| Quarterbacks | Yr | H/W | Passing | Rushing | Pass Grade | Run Grade | Pass PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #11 Nicholas Vattiato (QB) | SR (0) | 6'1"/205 | 269/418 (64%), 3092 Yds, 16 TD / 10 INT | 86 Car, 77 Yds, (0.9 YPC), 1 TD, 5 FUM | A- | D+ | #69 | 774 (98%) | 0.84 | 3* HS ('21) |
| #16 Roman Gagliano (QB) | SO ('3) | 6'3"/224 | 4/9 (44%), 41 Yds, 0 TD / 0 INT | 2 Car, 5 Yds, (2.5 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM | D+ | C+ | #302 | 17 (2%) | 0 | NA |
| #00 S. Anderson-Lofton (QB) | FR ('3) | 6'1"/215 | 0 | 0.84 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Running Backs | Yr | H/W | Rushing | Receiving | Run Grade | Rec Grade | Rush PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #28 Rickey Hunt Jr. (RB) | SO ('2) | 5'11"/203 | 76 Car, 393 Yds, (5.2 YPC), 2 TD, 0 FUM | 6 Rec, 23 Yds, (3.8 YPR), 0 TD | #295 | 0 | 0.83 | TLSA ('25) | ||
| #32 Jekail Middlebrook (RB) | SO ('2) | 5'9"/191 | 60 Car, 273 Yds, (4.6 YPC), 2 TD, 0 FUM | 22 Rec, 163 Yds, (7.4 YPR), 1 TD | B+ | B | #224 | 216 (26%) | 0 | NA |
| #00 Brian Brewton (RB) | GR (0) | 5'7"/173 | 0 Car, 0 Yds, (0 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 2 Rec, 7 Yds, (3.5 YPR), 0 TD | B+ | #414 | 2 (0%) | 0.83 | CONN ('24) | |
| #00 Kiandrea Barker (RB) | FR ('3) | 5'11"/183 | 0 | 0.87 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Dominic Taylor (RB) | FR ('3) | 6'0"/186 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Rai'keyrean Chandler (RB) | FR ('3) | 6'0"/205 | 0 | 0.82 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Wide Receivers | Yr | H/W | Receiving | Rushing | Rec Grade | Block Grade | Rec PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #5 Myles Butler (WR) | SR (0) | 6'2"/198 | 30 Rec, 366 Yds, (12.2 YPR), 3 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | C | A | #221 | 554 (54%) | 0 | NA |
| #86 Cam'ron Lacy (WR) | SO ('2) | 5'8"/153 | 20 Rec, 190 Yds, (9.5 YPR), 0 TD, 1 FUM | 1 Car, 1 Yds, 0 TD | C | C- | #565 | 275 (27%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #17 Gamarion Carter (WR) | SR (0) | 6'2"/189 | 12 Rec, 123 Yds, (10.3 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | D+ | D+ | #577 | 220 (21%) | 0.84 | VAN ('24) |
| #1 Amorion Walker (WR) | SR ('1) | 6'3"/182 | 3 Rec, 34 Yds, (11.3 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | C | B | #737 | 42 (2.4%) | 0.84 | MICH ('25) |
| #6 AJ Jones (WR) | JR ('1) | 6'4"/210 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | C- | B | 13 (0.6%) | 0.82 | ARIZ ('25) | |
| #27 Caleb Dochnahl (WR) | SR ('1) | 6'1"/201 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||||
| #15 Tyree Patterson (WR) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/175 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | 0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD | C | B- | 5 (0%) | 0.86 | UCF ('25) | |
| #84 Tyson Resper (WR) | JR ('1) | 5'8"/167 | 0 | 0 | NA | |||||
| #81 Kason Stokes (WR) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/180 | 0 | 0.85 | UCF ('25) | |||||
