East Carolina Team Profile

East Carolina Pirates (@ECUPiratesFB)
Mike Houston (5th year) (24-37) #1
Record: 2 - 10 (1 - 7) | Proj: 5 - 7 (#) | SOS: (#68)
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East Carolina's 2023 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 9/2	East Carolina at Michigan	+36.0	53.5	L 3 - 30	U	Y
Sat 9/9	East Carolina vs Marshall	+3.0	43.5	L 13 - 31	O	N
Sat 9/16	East Carolina at App State	+7.5	48.5	L 28 - 43	O	N
Sat 9/23	East Carolina vs Gardner-Webb	-13.0	51.0	W 44 - 0	U	Y
Sat 9/30	East Carolina at Rice	+3.5	47.0	L 17 - 24	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/12	East Carolina vs SMU	+11.5	48.5	L 10 - 31	U	N
Sat 10/21	East Carolina vs Charlotte	-6.0	39.5	L 7 - 10	U	N
Sat 10/28	East Carolina at UTSA	+17.5	48.0	L 27 - 41	O	Y
Sat 11/4	East Carolina vs Tulane	+17.0	46.0	L 10 - 13	U	Y
Sat 11/11	East Carolina at Florida Atlantic	+7.5	44.5	W 22 - 7	U	Y
Sat 11/18	East Carolina at Navy	+2.5	30.5	L 0 - 10	U	N
Sat 11/25	East Carolina vs Tulsa	-4.5	44.5	L 27 - 29	O	N

Record Prediction: 5 - 7 NR
Schedule Rating: #68
Future 2027 Schedule

East Carolina's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Thu 8/28	East Carolina at NC State	+12.5	58.5	L 17 - 24	U	Y
Sat 9/6	East Carolina vs Campbell	-30.0	56.0	W 56 - 3	O	Y
Sat 9/13	East Carolina at Coastal Carolina	-7.0	58.0	W 38 - 0	U	Y
Sat 9/20	East Carolina vs BYU	+6.5	49.5	L 13 - 34	U	N
Thu 9/25	East Carolina vs Army	-3.5	52.5	W 28 - 6	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/9	East Carolina at Tulane	+7.0	53.5	L 19 - 26	U	Y
Thu 10/16	East Carolina vs Tulsa	-16.5	54.5	W 41 - 27	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/1	East Carolina at Temple	-5.5	58.5	W 45 - 14	O	Y
Sat 11/8	East Carolina vs Charlotte	-29.5	56.5	W 48 - 22	O	N
Sat 11/15	East Carolina vs Memphis	-3.0	56.5	W 31 - 27	O	Y
Sat 11/22	East Carolina at UTSA	-2.0	62.5	L 24 - 58	O	N
Sat 11/29	East Carolina at Florida Atlantic	-6.5	66.5	W 42 - 3	U	Y
Sat 12/27	East Carolina vs Pittsburgh	+13.5	51.5	W 23 - 17	U	Y

2022 Schedule Rating: NR
2025 Record: 9 - 4 (AAC: 6 - 2)
Spread Record 8 - 4 - 1 | O/U 6 - 7

Opponents: Elite, Good, Avg, Bad, Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 1 Elite, 1 Good, 2 Avg, 2 Bad, 5 Poor

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East Carolina's 2024 Schedule
Sat 8/31	East Carolina vs Norfolk State	-31.5	51.5	W 42 - 3	U	Y
Sat 9/7	East Carolina at Old Dominion	+1.5	53.5	W 20 - 14	U	Y
Sat 9/14	East Carolina vs App State	-0.5	56.5	L 19 - 21	U	N
Sat 9/21	East Carolina at Liberty	+7.5	55.0	L 24 - 35	O	N
Sat 9/28	East Carolina vs UTSA	-2.0	53.5	W 30 - 20	U	Y
Sat 10/5	East Carolina at Charlotte	-9.5	47.5	L 24 - 55	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/19	East Carolina at Army	+17.5	54.0	L 28 - 45	O	Y
Sat 10/26	East Carolina vs Temple	-8.5	48.5	W 56 - 34	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Thu 11/7	East Carolina vs Florida Atlantic	-5.5	58.5	W 49 - 14	O	Y
Thu 11/14	East Carolina at Tulsa	-16.0	63.5	W 38 - 31	O	N
Sat 11/23	East Carolina at North Texas	+2.5	73.5	W 40 - 28	U	Y
Fri 11/29	East Carolina vs Navy	-2.5	54.0	L 20 - 34	U	N
Sat 12/28	East Carolina vs NC State	+7.5	61.5	W 26 - 21	U	Y

