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Scotty Walden (3rd year) (5-19) #126
Record: 0 - 0 (0 - 0) | Proj: 0 - 12 (#94) | SOS: (#75)
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UTEP's 2026 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 9/5	UTEP at Oklahoma	+38.5
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/19	UTEP at Michigan	+35
Sat 9/26	UTEP vs Oregon State	+0.5

Record Prediction: 0 - 12 #94
Schedule Rating: #75
Future 2027 Schedule

UTEP's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result	O/U	Cover
Sat 8/30	UTEP at Utah State	+3.5	59.5	L 16 - 28	U	N
Sat 9/6	UTEP vs UT Martin	-7.5	49.5	W 42 - 17	O	Y
Sat 9/13	UTEP at Texas	+39.5	52.5	L 10 - 27	U	Y
Sat 9/20	UTEP vs UL Monroe	-5.5	47.5	L 25 - 31	O	N
Sat 9/27	UTEP vs Louisiana Tech	+3.5	48.5	L 11 - 30	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/8	UTEP vs Liberty	+1.5	46.5	L 8 - 19	U	N
Wed 10/15	UTEP vs Sam Houston	-3.5	46.5	W 35 - 17	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Tue 10/28	UTEP at Kennesaw State	+12.5	53.5	L 20 - 33	U	N
Sat 11/8	UTEP vs Jacksonville State	+1.5	46.5	L 27 - 30	O	N
Sat 11/15	UTEP at Missouri State	+6.5	47.5	L 24 - 38	O	N
Sat 11/22	UTEP vs New Mexico State	-4.0	44.5	L 31 - 34	O	N
Sat 11/29	UTEP at Delaware	+4.5	55.5	L 31 - 61	O	N

2025 Schedule Rating: #128
2025 Record: 2 - 10 (MWC: 1 - 7)
Spread Record 3 - 9 - 0 | O/U 7 - 5

Opponents: Elite, Good, Avg, Bad, Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 1 Elite, 0 Good, 0 Avg, 1 Bad, 9 Poor

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UTEP's 2024 Schedule
Sat 8/31	UTEP at Nebraska	+27.5	49.0	L 7 - 40	U	N
Sat 9/7	UTEP vs Southern Utah	-6.5	54.5	L 24 - 27	U	N
Sat 9/14	UTEP at Liberty	+23.5	57.5	L 10 - 28	U	Y
Sat 9/21	UTEP at Colorado State	+8.5	49.0	L 17 - 27	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/3	UTEP vs Sam Houston	+10.0	49.5	L 21 - 41	O	N
Thu 10/10	UTEP at Western Kentucky	+19.0	55.5	L 17 - 44	O	N
Wed 10/16	UTEP vs Florida International	+7.0	47.0	W 30 - 21	O	Y
Tue 10/22	UTEP at Louisiana Tech	+6.5	49.0	L 10 - 14	U	Y
Sat 11/2	UTEP vs Middle Tennessee	-2.0	48.0	L 13 - 20	U	N
Sat 11/9	UTEP vs Kennesaw State	-4.5	42.0	W 43 - 35	O	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/23	UTEP at Tennessee	+41.5	54.0	L 0 - 56	O	N
Sat 11/30	UTEP at New Mexico State	+3.5	51.5	W 42 - 35	O	Y

UTEP's 2023 Schedule
Sat 8/26	UTEP at Jacksonville State	-1.5	54.5	L 14 - 17	U	N
Sat 9/2	UTEP vs Incarnate Word	-7.5	57.5	W 28 - 14	U	Y
Sat 9/9	UTEP at Northwestern	+1.0	40.0	L 7 - 38	O	N
Sat 9/16	UTEP at Arizona	+18.0	57.0	L 10 - 31	U	N
Sat 9/23	UTEP vs UNLV	-1.0	49.5	L 28 - 45	O	N
Fri 9/29	UTEP vs Louisiana Tech	+2.0	49.5	L 10 - 24	U	N
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/11	UTEP at Florida International	-1.5	44.0	W 27 - 14	U	Y
Wed 10/18	UTEP vs New Mexico State	+3.0	48.5	L 7 - 28	U	N
Wed 10/25	UTEP at Sam Houston	+4.0	38.5	W 37 - 34	O	Y
Sat 11/4	UTEP vs Western Kentucky	+9.5	54.5	L 13 - 21	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/18	UTEP at Middle Tennessee	+8.5	48.5	L 30 - 34	O	Y
Sat 11/25	UTEP vs Liberty	+18.0	54.5	L 28 - 42	O	Y