| #00 Neo Clifton (WR) | FR ('3) | 6'2"/185 | 0 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Ben Hubbard (WR) | FR ('3) | 5'10"/170 | 0 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Tight Ends | Yr | H/W | Receiving | Rec Grade | Run Block Grade | Pass Block Grade | Rec PPA | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #42 Evan Poticher (TE) | SO ('3) | 6'3"/237 | 6 Rec, 45 Yds, (7.5 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | C- | D | C- | 188 (18%) | 0 | NA | |
| #82 Hunter Tipton (TE) | JR ('2) | 6'5"/235 | 5 Rec, 23 Yds, (4.6 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | D+ | C- | D+ | 147 (8.4%) | 0.82 | LT ('25) | |
| #41 Slade Alexander (TE) | SR (0) | 6'2"/222 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | D+ | C | D+ | 89 (8%) | 0 | NA | |
| #89 Daniel Gonzalez (TE) | GR (0) | 6'5"/289 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | F | F | 160 (15%) | 0 | NA | ||
| #85 Brody Benke (TE) | SO ('3) | 6'4"/249 | 0 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM | C | C+ | 3 (0%) | 0.81 | 3* HS ('24) | ||
| #19 Tayvion Galloway (TE) | SO ('2) | 6'5"/230 | 0 | 0.85 | PUR ('25) | |||||
| #00 Wilson Hodges (TE) | FR ('3) | 6'4"/220 | 0 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Offensive Lineman | Yr | H/W | Grade | Run Block | Pass Block | Snaps | Rating | Origin | ||
| #79 Zach Clayton (T) | SO ('3) | 6'5"/296 | F | F (33%) | D+ (67%) | 594 (77%) | 0.82 | 3* HS ('24) | ||
| #73 Marcus Miller (T) | SR (0) | 6'4"/299 | F | D (33%) | F (67%) | 435 (56%) | 0.83 | UNLV ('24) | ||
| #00 Kyle Larkin (OT) | FR ('3) | 6'5"/295 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| #55 Mateo Guevara (G) | JR ('1) | 6'4"/309 | D | C- (34%) | C- (66%) | 757 (90%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('22) | ||
| #71 Ellis Adams (G) | GR (0) | 6'4"/372 | B- | B+ (31%) | C (69%) | 535 (64%) | 0.82 | TNTC ('24) | ||
| #74 Ethan Ellis (G) | GR (0) | 6'6"/309 | D+ | B- (34%) | D (66%) | 309 (37%) | 0 | NA | ||
| #70 Isaac Rue (G) | SO ('2) | 6'6"/307 | D | F (44%) | C (56%) | 77 (9%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('23) | ||
| #56 E.J. Harris (G) | JR ('2) | 6'5"/321 | B+ | A- (66%) | A- (34%) | 35 (2.4%) | 0.84 | AUB ('25) | ||
| #73 Joseph Habinowski (G) | GR (0) | 6'5"/317 | B- | B (100%) | F (0%) | 33 (2.4%) | 0.83 | OHIO ('25) | ||
| #63 Alex Gale (G) | SO ('3) | 6'3"/300 | C+ | B- (14%) | C (86%) | 7 (1%) | 0.82 | 3* HS ('24) | ||
| #00 O. Janse Van Rensburg (IOL) | FR ('3) | 6'4"/300 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| #00 Bo Bryan (IOL) | FR ('3) | 6'5"/300 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| #68 Jason Overton (OL) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/285 | 0.81 | 3* HS ('24) | ||||||
| Defensive Line | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #40 Anthony Bynum (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'3"/257 | 60 Tac, 22 Solo, 7 TFL, 3 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (52%) | D (48%) | A- (0%) | 614 (66%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('23) |
| #89 Brandon Buckner (DE) | SR (0) | 6'0"/248 | 37 Tac, 18 Solo, 4 TFL, 3 Sacks, 5 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B- (49%) | B- (45%) | B- (6%) | 534 (58%) | 0.86 | ORE ('23) |
| #46 Reggie Johnson (DE) | SR ('1) | 6'4"/220 | C+ (100%) | 2 (0%) | 0 | NA | ||||
