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UL Monroe Warhawks

Sun Belt·0-2·
Elo
1071#136
SP+
-33.2#138
FPI
-24.3
AP
NR
Nextvs SE Louisiana · Wk 3
Talent #132 (505.5)Recruiting class #12739% production returning

Roster · 104 players

FR 12SO 9JR 33SR 50
#PlayerPosClHtWt
9Landon GravesQBSR5'11"190
10Aidan ArmentaQBSR6'3"210
12Austin CarlisleQBSO5'10"190
14Bryson KimbroughQBSO6'2"205
16Ty PurdyQBSR6'2"180
3Derrick JamesonRBSR6'0"215
20Don ChaneyRBSR5'11"235
21Julian WalkerRBJR5'9"200
22Jaydon WrightRBJR5'11"220
23CJ PhillipRBJR5'11"195
25Bryson RolandRBSO5'8"180
26Trevon KinchenRBSR5'10"225
29Makin LenardRBFR5'11"200
32Christian PontiRBFR5'10"215
0LT RobinsonWRJR5'10"170
1Marcellus JacksonWRSR5'8"160
2Javon CampbellWRSR6'1"195
4JP CoulterWRSR5'11"185
5Brandon BuckhaulterWRSR6'1"205
6Demarcco BlantonWRSR6'0"185
7Nic TrujilloWRSR6'1"185
13Parker FulghumWRJR6'1"205
17Bret VincentWRJR5'8"150
19Marcus GallowayWRSO5'9"155
80Keidric Osunde-BrownWRFR5'9"165
82Jaiden TuckerWRFR5'11"170
83Darrion GilliamWRJR6'5"201
8Bryce AndersonTESR6'5"250
15Steven GorskiTESR6'3"240
18Dalen HustonTEJR6'3"220
44Jase HoathTESR6'3"245
84Quad HarrisonTESR6'5"225
85Nate GreenTEJR6'5"320
89Cade CallahanTEJR6'3"220
50Quentis Griffin Jr.OLSR6'5"325
52Edarius GreenOLSR6'4"275
55David ApplewhiteOLJR6'4"305
56Kaliem CroswellOLSR6'3"310
58Nolan AndersonOLJR6'5"320
60Jordan RoweOLJR6'3"320
61Ben GehrkeOLJR6'3"285
62Adameon BotleyOLSR6'3"295
64Drew HutchinsonOLSR6'4"305
65Freddie GavinOLJR6'5"290
67AJ VinsonOLSR6'5"305
69Bright FagbamiyeOLSR6'6"295
70John Curtis Goodman Jr.OLSR6'6"310
71Van MartinezOLFR6'4"260
72Sean DugeryOLSR6'3"310
73Jeremyah GreenOLFR6'4"300
74Roscoe TuckerOLSR6'4"325
77Reese SteeleOLSR6'5"300
4Derek OmoregieDESR6'5"275
25Moses MadubuikeDEJR6'4"250
99Marvin HallDESR6'3"300
34Tyrell BrownDLJR6'4"280
35Ethan BaileyDLSO6'3"225
41Wyatt PolandDLFR6'3"230
44CJ WilsonDLSR6'2"250
51Jaden RoweDLJR6'3"310
90Zyan TremontDLJR6'5"300
91Charles BinetDLFR6'2"280
92James SmithDLSR6'3"275
94Alexei RamirezDLSO6'3"275
95Levontae JacobsDLSR6'3"315
98Colton VatneDLJR6'3"275
0Kelbee HolmesLBSR5'11"220
3Noah FlemmingsLBSR6'4"250
5Billy PullenLBSR6'3"245
9Jaeden CalenderLBJR6'0"230
10Rickey BanksLBJR6'1"220
15TJ WilliamsLBFR6'2"210
19Le'Kell Mc'GowanLBJR6'4"250
22Fred ClarkLBSO6'3"205
23LaZavier AmosLBJR6'1"220
30Marcus RossLBSR6'2"230
39Cooper EldridgeLBSR6'4"225
42Jackson ParkerLBSR6'4"230
49Ryan BaskervilleLBSR6'1"225
1Jabari TillerDBSR6'1"190
2Korian WilsonDBSR5'10"195
5Zy JacksonDBSR5'11"165
6Jay HarperDBJR5'11"180
7Ameyr AdamsDBJR6'0"200
12Jayden LewisDBJR6'2"180
13Armoni RueDBSR5'11"175
16RJ HallDBJR5'10"185
20Jordyn WilliamsDBJR5'10"175
24Navarion BensonDBSR6'0"160
26Willie WilsonDBSR6'0"185
29Jonathan CrainDBJR5'11"165
38Gavin HowardDBFR5'11"180
8Carl FauntroySSR6'0"190
14DJ JesterSSR6'2"185
17Chris PayneSJR6'0"184
18Taijh OvertonSSO6'2"185
21Orlando FreemontSFR5'10"180
28Larell HowlingSSR5'11"190
27Abram MurrayPKJR6'0"200
34Gavin PolkPKFR6'2"170
99Max LarsonPKSR6'0"190
47Makenzie RyanPJR6'1"210
46Matthew FeibushLSSO5'8"190
48Nolan WilsonLSSR6'2"225

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Points / game
16.5
scoring offense
Points allowed
44.0
scoring defense
Differential
-27.5
per game
Offense
Total yards / game
139.0#135
Yards / play
4.1#127
Passing yards / game
70.0#133
Rushing yards / game
69.0#127
First downs / game
7.0#136
3rd down %
18.8%#130
4th down %
66.7%#45
Time of possession
15:54#138
Defense
Yards allowed / game
381.0#96
Yards / play allowed
9.6#138
Pass yards allowed / game
208.5#74
Rush yards allowed / game
172.5#113
3rd down % allowed
45.5%#107
Sacks
0#130
Tackles for loss
1#134
Turnovers & Discipline
Turnover margin
0#66
Takeaways
0#118
Giveaways
0#1
Penalties / game
2.5#5
Penalty yards / game
27.5#12

Rank is national among all FBS teams (#1 = best), oriented so higher rank = better even for defensive and discipline metrics. Bars show percentile.

Scouting Report · 2026 projection

heavily run-leaning

UL Monroe runs it: Bryant Vincent's offenses have been heavily run-leaning across 3 seasons. The strengths are offensive, led by 7th at hitting chunk plays. The way in is 130th at staying out of the backfield, and they are 128th at moving the ball on the ground.

On fourth down he goes for it more often than his peers do from the same spots (+7.3%). Against what the expected-points model recommends he is −7.9% — the profession as a whole is negative on this.

UL Monroe has played 1 FBS opponent, but with much of the country still on non-conference openers there is no national field to measure that against yet — so this stays the projection until there is.

Projected strengths

  • Offensehitting chunk plays
    #7
    projected

Projected soft spots

  • Offensegetting stopped at the line
    #130
    projected
  • Offensemoving the ball on the ground
    #128
    projected
  • Offensesurviving second and twelve
    #125
    projected

Each bar is where this team sits in the country. Before the season has produced enough football these are PROJECTIONS — last season regressed to the mean, plus talent, returning production, recruiting and whether the staff is the same one — and the season replaces them as it is played. Head coaches only — there is no free feed for coordinators, so on a program where the head coach does not call the offense this describes the staff he hired. Play-calling identity is a style, not a grade: throwing more than the situations warrant is not better than throwing less than they warrant.

2026 Season Projection

model win prob · 9 to play
2.58.5
projected final record (now 02)
Exp. wins left
2.5
of 9 games
Bowl odds
2%
reach 6 wins
Best odds
39%
vs Louisiana
Toughest
18%
vs Marshall

How the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 9 games left

Every remaining game simulated from the model's win probability for it. Tallest bar is the single likeliest finish, not a prediction that it happens.

0123456789
final winstallest bar = 29% chance
Likeliest finish 2-9 (29%)Bowl eligible 2% · marked on the axis at 6

Player Value

EPA contribution by position group + estimated NIL market value (derived from position rates and on-field production — not actual deal figures).

Unit Value — Total EPA
TEBryce Anderson
+2.4 EPA
QBAidan Armenta
+0.8 EPA
WRBrandon Buckhaulter, Nic Trujillo +5
-3.4 EPA
RBDerrick Jameson, CJ Phillip +1
-3.4 EPA

Total EPA produced by each positional group this season. OL value is captured via the rush/pass efficiency of skill players; OL-specific EPA isn't separately reported.

The Five Factors

ranked vs. FBS · bar = better
Efficiency (PPA)
Off-0.154th#133
Def0.651st#137
Explosiveness
Off0.751st#137
Def1.3923rd#106
Field position
Off76.893rd#11
Def70.272nd#39
Finishing (pts/opp)
Off3.2526th#103
Def4.8012th#122
Turnovers
Won 0Lost 0
Margin 0

Opponent-adjusted efficiency

EPA/play vs. schedule
Offense
Defense
Off · pass
-0.107th#129
Off · rush
-0.129th#125

Pass vs. rush (PPA)

Rushing
Off-0.129th#125
Def0.831st#138
Passing
Off-0.107th#129
Def0.549th#126

Trenches & disruption

Line yards (off)
2.75#101
2nd-level / open-field
0.56 / 0.13
Power / stuff (off)
50.0% / 12.5%
Havoc — total (def)
10.1%#128
Havoc — front 7 / DB
1.3% / 8.9%

Standard vs. passing downs

Pro
Std downs
Off-0.26
Def0.47
Pass downs
Off0.12
Def1.09

PPA on each down type (off vs. def).

Opponent-adjusted by down

Pro
1st2nd3rd
Offense-0.24#129-0.23#1240.05#124
Defense0.34#1310.95#1361.20#135

Elo Trajectory

@Mississippi StateFinal
Elo rating 11771076-101 over season

Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 43 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams

Plot these →
worst in FBSbest

Efficiency

  • Offense EPA/play-0.0312th
  • Defense EPA/play allowed0.642nd
  • Offense success rate30%8th
  • Defense success rate allowed58%1st

Downs

  • Offense success — standard downs33%6th
  • Offense success — passing downs18%9th
  • Defense success allowed — standard downs62%2nd
  • Defense success allowed — passing downs48%9th

Explosiveness

  • Offense explosiveness1.119th
  • Defense explosiveness allowed1.518th
  • Offense explosiveness — standard downs0.9742nd
  • Offense explosiveness — passing downs1.621st

Trenches

  • Offense line yards2.936th
  • Defense line yards allowed4.11st
  • Offense highlight yards0.4527th
  • Defense highlight yards allowed3.91st
  • Offense power success0.4013th
  • Defense power success allowed1.023rd
  • Offense stuff rate0.1179th
  • Defense stuff rate0.1423rd

Third down

  • Third down conversion19%7th
  • Third down distance faced6.561st
  • Third down conversion allowed45%29th
  • Third down distance forced7.248th

Halves

  • Net success rate — first half-0.343rd
  • Net success rate — second half-0.207th

Drives

  • Points per drive1.125th
  • Points per drive allowed5.24th
  • Average starting field position2315th
  • Opponent starting field position2845th
  • Available yards gained30%16th
  • Available yards allowed86%4th
  • Scoring opportunities per drive83%60th
  • Scoring opportunities allowed100%16th
  • Points per scoring opportunity1.316th
  • Points allowed per opportunity5.25th
  • Three-and-out rate58%3rd
  • Three-and-outs forced0%9th

Roster

  • Returning usage46%52nd
  • Returning EPA63.533rd
  • Team talent composite5054th
  • Recruiting class rank1278th
  • Recruiting class points1608th

Every metric is opponent-adjusted and ranked so that higher is always better — a defensive rate that is good when low is ranked accordingly. Sack and tackle-for-loss composition are deliberately absent: their relationship to team quality is a measured null, so they carry a style rather than a rank, and they appear in the pressure signature instead.

Intelligence Report

Offensive DNA

Balanced offense — below average EPA/play nationally
EPA/play
-0.154#133 · bottom 20%
Pass EPA/play
-0.095#129
Rush EPA/play
-0.123#125
Explosiveness
0.745#137
Pts/opportunity
3.25#103
Success rate
24.2%

Near-equal efficiency edge: 0.027 EPA/play

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Defensive Identity

Coverage-heavy defense — allowing above-average EPA/play
EPA/play allowed
+0.646#137 · bottom 20%
Havoc rate (total)
10.1%#128
Front-7 havoc
1.3%
DB havoc
8.9%
Big play rate allowed
1.392#106
Success rate allowed
60.0%

Disruption comes primarily from the secondary.

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Season Signature

16.5 PPG offense, 44.0 allowed — -27.5 margin/game
Points per game
16.5
Points allowed/game
44.0
Scoring margin/game
-27.5
Turnover margin
+0won 0 · lost 0
Production returning
39%
Talent rank (247)
#132

0-2 record through 2 games.

Team Shape · percentile vs. FBS · dashed = 50th

OFFENSE4thEXPLOSIVENESS1thFINISHING26thFIELD POS93thDEFENSE1thHAVOC7th50th100th
Offense
4th
Explosiveness
1th
Finishing
26th
Field Pos
93th
Defense
1th
Havoc
7th

Each axis = national percentile rank. 100th = best in FBS, 0th = worst. Defense and Havoc are oriented so higher = better.

CORE efficiency · situation and opponent removed

Points per 100 plays above average, after the game state is regressed out of every snap and the schedule is solved out across the whole league. The version of this team’s efficiency that can be compared to a team it never played.

Overall
-24.8
#138
Offense
-10.9
#131
Defense
+13.9
#136
Full CORE ratings →

What a possession is worth · 12 drives

MeasureOffenseDefense
Points per drive1.085.17
Starting field positionown 23.1own 28.3
Available yards29.7%86.4%
Scoring opportunities83.3%100.0%
Points per opportunity1.305.17
Three-and-out rate58.3%0.0%
Every team’s drive efficiency →

Play-calling identity

Against what the league calls from the same down, distance, field position, score and clock — so this is the staff, not the game script.

Pass rate
50.0%
Expected, given the spots
53.3%
Over expected
-3.3
Fourth down vs peers
+2
Fourth down vs the model
-33
All play-calling tendencies →

National Landscape · 2026 FBS · offense vs. defense EPA/play

Each dot = one FBS team. UL Monroe is highlighted. Tap or hover a dot for details.

ELITEDEF. FORTRESSOFF. POWERHOUSEREBUILDING-0.100.00+0.10+0.20+0.30-0.050.00+0.10+0.20Offensive EPA/play← worsebetter →Defensive EPA allowed/play← worsebetter →

Similar Programs

Teams with the closest offense + defense efficiency profile to UL Monroe in 2026

by EPA/play distance
MarshallSP+ -14.4
Off EPA/play -0.075Def EPA/play +0.644Elo 1389
Match
96%
UTEPSP+ -24.3
Off EPA/play -0.307Def EPA/play +0.508Elo 1163
Match
90%
Western KentuckySP+ -13.1
Off EPA/play -0.033Def EPA/play +0.835Elo 1327
Match
88%
Fresno StateSP+ -7.6
Off EPA/play -0.356Def EPA/play +0.506Elo 1449
Match
88%
UABSP+ -16.0
Off EPA/play +0.113Def EPA/play +0.529Elo 1411
Match
86%
Florida AtlanticSP+ -12.2
Off EPA/play +0.154Def EPA/play +0.644Elo 1189
Match
86%

Similarity = normalized Euclidean distance on season offensive and defensive EPA/play. Teams within ±0.02 EPA/play on both units score >90%.

Program Trajectory · CORE rating · 20152026 · points per game vs an average FBS team

2015: -21.2, #115 of 1282016: -26.1, #126 of 1282017: -14.6, #107 of 1302018: -2.2, #78 of 1302019: -4.0, #77 of 1302020: -30.3, #124 of 1242021: -18.5, #110 of 1302022: -14.7, #113 of 1312023: -22.7, #129 of 1332024: -14.0, #114 of 1342025: -15.2, #108 of 1362026: -24.8, #138 of 138
20152026
Now -24.8 · #138 of 138Best -2.2 in 2018Worst -30.3 in 2020

Program History

recent seasons
YearOverallConfWin %xWLuck
20260-20-0
0%
0.0-0.0
20253-91-7
25%
4.2-1.2
20245-73-5
42%
5.2-0.2
20232-100-8
17%
1.3+0.7
20224-83-5
33%
2.9+1.1
20214-82-6
33%
3.6+0.4
20200-100-7
0%
0.1-0.1
20195-74-4
42%
5.7-0.7
20186-64-4
50%
5.9+0.1
20174-84-4
33%
3.6+0.4

xW = expected wins from per-game dominance. Luck = actual − expected (positive = won close games).

0%of 50,000 simulated 2026 seasons end with them in the field

0-1 so far, projected to finish 2.3-9.7.

up 0.0 points since preseasonlost 13-62 to Mississippi State against an expected margin of 36, so 12.9 against the number.

  • The Sun Belt takes 0.14 bids in an average season.
The full playoff picture →

Sun Belt

West division · 0-0 in league play, projected 1.2-6.814 of 14 by title odds
0.0%
Wins the Sun Belt
0.2%
Reaches the title game

The Sun Belt keeps divisions (East and West) and sends the winner of each — so UL Monroe can finish with the league’s second-best record and still stay home. The last berth is level on percentage in 47% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.

Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole Sun Belt race →

If not the playoff, then

3.9%
Bowl eligible
3.5%
Placed in a bowl
0%
In the playoff
97%
Season over in November

UL Monroe is 0-1 and needs 6 more wins from 11 games to reach the six that make a team eligible — at most one of which may come against an FCS opponent.

  • 68 Ventures Bowl0.9%
  • Salute to Veterans Bowl0.8%
  • New Orleans Bowl0.6%
  • Xbox Bowl0.5%
  • Myrtle Beach Bowl0.3%

Every bowl, and how each one picks →

Recruiting Pipelines

since 2010

Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 4 have sent UL Monroe a player since 2010 — 14 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of UL Monroe's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.

High schoolSignedDrafted
NevilleLA60
SachseTX40
Evangel Christian AcademyLA21
DutchtownGA20
All 170 high-school pipelines →
✓/✗ = whether our pregame model picked the winner. Win % & projections from the Gridpex model. Data: CollegeFootballData.