UTEP's 2022 Schedule
Sat 8/27	UTEP vs North Texas	+1.5	52.5	L 13 - 31	U	N
Sat 9/3	UTEP at Oklahoma	+31.0	58.0	L 13 - 45	U	N
Sat 9/10	UTEP vs New Mexico State	-17.0	46.5	W 20 - 13	U	N
Sat 9/17	UTEP at New Mexico	-2.0	38.0	L 10 - 27	U	N
Fri 9/23	UTEP vs Boise State	+16.0	44.5	W 27 - 10	U	Y
Sat 10/1	UTEP at Charlotte	-3.5	56.0	W 41 - 35	O	Y
Sat 10/8	UTEP at Louisiana Tech	+2.0	52.0	L 31 - 41	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/22	UTEP vs Florida Atlantic	+3.0	50.5	W 24 - 21	U	Y
Sat 10/29	UTEP vs Middle Tennessee	-2.5	52.0	L 13 - 24	U	N
Thu 11/3	UTEP at Rice	+3.5	47.0	L 30 - 37	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/19	UTEP vs Florida International	-14.0	50.0	W 40 - 6	U	Y
Sat 11/26	UTEP at UTSA	+16.5	56.5	L 31 - 34	O	Y

UTEP's 2021 Schedule
Sat 8/28	UTEP at New Mexico State	-9.5	59.0	W 30 - 3	U	Y
Sat 9/4	UTEP vs Bethune-Cookman	-20.5	52.5	W 38 - 28	O	N
Fri 9/10	UTEP at Boise State	+25.0	56.0	L 13 - 54	O	N
	BYE WEEK
Sat 9/25	UTEP vs New Mexico	+2.5	53.5	W 20 - 13	U	Y
Sat 10/2	UTEP vs Old Dominion	-5.5	48.5	W 28 - 21	O	Y
Sat 10/9	UTEP at Southern Miss	-1.0	46.5	W 26 - 13	U	Y
Sat 10/16	UTEP vs Louisiana Tech	+6.5	55.5	W 19 - 3	U	Y
	BYE WEEK
Sat 10/30	UTEP at Florida Atlantic	+11.0	49.0	L 25 - 28	O	Y
Sat 11/6	UTEP vs UTSA	+12.0	53.5	L 23 - 44	O	N
Sat 11/13	UTEP at North Texas	+1.0	55.5	L 17 - 20	U	N
Sat 11/20	UTEP vs Rice	-9.0	47.0	W 38 - 28	O	Y
Fri 11/26	UTEP at UAB	+13.5	49.5	L 25 - 42	O	N
Sat 12/18	UTEP vs Fresno State	+11.5	51.5	L 24 - 31	O	Y

2026 class: 180 points   #90
2025 class: 180 points   #71
2024 class: 164 points   #83
2023 class: 92 points   #110
2022 class: 91 points   #130

Average Class Ranking:   #97
Average Recruiting Points: 141

Four Year Crootin Profile
Declining Average G5
4 Year Class: #86 - Best: #71 Worst: #110

CFB Crootin Averages
Mountain West Class: 168  #104
Group of 5 Class: 169  #101
FBS Class: 198  #70

2021 class: 68 points   #142
2020 class: 118 points   #127
2019 class: 133 points   #117
2018 class: 105 points   #123
2017 class: 86 points   #131

Average Class Ranking:   #128
Average Recruiting Points: 102

Transfer Portal Classes
2026 Portal Class #122 - 23 players, 84 Avg
2025 Portal Class #100 - 31 players, 83 Avg
2024 Portal Class #84 - 28 players, 83 Avg
2023 Portal Class #110 - 3 players, 0 Avg

Transfer Portal Classes

Transfer Portal Classes
2022 Portal Class #170 - 2 players, 79 Avg
2021 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2020 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg
2019 Portal Class NR - players, 0 Avg

Offensive Coordinator Joe Pappalardo (in his first season) #67

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
EJ Colson (Tr)	210	296	71%	2142	16	4	7.2
Raymond Moore III (Tr)	77	141	55%	878	8	7	6.2

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Raymond Moore III (Tr)	76	315	5	4.1	23
EJ Colson (Tr)	108	287	3	2.7	30
Lamar Sperling (Tr)	39	234	1	6.0	63
Elijah McCoy	15	47	0	3.1	12

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Carver Cheeks (Tr)	71	929	6	13.1	75
Jaylan Brown	10	103	0	10.3	34
Judah Ezinwa	4	76	0	19.0	33
Royal Capell (Tr)	10	47	0	4.7	13

(Tr) - new transfer in 2026

Defensive Coordinator Bobby Daly (in his second season) #105

Top Def	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS	PD
Jayden Wilson	92	8	1	6	0
Xavier Smith	60	2	0	1	4
Justin Content	58	6	0	1	6
Kode Lowe	34	4	0	1	0

Sacks	Tack	TFL	SACKS	PRESS
Shakaun Bowser	23	3	2	1
Ekow Taylor	12	2	2	2
Vashon Brunswick II	8	2	1	0
Kaleb Miles (Tr)	15	1	1	0