| #35 Zeion Simpson-Smith (DE) | SO ('2) | 6'1"/235 | 0 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('24) | |||||
| #00 Darnell Malpress (DE) | FR ('3) | 6'3"/205 | 0 | 0.82 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #98 Shakai Woods (DT) | SO ('2) | 6'1"/292 | 42 Tac, 20 Solo, 4 TFL, 1 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A (56%) | B- (44%) | B+ (0%) | 533 (69%) | 0 | NA |
| #92 Damonte Smith (DT) | SR (0) | 6'3"/298 | 25 Tac, 10 Solo, 4 TFL, 2 Sacks, 3 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B- (53%) | B (47%) | 493 (63%) | 0 | NA | |
| #96 James Gillespie (DT) | SR ('1) | 6'3"/295 | 10 Tac, 3 Solo, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B- (54%) | B- (46%) | 157 (20%) | 0.85 | 3* HS ('21) | |
| #93 Aidan Butts (DT) | SO ('3) | 6'3"/252 | 10 Tac, 2 Solo, 2 TFL, 2 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | F (63%) | C (37%) | C (0%) | 191 (25%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('24) |
| #91 Felix Hixon (DT) | JR ('1) | 6'3"/302 | 8 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C (59%) | C+ (41%) | 164 (21%) | 0.84 | SC ('24) | |
| #45 Ja'Darious Morris (DT) | SO ('2) | 6'1"/255 | 2 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | F (100%) | 5 (1%) | 0 | NA | ||
| #47 Tiyyan Robinson (DT) | SO ('3) | 6'5"/232 | C- (70%) | C- (30%) | 10 (1%) | 0.82 | 3* HS ('24) | |||
| #00 Archie Roseman (DL) | FR ('3) | 6'2"/320 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Linebackers | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #9 Parker Hughes (LB) | SR (0) | 6'2"/212 | 69 Tac, 28 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C- (53%) | B- (3%) | D (44%) | 462 (77%) | 0 | NA |
| #51 Amarrien Bailey (LB) | SO ('3) | 6'0"/212 | 22 Tac, 9 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | F (61%) | F (4%) | C- (35%) | 179 (30%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('24) |
| #52 Muaaz Byard (LB) | JR ('1) | 6'1"/223 | 21 Tac, 13 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 2 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | A- (59%) | B- (26%) | D+ (15%) | 152 (25%) | 0 | NA |
| #56 Jayson Lowe (LB) | JR ('2) | 6'2"/220 | 4 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (83%) | B+ (17%) | 24 (4%) | 0.81 | 3* HS ('24) | |
| #58 Korey Smith (LB) | SO ('3) | 6'0"/220 | 4 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | D (76%) | C- (3%) | D+ (21%) | 63 (10%) | 0 | NA |
| #43 Markel James (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'2"/227 | 3 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (100%) | 18 (3%) | 0 | NA | ||
| #50 Elijah Carney (LB) | SO ('2) | 6'0"/222 | 2 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | 0 | 0 | NA | |||
| #00 Micah Smith (LB) | FR ('3) | 6'2"/225 | 0 | 0.83 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Secondary | Yr | H/W | Defensive Stats | Pass Defense | Run D | Pass Rush | Cov | Snaps | Rating | Origin |
| #24 Trevon Ferrell (CB) | JR ('1) | 5'10"/178 | 16 Tac, 11 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (39%) | D+ (11%) | D (50%) | 145 (15%) | 0 | NA |
| #21 Abdul Muhammad (CB) | SR ('1) | 6'2"/175 | 12 Tac, 8 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C- (48%) | C- (1%) | D+ (52%) | 269 (27%) | 0 | NA |