East Carolina's 2023 Schedule
Sat 9/2	East Carolina at Michigan	+36.0	53.5	L 3 - 30	U	Y
Sat 9/9	East Carolina vs Marshall	+3.0	43.5	L 13 - 31	O	N
Sat 9/16	East Carolina at App State	+7.5	48.5	L 28 - 43	O	N
Sat 9/23	East Carolina vs Gardner-Webb	-13.0	51.0	W 44 - 0	U	Y
Sat 9/30	East Carolina at Rice	+3.5	47.0	L 17 - 24	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/12	East Carolina vs SMU	+11.5	48.5	L 10 - 31	U	N
Sat 10/21	East Carolina vs Charlotte	-6.0	39.5	L 7 - 10	U	N
Sat 10/28	East Carolina at UTSA	+17.5	48.0	L 27 - 41	O	Y
Sat 11/4	East Carolina vs Tulane	+17.0	46.0	L 10 - 13	U	Y
Sat 11/11	East Carolina at Florida Atlantic	+7.5	44.5	W 22 - 7	U	Y
Sat 11/18	East Carolina at Navy	+2.5	30.5	L 0 - 10	U	N
Sat 11/25	East Carolina vs Tulsa	-4.5	44.5	L 27 - 29	O	N

East Carolina's 2022 Schedule
Sat 9/3	East Carolina vs NC State	+12.5	52.0	L 20 - 21	U	Y
Sat 9/10	East Carolina vs Old Dominion	-13.0	49.5	W 39 - 21	O	Y
Sat 9/17	East Carolina vs Campbell	-32.5	58.0	W 49 - 10	O	Y
Sat 9/24	East Carolina vs Navy	-16.5	48.5	L 20 - 23	U	N
Sat 10/1	East Carolina vs South Florida	-10.0	55.5	W 48 - 28	O	Y
Sat 10/8	East Carolina at Tulane	+2.5	56.0	L 9 - 24	U	N
Sat 10/15	East Carolina vs Memphis	-5.5	62.5	W 47 - 45	O	N
Sat 10/22	East Carolina vs UCF	+5.5	63.0	W 34 - 13	U	Y
Fri 10/28	East Carolina at BYU	+3.0	64.0	W 27 - 24	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Fri 11/11	East Carolina at Cincinnati	+4.5	51.5	L 25 - 27	O	Y
Sat 11/19	East Carolina vs Houston	-6.0	66.5	L 3 - 42	U	N
Sat 11/26	East Carolina at Temple	-9.5	52.0	W 49 - 46	O	N
Tue 12/27	East Carolina vs Coastal Carolina	-7.0	67.5	W 53 - 29	O	Y

