New Mexico's Roster/Depth Chart for 2025
New Mexico's 2025 Team Roster/Depth Chart Outlook
NOTE: Only players with stats or recruiting/portal ratings are listed. Def Snap % are best estimates.

QuarterbacksYrH/WPassingRushingPass GradeRun GradePass PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#2 Jack Layne (QB)JR ('2)6'2"/206162/237 (68%), 1940 Yds, 12 TD / 9 INT48 Car, 94 Yds, (2 YPC), 2 TD, 2 FUM AC#48559 (91%)0.83IDHO ('25)
#13 James Laubstein (QB)SR ('1)6'3"/21110/14 (71%), 96 Yds, 2 TD / 0 INT26 Car, 192 Yds, (7.4 YPC), 0 TD, 0 FUM A-A-#18252 (9%)0NA
#12 Cole Welliver (QB)FR ('3)6'7"/224     00.84CONN ('25)
Running BacksYrH/WRushingReceivingRun GradeRec GradeRush PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#1 Damon Bankston (RB)SR ('1)5'10"/18675 Car, 418 Yds, (5.6 YPC), 4 TD, 1 FUM20 Rec, 323 Yds, (16.2 YPR), 3 TDB+A#102217 (32%)0.85WEB ('25)
#22 Scottre Humphrey (RB)JR ('2)5'10"/20975 Car, 347 Yds, (4.6 YPC), 5 TD, 1 FUM3 Rec, 22 Yds, (7.3 YPR), 1 TDB+F#48173 (26%)0.88MTST ('25)
#4 D.J. McKinney (RB)SO ('3)5'8"/18274 Car, 313 Yds, (4.2 YPC), 5 TD, 0 FUM10 Rec, 92 Yds, (9.2 YPR), 0 TDB+B#270213 (32%)0.85SHSU ('25)
#8 Deshaun Buchanan (RB)SO ('3)5'9"/1936 Car, 24 Yds, (4 YPC), 0 TD, 1 FUM6 Rec, 56 Yds, (9.3 YPR), 0 TDC-A-#54972 (11%)0.84IDHO ('25)
#23 Zach Vigil (RB)JR ('1)5'10"/179     002* HS ('22)
Wide ReceiversYrH/WReceivingRushingRec GradeBlock GradeRec PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#6 Keagan Johnson (WR)SR ('1)6'0"/19943 Rec, 555 Yds, (12.9 YPR), 3 TD, 0 FUM2 Car, 9 Yds, 0 TDA-C+#106482 (64%)0.85KSU ('25)
#14 Shawn Miller (WR)JR ('2)6'0"/19912 Rec, 180 Yds, (15 YPR), 1 TD, 1 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDC+D#301398 (53%)0.83ILL ('24)
#00 Zhaiel Smith (WR)FR ('4)6'0"/1847 Rec, 57 Yds, (8.1 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM1 Car, -2 Yds, 0 TDDB-#754364 (48%)0.83* HS ('25)
#17 Michael Buckley (WR)JR ('1)6'0"/1796 Rec, 76 Yds, (12.7 YPR), 0 TD, 2 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDC-C+#482248 (33%)0NA
#5 Isaiah Blair (WR)JR ('2)5'11"/1941 Rec, 18 Yds, (18 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TDCB#71711 (1%)0NA
#9 Kader Diop (WR)JR ('2)5'11"/1760 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM0 Car, 0 Yds, 0 TD B- 2 (0%)0NA
#10 Evan Wysong (WR)SO ('2)5'9"/161     00.813* HS ('21)
#84 Xavier Van (WR)JR ('1)5'11"/178     00.74USD ('23)
#21 Deriece Brown (WR)FR ('3)6'3"/195     00NA
Tight EndsYrH/WReceivingRec GradeRun Block GradePass Block GradeRec PPASnapsRatingOrigin
#7 Dorian Thomas (TE)SO ('3)6'4"/23943 Rec, 452 Yds, (10.5 YPR), 4 TD, 1 FUMA+DB- 408 (51%)0.83ARIZ ('25)
#88 Cade Keith (TE)FR ('4)6'5"/23919 Rec, 228 Yds, (12 YPR), 2 TD, 0 FUMA+FB- 224 (28%)0.79TCU ('25)