| #2 De'Arre McDonald (CB) | GR (0) | 6'0"/205 | 10 Tac, 10 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS) | F (58%) | A+ (2%) | B+ (41%) | 165 (17%) | 0.86 | CIN ('22) |
| #25 Jackson Lowe (CB) | SO ('3) | 6'1"/188 | 1 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C+ (41%) | D+ (59%) | 17 (2%) | 0.81 | 3* HS ('24) | |
| #26 Jared Douglas (S) | SR ('1) | 6'1"/181 | 24 Tac, 14 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B (61%) | C (1%) | B- (38%) | 188 (20%) | 0 | NA |
| #27 Rickey Smith (S) | SR (0) | 6'0"/177 | 24 Tac, 9 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | C- (50%) | C- (10%) | C- (40%) | 230 (24%) | 0 | NA |
| #7 Brendon Harris (S) | GR (0) | 6'1"/210 | 18 Tac, 9 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (36%) | D (6%) | C- (57%) | 124 (13%) | 0.83 | WAKE ('24) |
| #39 Jordan Beasley (S) | SO ('3) | 6'1"/195 | 4 Tac, 3 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur | 0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS) | B+ (96%) | C+ (4%) | 27 (3%) | 0.83 | 3* HS ('24) | |
| #00 DJ Taylor (S) | FR ('3) | 6'0"/186 | 0 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| #00 Camari Hall (S) | FR ('3) | 5'8"/175 | 0 | 0.82 | 3* HS ('25) | |||||
| Kickers | Yr | H/W | Field Goals | XPs | Points | FG Grade | Kickoffs | Rating | Origin | |
| #00 Baylen Woodman (K) | FR ('3) | 6'1"/190 | 0.8 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| Punters | Yr | H/W | Punts | Acc | Grade | Rank | Rating | Origin | ||
| #96 Jacob Taylor (P) | SO ('2) | 5'10"/190 | 0.86 | 3* HS ('25) | ||||||
| FR ATH - No Position Yet | Yr | H/W | Rating | Origin | ||||||
| #00 Elijah Hunter (ATH) | FR ('3) | 6'1"/195 | 0.84 | 3* HS ('25) |
Total Team Talent for '25 is: 432, #120 in CFB. 0.83 Avg Per Player. Blue Chip Ratio 0%
Breakdown - Offense: 211.74 (40) Defense: 127.04 (31) ST: 15 (2)
74 Total players, 17 from Transfer Portal. 17.3% of roster is from the Portal.
13 from the '25 Transfer Portal. 13.3% of roster is from this years Portal, 37 players left via portal after '24.
Roster Breakdown: 0 elite players, 0 great players, 0 very good players, 8 good players, 44 JAGS, 0 low JAGS, 0 JAG- players
Snaps by class: FR: 0 (0%), SO: 3552 (30%), JR: 1673 (14%), SR: 5209 (44%), GR: 1443 (12%)
24 players have no stats and no recruiting/portal ratings excluded from totals.
QB Exp: (100%), Prod: (100%) Nicholas Vattiato returns, their starting QB from last year.
RB Exp: (26%), Prod: (54%) lost their lead Rusher, but returns their #2 Jekail Middlebrook, from last year.
Middle Tennessee lost their top 2 WR's from last year.
WR Exp: (53%), Prod: (30%) OL Experience: T: (67%): G: (100%): C: (0%):
Middle Tennessee OL: 4 starters back, 1 with multi game experience, 1 more with some game experience.
Portal OL: 0 potential OL starters from '25 Portal, 0 more Portals have experience.
DL Experience: DE: (62%) DT: (100%)
LB Experience: (50%)
Secondary Experience: CB: (31%) S: (30%)
Kicker Experience: (0%), Punter: (0%)
Return Experience - QB 100%, Skill Players 35%, Off Line 56%, Front Seven 71%, Secondary 31% | Offense 53% - Defense 55%
Return Off Production - Pass Yds: 100%, Rush Yds: 54%, Rec Yds: 30%,
Return Def Production - Tackles: 51%, Sacks: 70%, QB Hurries: 75%, TFLs: 62%, Pass Def: 28%, INTs: 20%