East Carolina's 2021 Schedule
Thu 9/2	East Carolina at App State	+9.0	55.5	L 19 - 33	U	N
Sat 9/11	East Carolina vs South Carolina	+3.0	56.5	L 17 - 20	U	Y
Sat 9/18	East Carolina at Marshall	+11.0	58.5	W 42 - 38	O	Y
Sat 9/25	East Carolina vs Charleston Southern	-24.5	59.0	W 31 - 28	U	N
Sat 10/2	East Carolina vs Tulane	+3.0	65.0	W 52 - 29	O	Y
Sat 10/9	East Carolina at UCF	+10.0	65.0	L 16 - 20	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/23	East Carolina at Houston	+13.5	56.0	L 24 - 31	U	Y
Thu 10/28	East Carolina vs South Florida	-9.5	55.5	W 29 - 14	U	Y
Sat 11/6	East Carolina vs Temple	-15.5	52.0	W 45 - 3	U	Y
Sat 11/13	East Carolina at Memphis	+4.0	58.5	W 30 - 29	O	Y
Sat 11/20	East Carolina at Navy	-3.5	46.0	W 38 - 35	O	N
Fri 11/26	East Carolina vs Cincinnati	+14.5	56.5	L 13 - 35	U	N
Mon 12/27	East Carolina vs Boston College	+3.0	52.5		U	Y

2026 class: 180 points   #93
2025 class: 178 points   #81
2024 class: 171 points   #70
2023 class: 181 points   #68
2022 class: 143 points   #100

Average Class Ranking:   #82
Average Recruiting Points: 171

Four Year Crootin Profile
Improving Average G5
4 Year Class: #84 - Best: #67 Worst: #100

CFB Crootin Averages
American Athletic Class: 144  #92
Group of 5 Class: 122  #105
FBS Class: 171  #72

2021 class: 143 points   #99
2020 class: 168 points   #67
2019 class: 162 points   #84
2018 class: 147 points   #86
2017 class: 145 points   #76

Average Class Ranking:   #82
Average Recruiting Points: 153

Transfer Portal Classes
2023 Portal Class #51 - 17 players, 86 Avg
2025 Portal Class #114 - 24 players, 83 Avg
2024 Portal Class #66 - 20 players, 85 Avg
2023 Portal Class #51 - 17 players, 86 Avg

Transfer Portal Classes

Transfer Portal Classes
2022 Portal Class #58 - 15 players, 82 Avg
2021 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2020 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2019 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg

Offensive Coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick (been OC for 3 years) #1

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
Mitch Griffis	26	36	72%	357	2	0	9.9
Emory Williams	13	19	68%	156	0	0	8.2

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Michael Allen	77	385	4	5.0	68
Ashton Gray	58	377	5	6.5	51
TJ Engleman	59	306	1	5.2	23
DeJuan Lacy	10	44	1	4.4	15

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Brock Spalding	42	554	3	13.2	55
Ja'Keith Hamilton	40	545	5	13.6	64
Landon Sides	34	449	1	13.2	60
Ismael Smith Flores	19	227	6	11.9	43

(Tr) - new transfer in 2026

Defensive Coordinator Blake Harrell (been DC for 3 years) #1

Top Def	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Zyeir Gamble	72	4	0	0	4
DJ Johnson Jr.	60	5	1	2	0
Ayden Duncanson	33	1	0	0	1
Preston Carr	31	5	2	2	0

Sacks	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Jasiyah Robinson	26	7	5	3	0
Kendrick DuJour	11	5	4	1	1
Rion Roseborough	16	6	3	1	0
Preston Carr	31	5	2	2	0

Pass D	Tack	TFL	PRESS	PD
Zyeir Gamble	72	4	0	4
Ashton Levells	21	1	0	4
Kevon Merrell	27	5	1	2

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: % NR
Offense Returning Production: % NR
Defense Returning Production: % NR
East Carolina's Official Roster

Transfer Portal
2023 Portal Class #51
17 Commits, 85.6 Avg Rating
NAN% of 2023 Roster from Portal, NAN% TY

Team Talent
2023 Talent Rating: 563.94 #77
Offense Talent NR | Defense Talent NR
2025 #78 | 2024 #77 | 2023 #77 | 2022 #82

2023 - 2023 Records
2023 Record: 2 - 10
2023 Conf Record: 1 - 7
Spread: 5 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 4 - 8