#85 Simon Mapa (TE)JR ('2)6'4"/2553 Rec, 42 Yds, (14 YPR), 2 TD, 0 FUMA+C-B- 164 (20%)0.82CAL ('25)
#11 Aiden Valdez (TE)JR ('2)6'4"/2420 Rec, 0 Yds, (0 YPR), 0 TD, 0 FUM DA- 9 (1%)0.82CAMP ('25)
Offensive LinemanYrH/WGradeRun BlockPass Block  SnapsRatingOrigin
#68 Tyler Lawrence (T)SO ('3)6'4"/305D+C- (47%)C (54%)  600 (98%)0.82AFA ('25)
#51 Malik Aliane (T)JR ('1)6'1"/310C-C+ (46%)C (54%)  534 (87%)0NA
#72 Nevell Brown (T)SR ('1)6'3"/287B-B+ (51%)C- (49%)  175 (29%)0.83AAMU ('25)
#70 Mason Jones (T)SR ('1)6'6"/311C+B- (50%)C+ (50%)  2 (0%)0.74BUCK ('25)
#77 Tevin Shaw (T)JR ('1)6'4"/306D+D (38%)C+ (62%)  37 (6%)0.83HOU ('24)
#78 Richard Pearce (G)SR ('1)6'2"/311BB (44%)B- (56%)  371 (61%)0.82ECU ('24)
#66 Israel Mukwiza (G)SR ('1)6'1"/329C+B (46%)C+ (54%)  307 (50%)0.82MER ('25)
#58 Jaymar Tasi (G)FR ('4)6'2"/308A-A (53%)C- (47%)  320 (52%)0NA
#50 Isaiah Sillemon (G)SR ('1)6'1"/310DD+ (47%)C- (53%)  152 (25%)0.823* HS ('21)
#53 James Bailey (G)JR ('2)6'3"/301C+B- (50%)C+ (50%)  2 (0%)0.81TA&M ('24)
#59 Kaden Robnett (C)FR ('3)6'2"/296BB (46%)B- (54%)  609 (100%)0.82IDHO ('25)
#71 Travis Gray (OL)JR ('1)6'6"/321    0.85COLO ('23)
#78 Arrison Cole (OL)JR ('1)6'7"/314    02* HS ('21)
#63 Cayden Romero (OL)SO ('2)6'5"/363    02* HS ('22)
#55 Elvin Harris (OL)SO ('2)6'6"/316    0.81CAMP ('24)
#47 Trey Dubuc (LS)SO ('2)6'1"/209    0.78USF ('25)
Defensive LineYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#1 Keyshawn James-Newby (DE)SR ('1)6'2"/24434 Tac, 20 Solo, 8 TFL, 6 Sacks, 4 QB Hur4 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B+ (40%)A+ (58%)C- (2%)488 (101%)0.86IDHO ('25)
#45 Brett Karhu (DE)SR ('1)6'0"/22620 Tac, 12 Solo, 8 TFL, 4 Sacks, 4 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (40%)A- (59%)A- (1%)406 (84%)0NA
#15 Xavier Slayton (DE)JR ('2)6'2"/24319 Tac, 9 Solo, 3 TFL, 2 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)B+ (29%)B- (68%)C+ (4%)220 (46%)0.85IDHO ('25)
#10 Darren Agu (DE)JR ('2)6'6"/24417 Tac, 9 Solo, 3 TFL, 1 Sacks, 1 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A+ (39%)A- (58%)D+ (3%)220 (46%)0.83VAN ('25)
#19 Elijah Brody (DE)SO ('3)6'1"/2298 Tac, 3 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (48%)C- (52%) 71 (15%)0NA
#97 Cody Thumlert (DE)FR ('4)6'3"/200  B- (44%)C- (56%) 9 (2%)0NA
#92 Brian Booker (DT)JR ('2)6'3"/32512 Tac, 8 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 1 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (50%)B- (49%)B- (1%)250 (52%)0.74TXSO ('25)
#17 Okiki Olorunfunmi (DT)SR ('1)6'5"/26512 Tac, 6 Solo, 2 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (43%)D+ (57%)C+ (0%)201 (42%)0.83WEB ('24)
#9 Gabriel Lopez (DT)SR ('1)6'2"/24612 Tac, 4 Solo, 5 TFL, 2 Sacks, 1 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (38%)B- (60%)D+ (3%)391 (81%)0.83WSU ('23)
