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5 Machari Bighams
Machari Bighams
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    165
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    Homerville, Ga.
  • High School:
    Clinch County
  • Previous College:
    Independence Community College
  • Position:
    WR
  • gp
    8
  • yds
    99
  • yds/g
    12.4
  • td
    1

Bio

Junior (2020-21): Played in five games ... Caught 12 passes for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns ... Ran for 86 yards and two touchdowns on 19 carries ... Added a tackle.

Sophomore (2019-20): Played in nine games, recording 15 tackles (12 solos)... Second on the team with five pass breakups and in return yards with 163, all coming on 10 kickoffs. ... Fifth on the squad with 261 all-purpose yards... Also saw action on the offensive side of the ball, rushing 23 times for 73 yards... Caught three passes for 25 yards and a touchdown... Credited with a blocked kick.   

Freshman (2017-18): Attended Independence (Kansas) Community College.

Prep: Graduated in 2017 from Clinch County High School... Three-year varsity letterman in football... Also a standout in basketball and track... Played both defensive back and wide receiver as a senior when his team finished 11-2 with a loss in the state semifinals... Had six interceptions in 2016... Squad won the Class A-Public state championship his junior year with a 13-1 overall record... Sealed the 2015 state semifinal victory, a seven-point win over Commerce, on an interception with less than two minutes left. 

Personal: Son of Tabitha Bighams... Majoring in sport management with a minor in exercise science... Also a part of the track and field team at DC. 

Recent Games

Date Opponent Result
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12
  Total Conference
Receptions 15 8
Yards 99 31
Yards per game 12.4 6.2
Yards per catch 6.6 3.9
Touchdowns 1 0

Game Log - Passing

Date Opponent Score comp att pct yds y/a td int sac yds
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Rushing

Date Opponent Score rush yds y/a lng td fum lost
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 10 10 1.0 8 0 1 0
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 6 31 5.2 18 0 - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 5 22 4.4 14 0 1 1
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 1 8 8.0 8 0 - -

Game Log - Receiving

Date Opponent Score rec yds y/r lng td fum lost
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 2 8 4.0 5 0 - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 5 60 12.0 32 1 - -
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 1 2 2.0 2 0 - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 1 0 0.0 0 0 1 0
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 2 10 5.0 6 0 - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 1 3 3.0 3 0 1 1
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 3 16 5.3 11 0 - -

Game Log - Kicking

Date Opponent Score fgm fga lng xpm xpa pts
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - - - - 0
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - - - - 0
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 - - - - - 0
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - - - - 0
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 - - - - - 0
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 - - - - - 0
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 - - - - - 0
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 - - - - - 0

Game Log - Punting

Date Opponent Score punt yds avg long in20 fc tb blk
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 - - - - - - - -
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 - - - - - - - -

Game Log - Returns

Date Opponent Score kr yds avg lng td pr yds avg lng td
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 1 14 14.0 14 0 - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 3 44 14.7 26 0 - - - - -
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 1 15 15.0 15 0 - - - - -
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 1 4 4.0 4 0 - - - - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 - - - - - 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 - - - - - - - - - -

Game Log - All-Purpose

Date Opponent Score gp rush rcv pr kr yds
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 1 - - - 14 14
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 1 - 8 - - 8
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 1 - 60 - 44 104
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 1 - 2 - - 2
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 1 10 0 - 15 25
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 1 31 10 - 4 45
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 1 22 3 -5 - 20
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 1 8 16 - - 24

Game Log - Scoring

Date Opponent Score pts rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm saf misc 2pt
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 0 - - 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 6 - 1 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 0 - 0 - - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0 -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 0 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0 -
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 0 0 0 - - - - - - - 0 -