Pass D	Tack	TFL	PRESS	PD
Justin Content	58	6	1	6
Xavier Smith	60	2	1	4
Preston Hickey (Tr)	6	1	0	1

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: 52% #117
Offense Returning Production: 46% #127
Defense Returning Production: 59% #65
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Transfer Portal
2026 Portal Class #122
23 Commits, 83.6 Avg Rating
34% of 2026 Roster from Portal, 22% TY

Team Talent
2026 Talent Rating: 740.00 #70
Offense Talent #88 | Defense Talent #63
2025 #82 | 2024 #118 | 2023 #114 | 2022 #126

2026 - 2023 Records
2026 Record: 0 - 0
2026 Conf Record: 0 - 0
Spread: 0 - 0 - 0 | Totals: 0 - 0

2025 Record: 2 - 10
2025 Conf Record: 1 - 7
Spread: 3 - 9 - 0 | Totals: 7 - 5

2024 Record: 3 - 9
2024 Conf Record: 3 - 5
Spread: 5 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 6 - 6

2023 Record: 3 - 9
2023 Conf Record: 2 - 6
Spread: 6 - 6 - 0 | Totals: 5 - 7

Four Year Record: 8 - 28
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 14 - 22 - 0
Four Year Conference Record: 6 - 18

2022 - 2019 Records
2022 Record: 5 - 7
2022 Conf Record: 3 - 5
Spread: 5 - 7 - 0 | Totals: 4 - 8

2021 Record: 7 - 6
2021 Conf Record: 4 - 4
Spread: 8 - 5 - 0 | Totals: 8 - 5

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

2019 Record: 1 - 11
2019 Conf Record: 0 - 8
Spread: 3 - 9 - 0 | Totals: 7 - 5

Eight Year Record: 24 - 57
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 35 - 46 - 0
Eight Year Conference Record: 15 - 39

UTEP Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2021	Mexico Bowl	UTEP vs Fresno State	+11.5	51.5	L 24 - 31

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	.02 (130)	1.46 (2)	33% (135)	3.42 (97)	28.5 (82)	30%	54%	.11 (45)	1.21 (46)	39% (42)	3.85 (85)	30.7 (112)

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	.07 (121)	1.15 (125)	37% (124)	2.81 (132)	27.1 (113)	33%	30%	.13 (46)	1.38 (111)	40% (42)	3.85 (78)	34 (132)

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	12	25:38	16.8	30%	54%	5.9	57.1	2	1	6.8	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	12	27:57	16.7	33%	30%	5.7	50.9	1.6	1.5	7.1	2.9	2

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	12	23.3	24	20.2	33% (135)	3.42 (97)	2	17	332	116	216	3.7	44% (113)	54% (27)	36% (129)	31% (135)	19% (123)	.02 (130)
2025 Defense	12	30.4	26.8	37.4	39.3% (42)	3.85 (85)	1	-	-	-	-	-	54% (112)	45% (25)	37% (13)	42% (75)	16% (67)	.11 (45)

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	12	19.5	26.2	14.7	37% (124)	2.81 (132)	1.6	17	321	121	200	3.3	52% (56)	47% (81)	38% (118)	36% (117)	20% (126)	.07 (121)
2024 Defense	12	32.3	28.8	34.9	39.7% (42)	3.85 (78)	1.5	-	-	-	-	-	54% (103)	46% (36)	40% (42)	39% (46)	18% (34)	.13 (46)

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	12	44% (113)	36% (129)	31.3	115.6	3.7	14 (99)	.05 (105)	2.14 (133)	60% (127)	11% (107)	1.17 (5)
2025 Defense	12	54% (112)	37% (13)	-	-	-	-	.02 (23)	2.63 (22)	64% (21)	11% (32)	0.98 (80)

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	12	52% (56)	38% (118)	36.4	120.8	3.3	9 (125)	.02 (118)	2.8 (106)	59% (127)	13% (125)	0.88 (114)
2024 Defense	12	54% (103)	40% (42)	-	-	-	-	.07 (40)	2.85 (44)	59% (7)	12% (18)	1.07 (102)

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	12	54% (27)	31% (135)	18.7	34.2	216.3	6.3	11.6	21 (61)	20 (136)	.03 (130)	1.7 (17)	34% (115)	24% (125)	.21 (104)	8% (128)	2.1 (31)
2025 Defense	12	45% (25)	42% (75)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 (123)	.24 (65)	1.4 (21)	32% (50)	27% (31)	.12 (10)	5% (110)	1.5 (1)

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	12	47% (81)	36% (117)	18.6	30.4	200	6.6	10.8	15 (98)	12 (85)	.15 (108)	1.5 (112)	34% (111)	23% (128)	.23 (104)	7% (110)	2.2 (20)
2024 Defense	12	46% (36)	39% (46)	-	-	-	-	-	-	11 (52)	.21 (54)	1.7 (115)	34% (34)	30% (56)	.28 (59)	6% (66)	2.1 (75)

Overall

Team Info

Power #112SP+ #129

Record Prediction: Schedule Not Releaased Yet

Coaching staff Rank #121

2025 Record

2 - 10
MWC 1 - 7

Vs Spread3 - 9 - 0Totals7 - 5

One Score Games '25: (0-3)(2-6 under S.W.)