2025 Record: 9 - 4
2025 Conf Record: 6 - 2
Spread: 8 - 4 - 1 | Totals: 6 - 7

2024 Record: 8 - 5
2024 Conf Record: 5 - 3
Spread: 8 - 5 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 7

2023 Record: 2 - 10
2023 Conf Record: 1 - 7
Spread: 5 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 4 - 8

Four Year Record: 21 - 29
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 26 - 23 - 1
Four Year Conference Record: 13 - 19

2022 - 2019 Records
2022 Record: 8 - 5
2022 Conf Record: 4 - 4
Spread: 8 - 5 - 0 | Totals: 7 - 6

2021 Record: 7 - 5
2021 Conf Record: 5 - 3
Spread: 7 - 4 - 1 | Totals: 4 - 8

2020 Record: 3 - 6
2020 Conf Record: 3 - 5
Spread: 5 - 4 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 3

2019 Record: 4 - 8
2019 Conf Record: 1 - 7
Spread: 6 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 5 - 7

Eight Year Record: 43 - 53
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 52 - 42 - 2
Eight Year Conference Record: 27 - 38

East Carolina Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2022	Birmingham Bowl	East Carolina vs Coastal Carolina	-7.0	67.5	W 53 - 29
2014	Birmingham Bowl	East Carolina vs Florida	+6.5	54.0	L 20 - 28
2013	S Bowl	East Carolina vs Ohio	+14.5	63.0	W 37 - 20

Power Ranking Stats (2025)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2025	.21 (40)	1.18 (111)	46% (22)	3.76 (63)	31.2 (22)	47%	47%	.09 (33)	1.28 (84)	38% (27)	3.05 (19)	28.9 (74)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Expl	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Expl	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.22 (49)	1.36 (18)	43% (62)	3.79 (83)	30.4 (37)	42%	53%	.16 (64)	1.34 (100)	40% (40)	3.85 (76)	28.2 (47)

More Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2025	13	28:19	23.3	47%	47%	7.2	61.5	1.1	1.8	7.8	2.3	1

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	13	23:08	20.1	42%	53%	7.3	61	2.2	1.6	6.5	1.3	4

Overall Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2025 Offense	13	32.7	36.2	30.8	46.4% (22)	3.76 (63)	1.1	23	449	176	273	4.1	52% (44)	46% (91)	45% (55)	49% (11)	13% (25)	.21 (40)
2025 Defense	13	20.1	19.8	20.8	38.3% (27)	3.05 (19)	1.8	-	-	-	-	-	47% (30)	52% (113)	38% (17)	39% (45)	19% (11)	.09 (33)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	13	32	36	29	43.3% (62)	3.79 (83)	2.2	20	400	147	253	4.4	52% (63)	48% (72)	44% (71)	43% (54)	15% (50)	.22 (49)
2024 Defense	13	27.3	21	34.7	39.5% (40)	3.85 (76)	1.6	-	-	-	-	-	54% (109)	46% (28)	37% (11)	43% (86)	16% (69)	.16 (64)

Run Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2025 Offense	13	52% (44)	45% (55)	43	176.3	4.1	31 (30)	.09 (77)	3.04 (54)	69% (94)	8% (30)	0.83 (120)
2025 Defense	13	47% (30)	38% (17)	-	-	-	-	.02 (24)	2.51 (11)	49% (1)	14% (5)	1.09 (123)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	13	52% (63)	44% (71)	33.2	147.3	4.4	20 (67)	.17 (47)	3.07 (57)	79% (27)	8% (42)	1.02 (48)
2024 Defense	13	54% (109)	37% (11)	-	-	-	-	.03 (22)	2.57 (14)	57% (3)	11% (48)	1.02 (84)

