THIRD AND DATA

Recruiting

MemphisTigers

Class
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Class of 2026

Class rank

72

189.2 points

Signees

21

8 states

Blue chips

0

0× 5★ · 0× 4★

Average rating

0.8561

21× 3★

Transfers in

51

from 29 schools

72 players21 signed · 51 transferred
Quarterbacks4
  • 3QBAir Noland ← South Carolina0.8600
  • 3QBMarcus Stokes ← West Florida0.8600
  • 3QBGavin Owens0.8500
  • 3QBDenzel Gardner ← Southern Miss—
Running backs3
  • 3RBDallan Hayden ← Colorado0.8600
  • 3RBJordan Thompson0.8589
  • 3RBManny Covey ← Cincinnati0.8500
Receivers9
  • 3WRJaylin Taylor0.8678
  • 3WRZechariah Jenkins0.8644
  • 3WRTychaun Chapman ← Southern Miss0.8600
  • 3WRJoshua Joseph0.8500
  • 3WRJemyri Davis ← Kansas State0.8500
  • 4WRAlante Brown ← Michigan State—
  • 3RBJaylin Carter ← Southern Miss—
  • 3WRJermane Hayes ← Southern Miss—
  • 3WRTerrell Timmons Jr. ← Colorado—
Tight ends2
  • 3TEGarrett Essner0.8578
  • 3TEHunter Tipton ← Middle Tennessee0.8200
Offensive line11
  • 3OTRichard Thigpen0.8633
  • 3OTCarde Smith ← Colorado0.8600
  • 3IOLEddie Alford0.8533
  • 3OTAaron Karas ← Colorado State0.8500
  • 3IOLSkyler Grant ← Old Dominion0.8500
  • 3OTMatt Murphy0.8300
  • 3OTBrian Grant ← Tennessee0.8300
  • 3OTXavier Allen ← Bucknell0.8200
  • 3IOLKoby Keenum ← Mississippi State—
  • 3OTRiley McGehee ← Arkansas State—
  • 2IOLPhillip Gray ← Richmond—
Defensive line17
  • 3DLMarshall Smith0.8644
  • 3DLEric Thomas ← Syracuse0.8600
  • 3EDGEJabari Ishmael ← Southern Miss0.8600
  • 3EDGEEvan Harvey0.8578
  • 3EDGEJ'Mond Tapp ← Southern Miss0.8500
  • 3EDGEDeAngelo Thompson ← Syracuse0.8300
  • 3DLJ'mari Monette ← Indiana0.8300
  • 3EDGEJustin Wallace ← Western Carolina0.8300
  • 3EDGEStone Chaney ← Michigan State0.8000
  • 3DLAmir Leonard-Jean Charles ← Southern Miss—
  • 3DLChris Stokes ← Southern Miss—
  • 3DLDevan Lowe ← Georgia Southern—
  • 3DLElijah Kinsler ← Southern Miss—
  • 3DLJaden McKinney ← Southern Miss—
  • 3EDGEJoseph Head Jr. ← Mississippi State—
  • 3DLK.J. Miles ← Temple—
  • 3DLXavier Miles ← Charlotte—
Linebackers6
  • 3LBElijah Fernandez0.8833
  • 3LBKadan Spratling0.8589
  • 3LBChristian Thatcher ← Utah0.8500
  • 3LBMichael Montgomery ← Southern Miss0.8500
  • 3LBDesmond Cox0.8422
  • 3LBJayden Parrish ← Florida State0.8400
Defensive backs13
  • 3SIan Foster ← Southern Miss0.8700
  • 3CBJohnny Moody0.8644
  • 3STim Sims0.8622
  • 3CBEllis Ellis Jr. ← Austin Peay0.8600
  • 3CBJosiah Brown0.8567
  • 3CBDilan Williamson ← Concordia St. Paul0.8500
  • 3CBDarius Malcolm Jr. ← Wofford0.8400
  • 3SDylan Smith ← Oklahoma State0.8400
  • 3WRStonka Burnside ← Mississippi State0.8400
  • 4LBZach Ruffin ← Southern Miss—
  • 3SAhmere Foster ← Southern Miss—
  • 3SDylan King ← Southern Miss—
  • —CBAnthony Richard Jr. ← Southern Miss—
Specialists4
  • 3PHarrison Tuck ← Alabama State0.8300
  • 3PJake Snyder0.8178
  • 3KPhilippe LaForge ← Coastal Carolina0.8000
  • 3LSWeston Simmons ← Cincinnati0.8000
Athletes3
  • 3ATHEric Perry0.8756
  • 3ATHJT Barlow0.8644
  • 3ATHNick Burden0.8356

Recruiting footprint

High-school signings only. Hover a state to highlight; click to filter.

Alabama: 3 — ATH, DB, WRFlorida: 3 — DB, RB, WRGeorgia: 7 — ATH, DB, DL, LB, OL, QB, STTexas: 1 — LBMissouri: 1 — TEIllinois: 1 — OLMississippi: 2 — ATH, WRTennessee: 3 — DL, LB, OL73332111

21 signees · 8 states

Class rank

Lower number is better, so the axis is flipped: higher on the chart is a stronger class.average #69.4 across 16 ranked classes

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