2025 Southern Miss Golden Eagles roster
7-6
The Southern Miss Golden Eagles went 7-6 in the 2025 FBS regular season, 4th of 7 in the Sun Belt - West.
2025 Golden Eagles roster: passing
| CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver. | ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | RTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braylon Braxton | 254 | 400 | 3,054 | 24 | 8 | 143.4 |
| Landry Lyddy | 34 | 52 | 406 | 2 | 3 | 132.1 |
| John White | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 91.6 |
2025 Golden Eagles roster: rushing
| CAR: Times the player ran with the ball. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffery Pittman | 156 | 705 | 4.5 | 8 |
| Matt Jones | 82 | 325 | 4.0 | 4 |
| Robert Briggs | 62 | 304 | 4.9 | 1 |
| Braylon Braxton | 98 | 210 | 2.1 | 1 |
| Jaylin Carter | 38 | 166 | 4.4 | 2 |
| Jacobe Robinson | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Elijah Metcalf | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 0 |
| Tychaun Chapman | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Landry Lyddy | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 1 |
| Josiah Basten | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 |
| Micah Davis | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 0 |
2025 Golden Eagles roster: receiving
| REC: Passes caught. | YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Metcalf | 54 | 683 | 12.6 | 2 |
| Carl Chester | 31 | 551 | 17.8 | 6 |
| Tychaun Chapman | 25 | 448 | 17.9 | 3 |
| Micah Davis | 31 | 429 | 13.8 | 5 |
| Bralon Brown | 30 | 353 | 11.8 | 2 |
| Kyirin Heath | 19 | 228 | 12.0 | 3 |
| Kadinn Morris | 15 | 183 | 12.2 | 2 |
| Jaylin Carter | 20 | 133 | 6.7 | 0 |
| Jeffery Pittman | 24 | 107 | 4.5 | 0 |
| Robert Briggs | 13 | 95 | 7.3 | 1 |
| Matt Jones | 12 | 86 | 7.2 | 0 |
| Davis Dalton | 4 | 82 | 20.5 | 1 |
| Jermane Hayes | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 |
| Shane King | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 |
| Chuck Montgomery | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 |
| TJ Johnson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 |
| Cace Reed | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
2025 Golden Eagles roster: defense
| TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together. | SOLO: Tackles made without help. | SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half. | INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender. | PD: Passes defensed — throws broken up before they were caught. | FF: Fumbles forced by knocking the ball loose. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Jones | LB | 133 | 51 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Mike Montgomery | LB | 105 | 30 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Corey Myrick | S | 91 | 47 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Ian Foster | S | 76 | 30 | 1.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| J'Mond Tapp | DL | 70 | 19 | 7.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Moten | — | 60 | 38 | 0.0 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| Brodarius Lewis | — | 57 | 15 | 0.5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Joseph Harper | — | 50 | 20 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Ahmere Foster | S | 47 | 16 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Mathis Haygood | LB | 44 | 17 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrick Ponder | DE | 37 | 16 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Battle | — | 33 | 17 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jameer Lewis | DL | 32 | 14 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Richard Jr. | CB | 31 | 14 | 0.0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Jaden McKinney | DL | 27 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan King | S | 27 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaiah Gibson Sr. | — | 26 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jabari Ishmael | DL | 21 | 6 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| JJ Hawkins | — | 21 | 8 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jonathan Pennix | CB | 20 | 13 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Mason Clinton | DL | 16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Avery Sledge | LB | 15 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Thomas Jr. | — | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Guylijah Theodule | DB | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Najae Hallenbeck | — | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MaLik Caswell | S | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Malakai Murphy | CB | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Toles | — | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Ruffin | LB | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Montgomery | — | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tychaun Chapman | WR | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominick Hill | — | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffery Pittman | — | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Khalil Foster | S | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ishmael Ibraheem | CB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Matt Jones | — | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Chester | — | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinzavious Warren | — | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Briggs | RB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carlos Slayden | OL | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Beard | LS | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reed Harradine | PK | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cannon McClain | DB | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Anderson | — | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Results
- Aug 30, 2025vs MSSTL 17-34
- Sep 6, 2025vs —W 38-20
- Sep 13, 2025vs APPW 38-22
- Sep 20, 2025@ LTL 20-30
- Sep 27, 2025vs JXSTW 42-25
- Oct 9, 2025@ GASOW 38-35
- Oct 18, 2025@ ULW 22-10
- Oct 25, 2025vs ULMW 49-21
- Nov 8, 2025@ ARSTW 27-21
- Nov 15, 2025vs TXSTL 14-41
- Nov 22, 2025@ USAL 35-42
- Nov 29, 2025vs TROYL 18-28
- Dec 23, 2025vs WKUL 16-27playoffs
Regular season. Player lines are the season lines ESPN files under this club; a player traded during the season may appear under his last club only. Age is the player’s age on December 31 of the season.