Game Log - Defense

Date Opponent Score tack ast tot sack lost tfl yds ff fr td int yds td brup blk saf
Sep 2 at Capital L, 41-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 11 Albion (Mich.) L, 51-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Sep 25 Alfred St. L, 35-28 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0
Oct 2 Rose-Hulman (Ind.) L, 63-14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 9 at Manchester (Ind.) L, 22-0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 16 at Hanover (Ind.) L, 51-0 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 23 Mt. St. Joseph W, 14-13 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Oct 30 Franklin (Ind.) L, 13-7 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 6 at Anderson (Ind.) L, 42-14 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -
Nov 13 Bluffton L, 30-12 - - 0.0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2021-22 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
2023-24 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Total 37 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Career Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
2019-20 9 23 73 8.1 3.2 0 22 1 1
2020-21 5 19 86 17.2 4.5 2 47 1 0
2021-22 8 22 71 8.9 3.2 0 18 2 1
2022-23 10 24 99 9.9 4.1 2 23 1 0
2023-24 5 - - - - - - - -
Total 37 88 329 8.9 3.7 4 47 5 2

Career Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
2019-20 9 3 0.3 25 2.8 8.3 1 24
2020-21 5 12 2.4 103 20.6 8.6 2 18
2021-22 8 15 1.9 99 12.4 6.6 1 32
2022-23 10 20 2.0 203 20.3 10.2 1 60
2023-24 5 - - - - - - -
Total 37 50 1.4 430 11.6 8.6 5 60

Career Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - 0
2020-21 5 - - - - 0 0 - 0
2021-22 8 - - - - - - - 0
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - 0
2023-24 5 - - - - - - - 0
Total 37 - - - - 0 0 - 0

Career Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
2019-20 9 - - - - - - - -
2020-21 5 - - - - - - - -
2021-22 8 - - - - - - - -
2022-23 10 - - - - - - - -
2023-24 5 - - - - - - - -
Total 37 - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
2019-20 10 163 16.3 0 29 - - - - -
2020-21 4 80 20.0 0 24 1 7 7.0 0 7
2021-22 6 77 12.8 0 26 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
2022-23 - - - - - - - - - -
2023-24 1 14 14.0 0 14 0 0 - 1 0
Total 21 334 15.9 0 29 2 2 1.0 1 7

Career Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
2019-20 9 73 25 - 163 261 29.0
2020-21 5 86 103 7 80 276 55.2
2021-22 8 71 99 -5 77 242 30.3
2022-23 10 99 203 - - 302 30.2
2023-24 5 - - 0 14 14 2.8
Total 37 329 430 2 334 1095 29.6

Career Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
2019-20 6 0.7 0 1 0 - - - - - - 0
2020-21 26 5.2 2 2 0 0 - - 0 - 1 0
2021-22 6 0.8 0 1 0 0 - - - - 0 0
2022-23 18 1.8 2 1 - - - - - - 0 0
2023-24 6 1.2 - - 0 1 - - - - 0 0
Total 62 1.7 4 5 0 1 - - 0 - 1 0

Career Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
2019-20 9 12 3 15.0 1.7 - - 0.0 - - - - - - 5 1
2020-21 5 0 1 1.0 .2 - - 0.5 1 - - - - - - -
2021-22 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 10 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023-24 5 4 2 6.0 1.2 0.0 0 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 37 16 6 22.0 .6 0.0 0 0.5 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 1

Splits Stats - Passing

  gp comp att pct yds y/g y/a td int lg effic
Event                      
Total 8 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Conference 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Location                      
Home 5 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Away 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Result                      
Wins 1 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
Month                      
September 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
October 3 - - - - - - - - - 0.0
November 2 - - - - - - - - - 0.0

Splits Stats - Rushing

  gp rush yds y/g avg td lg fum lost
Event                  
Total 8 22 71 8.9 3.2 0 18 2 1
Conference 5 22 71 14.2 3.2 0 18 2 1
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 17 49 9.8 2.9 0 18 1 0
Away 3 5 22 7.3 4.4 0 14 1 1
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 1 10 10 10.0 1.0 0 8 1 0
Losses 7 12 61 8.7 5.1 0 18 1 1
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 3 16 41 13.7 2.6 0 18 1 0
November 2 6 30 15.0 5.0 0 14 1 1

Splits Stats - Receiving

  gp rec rec/g yds y/g avg td lg
Event                
Total 8 15 1.9 99 12.4 6.6 1 32
Conference 5 8 1.6 31 6.2 3.9 0 11
Exhibition - - - - - - - -
Location                
Home 5 13 2.6 94 18.8 7.2 1 32
Away 3 2 0.7 5 1.7 2.5 0 3
Neutral - - - - - - - -
Result                
Wins 1 1 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Losses 7 14 2.0 99 14.1 7.1 1 32
Month                
September 3 7 2.3 68 22.7 9.7 1 32
October 3 4 1.3 12 4.0 3.0 0 6
November 2 4 2.0 19 9.5 4.8 0 11