5 Year Profile

Consistent Poor G5

'26 Profile

Remains Poor G5

Performance #126

Special Teams #101

Returning Production

From 2025

66% #52

QB EJ Colson (IW Portal) likely starter

Offense 46% #127

Defense 59% #65

Returning Starters: 4 (Off: 0) - (Def: 4)

Proj Portal Starters: 9 (Off: 4) - (Def: 5)

Exp'd Depth: 6 (Off: 2) - (Def: 4)

OL Prod: 33% #1160 starters, 0 exp'd depth

OL Snaps: 2,480 #86From Portal: 2265 #24

Rush Prod: 53% #88

Rec Prod: 39% #109

Front Seven: 55% #85

Secondary: 64% #45

Roster

Talent Info

Talent #70

Blue Chips (2%) #72

Offense Talent #88

Defense Talent #63

Portal Class #12223 players (84 Avg)

Crootin '26 Class #904 YR Class Rating #86

Talent Profile

Declining Average G5

34% of Roster from Portal, 22% TY

67% of '26 Roster are New (Fr + Portals)

(OC) Joe Pappalardo 1

#67

(DC) Bobby Daly 2

#105

2026 Schedule

Information

SOS #75

UTEP plays 0 opps off a bye

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

2025 Record: 2 - 10 (3 - 9 - 0) (MWC: 1 - 7)

2024 Record: 3 - 9 (5 - 7 - 0) (MWC: 3 - 5)

Win History

Past 5 years 4

Avg under Scotty W 2.5

4 Yr Record (8 - 28)

8 Yr Record (24 - 57)

Notes

Live Team Notes

Vibes: Liked Walden hire, but this isn't working

Walden hired ST coach Joe Pappalardo as OC?

QB EJ Colson was good at FCS Incarnate Word

Walden has 75 croots in his era but no results

QB Raymond Moore was OK as FCS Fr, mobile

RB 2 portals, lots of projects, Sperling (Buf) exp'd

WR Cheeks (FCS) intriguing, lots of ? here

OL 4 portals, 2 were starters & projects/freshman

F7 are mostly FCS portals and projects, DL Ok

DBs most exp'd, 2 decent CBs, 2 exp'd Safeties

Roster Experience

Snaps & Starter Info

Snaps Returning

12,182 (66%) #86

67%of Snaps by Upperclass

Offense: 5,217 #104

Defense: 6,965 #58

Players with Starting Exp (23) 9 on Off, 14 on Def

Upperclass

Starters 4 of 22 (18.2%)2-Deep 8 of 44 (18.2%)

Senior/Gr starters: 2 (9.1%) (Off: 0, Def: 2)

Upperclass Two-Deep: 8 of 44 (18.2%)

Upperclass on Roster: 36.4%(39 of 107)

Portals

Top '26 Incoming Portals

EJ Colson (QB)3★ (.86)

Carver Cheeks (WR)3★ (.85)

Royal Capell (WR)3★ (.84)

LaTristan Thompson (CB)3★ (.83)

Omoruyi Aliu-Otokiti (IOL)3★ (.82)

Isaiah Bogerty (LB)3★ (.82)

Tavorus Jones (RB)4★ (.00)

Sterling Miles (EDGE)3★ (.00)

Top Players

Top Performers on Roster

Carver Cheeks (WR)(929 Yds, 6 TD)

Jayden Wilson (LB)(92 Tac, 8 TFL)

Brian Williams Jr. (G)(C Block Grade)

Kaleb Miles (CB)(2 Int, 0 Pd)

EJ Colson (QB)(2142 Yds, 16 TD)

Justin Content (CB)(1 Int, 6 Pd)

Jackson Bradley (G)(C Block Grade)

Xavier Smith (S)(1 Int, 4 Pd)

Recruits

Top '26 Incoming Recruits

Adarius Hutchinson (S)3★ (.86)

DeCorian Thompson (S)3★ (.86)

Kane White-Tinsley (S)3★ (.86)

Blake Hamilton (WR)3★ (.86)

Caynan James (DL)3★ (.86)

Eddie Lartigue (IOL)3★ (.86)

Bodey Weaver (QB)3★ (.85)

DAdrian Tinney-Anderson (DL)3★ (.85)

Overall

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Defense

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