#94 Jalen McIver (DT)SO ('3)6'4"/2816 Tac, 2 Solo, 2 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (51%)B- (48%)C- (1%)90 (19%)0NA
#31 Landon Williams (DT)JR ('1)6'4"/2363 Tac, 2 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (39%)C (61%)C+ (0%)31 (6%)0NA
#54 Hunter Haemker (DT)JR ('1)6'2"/2231 Tac, 0 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)   00NA
#52 RJ Adams (DT)SR ('0)6'3"/317     00.82NCAT ('25)
#55 Sa'Kylee Woodard (DT)FR ('3)6'4"/267     00.83* HS ('24)
#98 Max Lantzsch (DT)JR ('1)6'6"/263     00.78ECU ('23)
LinebackersYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#6 Jaxton Eck (LB)JR ('2)6'1"/22495 Tac, 49 Solo, 4 TFL, 1 Sacks, 2 QB Hur2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A+ (39%)B+ (7%)B (53%)552 (143%)0.85IDHO ('25)
#20 Ky'won McCray (LB)SR ('1)6'4"/20025 Tac, 14 Solo, 3 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (48%)A- (9%)B- (43%)223 (58%)0.82JVST ('25)
#16 Mercury Swaim (LB)JR ('1)5'10"/21322 Tac, 11 Solo, 5 TFL, 1 Sacks, 1 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A (49%)A- (5%)B+ (46%)202 (52%)0NA
#22 Dimitri Johnson (LB)SR ('1)6'1"/23520 Tac, 11 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (44%)D (8%)B+ (48%)119 (31%)0NA
#33 Randolph Kpai (LB)SR ('1)6'2"/21910 Tac, 6 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A- (66%)C+ (3%)C- (31%)35 (9%)0.91NEB ('24)
#00 Albert Nunes (LB)SR ('1)6'1"/2073 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (48%)B+ (7%)C- (45%)29 (8%)0.74UNI ('25)
SecondaryYrH/WDefensive StatsPass DefenseRun DPass RushCovSnapsRatingOrigin
#12 Jon Johnson (CB)SR ('1)5'11"/18137 Tac, 24 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur3 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)A (39%)C+ (0%)A- (61%)512 (73%)0NA
#5 Frankie Edwards III (CB)SO ('3)5'10"/17436 Tac, 22 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (39%)C- (1%)B- (60%)353 (51%)0.84WEB ('25)
#2 Abraham Williams (CB)SR ('1)6'1"/18622 Tac, 17 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur3 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (38%)C (1%)B+ (61%)321 (46%)0.84IDHO ('25)
#24 Azariah Levells (CB)SR ('1)5'11"/1868 Tac, 6 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (28%)C+ (1%)D+ (71%)105 (15%)0.74SFA ('25)
#29 Aaron Smith (CB)SR ('1)6'0"/1803 Tac, 3 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (48%) D (52%)25 (4%)0NA
#28 Jahmir Torres (CB)FR ('4)5'10"/1763 Tac, 3 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D+ (63%) F (38%)16 (2%)0NA
#4 Jayden Sheridan (CB)SR ('1)5'11"/1781 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C+ (67%) B (33%)21 (3%)0.74UT ('25)
#25 D'Sean Martinez (CB)JR ('2)5'11"/181  B+ (39%) B+ (61%)41 (6%)0NA