Pass Game Stats (2025)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2025 Offense	13	46% (91)	49% (11)	21.9	33.8	272.7	8.1	12.4	22 (61)	6 (34)	.37 (32)	1.5 (71)	26% (7)	37% (12)	.49 (13)	5% (33)	1.8 (118)
2025 Defense	13	52% (113)	39% (45)	-	-	-	-	-	-	10 (100)	.17 (36)	1.4 (22)	36% (11)	28% (44)	.18 (23)	6% (81)	1.8 (22)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	13	48% (72)	43% (54)	18.5	30.7	252.7	8.2	13.7	26 (26)	21 (134)	.28 (54)	1.7 (24)	30% (37)	34% (33)	.51 (8)	7% (92)	2.3 (7)
2024 Defense	13	46% (28)	43% (86)	-	-	-	-	-	-	13 (31)	.32 (105)	1.7 (98)	33% (51)	35% (117)	.46 (122)	5% (104)	2.1 (78)

Team Notes

Injury Notes

Staff/Schedule Notes

Overall

Team Info

Power #117SP+ #38

Record Prediction: 5 - 7 NR

Coaching staff Rank #1

Record

2 - 10
AAC 1 - 7

Vs Spread5 - 7 - 0Totals4 - 8

One Score Games '25: (2-2)(5-3 under M.H.)

5 Year Profile

Improving Below Avg P4

'26 Profile

Up to Average P4

Performance #69

Special Teams #69

Returning Production

From 2025

0%NR

ECU lost their 25 starting QB

Offense %NR

Defense %NR

Returning Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Proj Portal Starters: (Off: ) - (Def: )

Exp'd Depth: (Off: ) - (Def: )

OL Prod: 0%NR starters, exp'd depth

OL Snaps: 0 NRFrom Portal: NR

Rush Prod: %NR

Rec Prod: %NR

Front Seven: %NR

Secondary: %NR

Roster

Talent Info

Talent #77

Blue Chips (1%) #69

Offense TalentNR

Defense TalentNR

Portal Class #5117 players (86 Avg)

Crootin '26 Class #934 YR Class Rating #84

Talent Profile

Improving Average G5

NAN% of Roster from Portal, NAN% TY

NAN% of '26 Roster are New (Fr + Portals)

(OC) Donnie Kirkpatrick 3

(DC) Blake Harrell 3

2023 Schedule

Information

SOS #68

East Carolina plays 2 opps off a byeWEBB & SMU

OppsElite: , Good: , Avg: , Bad: , Poor:

2025 Record: 9 - 4 (8 - 4 - 1) (AAC: 6 - 2)

2024 Record: 8 - 5 (8 - 5 - 0) (AAC: 5 - 3)

Win History

Past 5 years 4.6

Avg under Mike H 4.8

4 Yr Record (21 - 29)

8 Yr Record (43 - 53)

Notes

Live Team Notes

Roster Experience

Snaps & Starter Info

Snaps Returning

0 (0%)NR

%of Snaps by Upperclass

Offense: 0NR

Defense: 0NR

Players with Starting Exp () on Off, on Def

Upperclass

Starters of (%)2-Deep of (%)

Senior/Gr starters: (%) (Off: , Def: )

Upperclass Two-Deep: of (%)

Upperclass on Roster: %( of 0)

Portals

Top '23 Incoming Portals

B.J. Davis (LB)3★ (.89)

Omar Rogers (S)3★ (.88)

Gerald Green (RB)3★ (.87)

Ryan King (WR)3★ (.86)

Dontavius Nash (S)3★ (.86)

Tymir Brown (CB)3★ (.86)

Tyquan King (ILB)3★ (.86)

Jonathan Jones (CB)3★ (.86)

Top Players

Top Performers on Roster

Top Players N/A Before 2025

Recruits

Top '23 Incoming Recruits

Antione Jackson (S)4★ (.91)

Nate Branch (WR)3★ (.89)

Javious Bond (ATH)3★ (.88)

Malik Leverett (WR)3★ (.87)

Rico Watkins (ATH)3★ (.86)

Desirrio Riles (ATH)3★ (.85)

Raheim Jeter (QB)3★ (.85)

Demoris Jenkins (EDGE)3★ (.85)

Overall

Four Year Ratings Profile

Offense

Four Year Ratings Profile

Defense

Four Year Ratings Profile