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HBCU Rewind
The programs, the players, the pageantry — HBCU football and basketball leaders, schools and stories, all in one place.
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Xavier University makes history with new HBCU medical school.Previously · 2026-10-16The Xavier Ochsner College of Medicine has earned preliminary accreditation, clearing the only HBCU medical school in the Gulf South to recruit its fi
HBCU Football Shakeup: Grambling Dethrones Jackson State, Mississippi Valley State Crashes the SWAC East Lead, and Marshall Faulk Gets His First WinPreviously · 2026-10-13Week 6 flipped the HBCU football map — the last unbeaten fell in Grambling, the team picked last in the SWAC wakes up tied for first in the East, Flor
HBCU Homecoming Season Kicks Off Saturday: Grambling and Southern Open the PartyPreviously · 2026-10-02Tens of thousands of alumni are headed to Louisiana this weekend as Grambling State and Southern launch HBCU homecoming season — parades, tailgates, s
The Complete HBCU Homecoming 2026 Guide: Every Date, Every Matchup, Every BandPreviously · 2026-10-02From Grambling's opener to Howard's legendary yardfest to the Bayou Classic finale — your week-by-week guide to HBCU homecoming and classic season 202Season leaders across HBCU football, from the Previously stats desk — 1327 players tracked in 2026, updated through the season.
Passing
| # | Player | GP | TD | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaylon Tolbert QB · Alcorn State Braves | 7 | 19 | 2,005 |
| 2 | Cornelious Brown IV QB · Alabama A&M Bulldogs | 7 | 16 | 1,741 |
| 3 | Jared Lockhart QB · Jackson State Tigers | 6 | 13 | 1,395 |
| 4 | Daylin Lee QB · Tennessee State Tigers | 6 | 9 | 1,394 |
| 5 | Cameron Edge QB · Morgan State Bears | 6 | 11 | 1,337 |
Rushing
| # | Player | GP | ATT | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mason Pickett-Hicks RB · South Carolina State Bulldogs | 7 | 97 | 733 |
| 2 | Trey Holly RB · Southern Jaguars | 7 | 139 | 673 |
| 3 | Jalyn Daniels RB · Norfolk State Spartans | 7 | 98 | 606 |
| 4 | Rashon Brown RB · Bethune-Cookman Wildcats | 6 | 102 | 581 |
| 5 | Athean Renfro Jr. RB · Texas Southern Tigers | 6 | 99 | 531 |
Receiving
| # | Player | GP | REC | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarel Williams · Alabama A&M Bulldogs | 7 | 34 | 574 |
| 2 | Nate Rembert WR · Jackson State Tigers | 6 | 25 | 531 |
| 3 | Cam Bulluck WR · Tennessee State Tigers | 6 | 31 | 460 |
| 4 | Justin Perry WR · Morgan State Bears | 6 | 23 | 440 |
| 5 | Tyson George WR · Grambling Tigers | 6 | 31 | 412 |
The Culture & The Competition
About HBCU Rewind
HBCU sports are not a sidebar to college sports — they are one of its beating hearts. HBCU Rewind is Previously Sports' home for the programs, players and pageantry of Historically Black Colleges and Universities: SWAC and MEAC football and basketball, the homecoming weekends that double as family reunions, the marching bands that turn halftime into the main event, and the Celebration Bowl stage in Atlanta where the season's two best HBCU teams settle it.
What lives here. The leaders board above tracks the 2026 HBCU football season from our own stats desk — every passer, rusher and receiver in the database, refreshed as the season rolls. The schools grid links straight to team pages and rosters, and the stats hub carries the full HBCU football and basketball picture: standings-deep leaderboards, player pages and season history.
Why it matters. HBCU programs have produced Hall of Famers, Olympians and some of the most loyal fan bases in American sports, often with a fraction of the resources of the power-conference giants. The football is real, the basketball is real, and the culture around both is unmatched anywhere in the college game. This front exists so that coverage lives in one place on Previously — linked from the sports home and the college front, updated with the rest of the sports desk, and held to the same standard as every other league we cover: real data, real stories, no placeholders.
Keep exploring. From here you can jump to the HBCU football stats hub, the HBCU basketball stats hub, the college front for the wider FBS and FCS picture, or back to all of Previously Sports.