#7 Tavian Combs (S)SR ('1)6'2"/19645 Tac, 24 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur2 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)A- (39%)C (2%)B- (59%)495 (54%)0.782* HS ('20)
#26 CJ McBean (S)FR ('4)6'2"/19431 Tac, 17 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)A (38%)C (0%)C- (61%)411 (45%)0NA
#18 Caleb Coleman (S)SR ('1)6'2"/19126 Tac, 19 Solo, 1 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur2 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)D (41%)C+ (3%)B+ (56%)337 (37%)0.74TXST ('25)
#3 David Murphy (S)JR ('2)5'10"/19522 Tac, 9 Solo, 2 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 1 INT (0 TDS)A (33%)D+ (6%)B (61%)162 (18%)0NA
#47 Drew Speech (S)JR ('1)6'2"/1978 Tac, 5 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur6 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (35%) A+ (65%)258 (28%)0NA
#21 Austin Brawley (S)SR ('1)5'10"/1804 Tac, 3 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur1 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (47%) B- (53%)47 (5%)0.74OHIO ('25)
#8 Clint Stephens (S)JR ('2)6'1"/2034 Tac, 1 Solo, 1 TFL, 1 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B (48%)B (2%)D+ (50%)46 (5%)0.89UCLA ('25)
#13 Chris Gant Jr. (S)FR ('3)5'9"/1993 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)C- (47%) F (53%)32 (4%)0.83UNT ('25)
#11 C.J. Johnson (S)SO ('2)6'2"/2051 Tac, 1 Solo, 0 TFL, 0 Sacks, 0 QB Hur0 PD, 0 INT (0 TDS)B- (50%) C- (50%)30 (3%)0.82AUB ('25)
#35 Victor Villafuerte (S)JR ('1)6'2"/201  C (67%)B (33%) 3 (0%)0NA
#15 Hunter Wiggins (S)JR ('1)6'0"/197     003* HS ('23)
KickersYrH/WField GoalsXPsPointsFG GradeKickoffsRatingOrigin
#13 Luke Drzewiecki (K)SR ('1)6'0"/18610/11 (90.9%), Long 46 Yds30/3060 PtsB+  0NA
#31 Grant Glasgow (K)JR ('1)6'1"/194    B+ 0NA
PuntersYrH/WPuntsAccGradeRank  RatingOrigin
#96 Daniel Hughes (P)SO ('3)6'5"/23523, 1051 YDS (45.7 YPP), Long 64 YDS9 In 20, 1 TBB+C  0NA
#35 Charles Steinkamp (P)JR ('1)6'5"/211      0NA

Head Coach Jason Eck is a new hire, OC Luke Schleusner is a new hire, DC Spence Nowinsky is a new hire
Total Team Talent for '25 is: 394, #127 in CFB. 0.81 Avg Per Player. Blue Chip Ratio 1.33%
Breakdown - Offense: 169.74 (37) Defense: 135.22 (40) ST: 0 (4)
81 Total players, 45 from Transfer Portal. 28.8% of roster is from the Portal.
40 from the '25 Transfer Portal. 25.6% of roster is from this years Portal, 44 players left via portal after '24.
Roster Breakdown: 0 elite players, 0 great players, 1 very good players, 3 good players, 35 JAGS, 6 low JAGS, 9 JAG- players
Snaps by class: FR: 2161 (13%), SO: 2271 (14%), JR: 4843 (30%), SR: 6746 (42%), GR: 0 (0%)
75 players have no stats and no recruiting/portal ratings excluded from totals.