Splits Stats - Kicking

  gp fgm fga pct lg xpm xpa pct pts
Event                  
Total 8 - - - - - - - 0
Conference 5 - - - - - - - 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - 0
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - 0
Away 3 - - - - - - - 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - 0
Result                  
Wins 1 - - - - - - - 0
Losses 7 - - - - - - - 0
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - 0
October 3 - - - - - - - 0
November 2 - - - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Punting

  gp punt yds avg lg in20 fc tb blk
Event                  
Total 8 - - - - - - - -
Conference 5 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location                  
Home 5 - - - - - - - -
Away 3 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result                  
Wins 1 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 - - - - - - - -
Month                  
September 3 - - - - - - - -
October 3 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - - - - - - -

Splits Stats - Returns

  kr yds avg td lg pr yds avg td lg
Event                    
Total 6 77 12.8 0 26 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Conference 2 19 9.5 0 15 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Exhibition - - - - - - - - - -
Location                    
Home 5 63 12.6 0 26 - - - - -
Away 1 14 14.0 0 14 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Neutral - - - - - - - - - -
Result                    
Wins 1 15 15.0 0 15 - - - - -
Losses 5 62 12.4 0 26 1 -5 -5.0 0 0
Month                    
September 4 58 14.5 0 26 - - - - -
October 2 19 9.5 0 15 - - - - -
November - - - - - 1 -5 -5.0 0 0

Splits Stats - All-Purpose

  gp rush rcv pr kr yds ypg
Event              
Total 8 71 99 -5 77 242 30.3
Conference 5 71 31 -5 19 116 23.2
Exhibition - - - - - 0 -
Location              
Home 5 49 94 - 63 206 41.2
Away 3 22 5 -5 14 36 12.0
Neutral - - - - - 0 -
Result              
Wins 1 10 0 - 15 25 25.0
Losses 7 61 99 -5 62 217 31.0
Month              
September 3 - 68 - 58 126 42.0
October 3 41 12 - 19 72 24.0
November 2 30 19 -5 - 44 22.0

Splits Stats - Scoring

  pts pts/g rush rec kr pr int fum xpm fgm 2pt misc
Event                        
Total 6 0.8 0 1 0 0 - - - - 0 0
Conference 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Exhibition 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Location                        
Home 6 1.2 0 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
Away 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 - - - - - 0
Neutral 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0
Result                        
Wins 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
Losses 6 0.9 0 1 0 0 - - - - 0 0
Month                        
September 6 2.0 - 1 0 - - - - - 0 0
October 0 0.0 0 0 0 - - - - - - 0
November 0 0.0 0 0 - 0 - - - - - 0

Splits Stats - Defense

  gp tkl ast tot tkl/g sck yds tfl yds ff fr yds int yds brup blk
Event                                
Total 8 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Conference 5 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Exhibition - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Location                                
Home 5 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Away 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Neutral - - - 0.0 - - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Result                                
Wins 1 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
Losses 7 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Month                                
September 3 0 0 0.0 .0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
October 3 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -
November 2 - - 0.0 .0 - - 0.0 - - - - - - - -

News Mentions

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Football celebrates Senior Day against rival Bluffton

The Defiance football team celebrated Senior Day against HCAC rival Bluffton on Saturday afternoon, 30-12.

November 13, 2021

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Football loses heartbreaker to Alfred State at home

The Defiance football team lost a heartbreaker to Alfred State at home on Saturday afternoon, 35-28.

September 25, 2021

Photos

Machari Bighams action photo 1
Bluffton vs. Defiance

11/13/2021 1:30 PM EST

Machari Bighams action photo 2
Bluffton vs. Defiance

11/13/2021 1:30 PM EST

Machari Bighams action photo 3
Bluffton vs. Defiance

11/13/2021 1:30 PM EST

Machari Bighams action photo 4
Albion vs. Defiance

9/11/2021 1:30 PM EDT