.

Source CFB Zeitgeist · player_game_stats + power_ratings_weekly

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 3 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	REC	YDS	AVG	LONG	Note
Wk 1	L 0-40@ Iowa	4	42	10.5	20
Wk 2	L 24-28vs Illinois State	2	47	23.5	36	Season-high 47 yds
Wk 3	L 17-42@ Arizona	2	26	13.0	20
Total		8	115	15.7	36

Signature plays

Signature plays · top plays by |EPA|

The plays that mattered most

fact

Week 3 · Arizona · 4&10 · Q4 · EPA +3.34(00:38) Shotgun #2 B.Davidson pass complete deep right to #0 L.Bryant caught at ARIZ01, for 20 yards to the ARIZ01, out of bounds at ARIZ01, 1ST DOWN
Week 2 · Illinois State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +2.98(11:35) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 T.Dickens pass complete deep left to #0 L.Bryant caught at ISU42, for 36 yards to the ISU42, End Of Play, 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q3 · EPA +1.73(01:13) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 T.Dickens pass complete short middle to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU50, for 20 yards to the Iowa44 (#7 R.Godfrey Jr.), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Iowa · 2&9 · Q3 · EPA +1.52(01:44) Shotgun #5 T.Dickens pass complete short right to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU30, for 10 yards to the NIU36 (#1 D.Jones), 1ST DOWN
Week 1 · Iowa · 1&10 · Q1 · EPA +1.02(09:45) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 J.Macon pass complete short left to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU26, for 9 yards to the NIU26 (#8 D.Lee)
Week 2 · Illinois State · 1&10 · Q4 · EPA +0.93(01:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #5 T.Dickens pass complete short left to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU30, for 11 yards to the NIU36 (#14 M.Kaplan), 1ST DOWN
Week 3 · Arizona · 3&8 · Q2 · EPA +0.11(02:37) Shotgun #5 T.Dickens pass complete short right to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU33, for 6 yards to the NIU33 (#6 T.Brown; #11 J.Mann)
Week 1 · Iowa · 2&11 · Q1 · EPA -0.08(08:55) No Huddle-Shotgun #14 J.Macon pass complete short left to #0 L.Bryant caught at NIU19, for 3 yards to the NIU19 (#97 I.Epenesa)

2026 snapshot

Since week 2: +26 receiving yards, +2 catches.

Season context · Team result + system

2024Northern Illinois8-5HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-leaning

2025Northern Illinois3-9HC: Thomas Hammock · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2026Northern Illinois0-3HC: Rob Harley · Balanced

Where this profile ranks vs the WR cohort

Box-score percentiles

5 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: receptions (0th percentile).

Box-score rates (5)

Yards / catch#59 / 141 · 58th pct

14.4

Long catch#87 / 141 · 37th pct

Rec TDs#117 / 141 · 9th pct

Rec yards#136 / 141 · 4th pct

115

Receptions#142 / 141 · 0th pct

Percentiles versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score rates.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2026 season · 3 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Home1g	2.0	47.0	23.5	0.0
Road2g	3.0	34.0	11.8	0.0

First half vs Second half

	REC/g	YDS/g	YPR	TD/g
Weeks 1-73g	2.7	38.3	15.7	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rob Harley

Pass share

51.9%

97 pass / 90 run

Plays / game

62.3

3 games

Team sack rate

9.7%

113 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Balanced.

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

The receiver room · Northern Illinois

#1DeAree RogersWR · Sr.506 receiving yards · 2025
#3Rickey Taylor Jr.WR · So.134 receiving yards · 2025
#9George DimopoulosWR · Jr.58 receiving yards · 2025
La'Don BryantWR · So.40 receiving yards · 2025
#4Kenji LewisWR · Sr.7 receiving yards · 2025

9 more on the roster · Northern Illinois team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology