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Army Black Knights

American Athletic·1-1·
Elo
1527#59
SP+
2.2#63
FPI
-1.9
AP
NR
Next@ Temple · Wk 4Win prob 69%Model -8.2
Talent #136 (303.8)Recruiting class #18180% production returning

Roster · 194 players

FR 68SO 52JR 39SR 35
#PlayerPosClHtWt
3Cale HellumsQBSR5'11"208
4Ethan WashingtonQBSO6'2"200
6Bryson LuterQBSO5'11"203
9Santiago FernandezQBFR6'3"208
10Harrison OrrQBSO6'1"218
11Tanner WilsonQBFR6'0"215
15Andrew HeidelQBFR6'0"212
7Godspower NwawuiheRBSO5'10"208
20Tim KloskaRBJR5'11"219
21Finbar MalloyRBFR6'0"195
29Elijah BechtelRBFR6'1"206
30Brennan FisherRBJR5'11"225
31Joe CallerameRBFR5'10"209
33Jake RendinaRBSR5'11"240
34Carson SmithRBSR6'1"230
36Demani StewartRBSO5'9"233
37Gavin MadiganRBFR5'11"218
38Isaiah LinyearRBFR5'11"212
39Chevas GregoryRBFR5'9"200
49Elzie SlaughterRBFR6'3"215
1Zach MundellWRSR5'9"185
1Riley ReedWRFR5'7"172
2Aden SelfWRJR5'11"205
3Christian CherilusWRFR6'0"190
5Chace KnoxWRJR5'8"171
5Noah DolbinWRFR6'4"196
8Matthew PerkinsWRFR5'11"187
10Josh MilhollinWRFR5'10"171
11Tobi OlawoleWRSR6'1"206
13Jackson KreutzerWRFR6'2"190
14Jakiel KendricksWRSO6'1"195
16Jaden PydynWRSO6'1"205
18Brady MottWRSR6'1"222
18Aiden BurgyWRFR6'3"203
19Adam BuffingtonWRSO6'0"200
22BJ AlleyneWRSO5'8"190
23Lloyd Benson IIIWRSR5'8"193
25Stroman BridgesWRSO5'11"209
26David ClerkWRSR5'9"175
27Samari HowardWRSR5'8"189
40Charlie DalyWRSO6'1"225
43Stratton FullerWRSO5'10"189
45Mark AndrzejewskiWRFR6'2"189
46Mason SmithWRSO6'2"207
81Kofi EdufulWRSO6'0"215
82Brian Ray IIIWRSO6'0"213
83Kurt ThompsonWRSR6'3"204
84Brady AndersonWRJR6'1"209
89Kavon PointerWRSR6'2"215
44Parker PoloskeyTESR6'4"251
47Jackson BlanchardTEFR6'4"245
48Sam SartinTEFR6'3"218
49Josh GreerTESO6'2"239
80Brian DyerTESR6'4"247
81Mason MixonTEFR6'3"234
85Noah PriorTEJR6'4"250
86Tex BrannanTEJR6'5"240
87James RothsteinTEJR6'5"257
88Ronan BoyleTEFR6'5"214
50Xzavier GrabherOLFR6'3"285
51Brady SmallOLSR6'0"318
51Jake ClapperOLFR6'3"275
52Mack O'HalloranOLJR6'3"301
53James BlandOLSO6'2"311
54Gregory MeidlOLSO6'3"289
55Carter GlabOLFR6'2"284
56Tyler LeeOLSR6'2"312
56Michael GoodaleOLFR6'4"289
57Kyle BaltazarOLSO6'2"286
58Henry AppletonOLSR6'2"291
58Rhett VanBoeningOLFR6'2"285
59Jack ManningOLSO6'2"295
60Sam WatersOLJR6'4"286
63Ben BrittonOLJR6'3"305
64Brandon WraalstadOLJR6'4"292
65Zach TomosovichOLSO6'5"319
66Tim SavchukOLSO6'3"306
67Wes ShawOLJR6'3"295
69Miles HaganOLSO6'4"270
70Braeden HelmkampOLJR6'5"304
71Paolo GennarelliOLSR6'2"301
71Noah MarquezOLFR6'3"262
72Jordan SullivanOLFR6'3"272
73Ben KonopkaOLSO6'3"289
74Teddy WilliamsOLSR6'5"295
74Zak StoilovOLFR6'4"281
75Kyle KloskaOLSR6'2"302
75Donald JurekOLFR6'1"308
76Max StoberOLJR6'6"290
77Chuck JohnsonOLJR6'3"289
78Xavier ArchawskiOLJR6'5"305
79Jonah ZimmermanOLSR6'3"298
79Donovan WilkinsonOLFR6'4"308
44Thomas GhislandiDLFR6'4"273
45Campbell SagerDLJR6'4"257
52Kody Harris-MillerDLSR6'1"299
54Jaden RogersDLFR6'4"252
56Nick BuchysDLJR6'2"275
82Will McDonaldDLFR6'7"251
83William BrockmeierDLSO6'3"260
84Dontae SamuelsDLFR6'3"275
85Xander WalkerDLSO6'3"259
87Jadon BumbaughDLSO6'2"270
88Donovan PoeDLSR6'1"270
90Jacob CotterillDLSO6'3"290
91Sean DonovanDLJR6'2"285
92Sam ZagameDLJR6'2"253
92Ray DixonDLFR6'0"241
93Grayson BakerDLJR6'7"280
94Javon SmithDLJR6'2"254
95Matt GemmaDLSO6'1"290
96Dillon StowersDLSR6'3"265
96Hendrix BeranDLFR6'4"260
97Cael NewtonDLJR6'5"265
98Nehemiah AllenDLFR5'10"288
99Jack BousumDLJR6'5"255
1Deion MillerLBFR5'11"230
5Phillip GoodrichLBFR5'11"218
10Ryan WellsLBFR6'2"211
17Christian WinstonLBFR6'2"222
19Jaquavious MossLBSO5'11"246
21Baylor NewsomLBSR6'1"224
23Max PhenicieLBSO6'0"219
29Kai WoolfolkLBSO6'0"228
32Cameron BinkowskiLBFR6'0"238
34Victor AfolabiLBSO6'1"227
36Isaiah BirlLBSR6'0"225
39Elijah EasleyLBSO6'0"219
40Malcolm RobertsonLBFR6'2"208
42Elijah WaltonLBJR6'0"221
43Khaled WaliaghaLBJR5'10"205
43Samuel HaywardLBFR6'3"227
46Nick McGlynnLBSO6'1"233
47Noah NixonLBSR6'2"235
48Bryson BanksLBSO5'8"229
49Christian YousefzadehLBSR6'3"226
50Jackson WeingartLBSO6'1"228
51Jared AnthonyLBFR5'10"232
55Jacob MainordLBSO6'0"229
57Brendan FoleyLBFR6'0"217
58Jacob HintonLBSO6'4"216
59Xavier RyanLBSO5'11"225
1Harrison MassCBSO5'10"180
2Julian PorterCBSO6'1"196
3Denzell WatkinsCBFR5'9"171
4Nathan AdejokunCBSO5'10"199
7Jaydan MayesCBSR5'10"188
7Jaylen NoisetteCBFR
9Rob HoustonCBJR5'10"177
14Wanye ChukesCBFR5'10"154
16Taps HanandaCBFR5'11"185
17Jaxon HammondCBSR5'10"172
18Devan MossCBJR5'8"175
20David JakandeCBFR5'10"194
23Timothy WallaceCBFR5'11"183
32Louis BlakelyCBFR5'11"186
34Darian SmithCBFR5'10"181
10Cole SearightDBJR5'10"185
15Zane TallmanDBSO6'2"215
29David GreenDBFR5'8"196
31Caden BrungardDBSR6'0"210
33CJ MartinDBJR6'2"195
37Daniel OgordiDBJR5'11"212
3Stephen NnadozieSSR6'0"187
8Jaylen JonesSSO5'11"208
11David Thom-RogersSSO6'2"198
13Caleb WilliamsSJR5'10"195
21Kayden SoaresSFR5'9"182
22Larry Pickett Jr.SJR6'1"206
26Henry HulbertSFR6'0"210
27JT PoyntonSSO5'11"193
28Brian BartonSSO5'10"195
30Ethan BradshawSFR5'10"182
32Christopher WilliamsSSR5'9"197
33Victor McNealSFR5'11"192
37Owen MaddenSFR6'0"200
39Gerritt GraySFR5'11"191
17Cole BowersPKFR6'0"209
90Bryson HoseaPKJR5'11"190
91Joey ScardinaPKSO5'10"192
95Dawson JonesPKJR5'11"184
96Luca GuerraPKSO5'11"185
97Jake HulsteinPKJR6'2"223
16Ryker FloydPFR6'1"194
36Grant HorvathPFR6'1"192
46James WagensellerPSR6'4"225
93Andrew AstonePSO6'1"206
98Matthew FaulkPJR6'0"196
38Owen SteckerLSFR5'11"205
40Robby BelmarezLSFR5'11"191
53JB CookLSSO6'2"208
55Owen WalterLSSR6'0"222
66Drew PrietoLSSR5'11"200
67Ryan SnipesLSJR6'4"212

Team Statistics · per game, with national FBS rank

Points / game
41.5
scoring offense
Points allowed
15.5
scoring defense
Differential
+26.0
per game
Offense
Total yards / game
497.5#30
Yards / play
7.5#21
Passing yards / game
103.5#126
Rushing yards / game
394.0#3
First downs / game
26.0#26
3rd down %
50.0%#35
4th down %
100.0%#1
Time of possession
34:22#21
Defense
Yards allowed / game
267.0#49
Yards / play allowed
4.9#66
Pass yards allowed / game
168.5#57
Rush yards allowed / game
98.5#55
3rd down % allowed
36.0%#75
Sacks
2#81
Tackles for loss
8#67
Turnovers & Discipline
Turnover margin
-1#89
Takeaways
0#118
Giveaways
1#31
Penalties / game
3.0#6
Penalty yards / game
35.0#24

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

Army runs it: Jeff Monken's offenses have been heavily run-leaning across 11 seasons. The strengths are offensive, led by 9th at keeping a clean pocket. The way in is 131st at holding the line of scrimmage, and they are 130th at keeping opponents off schedule through the air.

On fourth down he goes for it more often than his peers do from the same spots (+12.4%). Against what the expected-points model recommends he is −10.5% — the profession as a whole is negative on this.

Army has not played an FBS opponent yet, so this is the projection: last season regressed toward the mean, plus returning production, recruiting, talent and whether the staff is the same one.

Projected strengths

  • Offensesacks and tackles for loss
    #9
    projected
  • Offensegetting stopped at the line
    #10
    projected

Projected soft spots

  • Defensethe push the line gets
    #131
    projected
  • Defensestaying on schedule through the air
    #130
    projected
  • Defensefirst and second down
    #130
    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 · 10 to play
8.33.7
projected final record (now 11)
Exp. wins left
7.3
of 10 games
Bowl odds
97%
reach 6 wins
Best odds
80%
vs Rice
Toughest
57%
vs Memphis

How the season could finish · 2026 · chance of each final win total · 10 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.

1234567891011
final winstallest bar = 27% chance
Likeliest finish 8-4 (27%)Bowl eligible 97% · 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
WRZach Mundell, David Clerk +5
+31.9 EPA
QBCale Hellums
+14.4 EPA
RBCarson Smith, Jake Rendina +1
+3.5 EPA
TEParker Poloskey
+1.6 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.

Estimated NIL Market Value
ESTIMATED
QBCale Hellums
~$769K
EPA +14.40.336/play43 snaps
EPA +3.20.114/play28 snaps

Estimated from position-group market rates and on-field EPA contribution. Actual NIL valuations depend on social media following, brand fit, and market negotiations — these figures are directional only.

The Five Factors

ranked vs. FBS · bar = better
Efficiency (PPA)
Off0.4280th#29
Def0.1924th#105
Explosiveness
Off1.1123rd#106
Def1.2161st#55
Field position
Off68.031st#96
Def75.621st#109
Finishing (pts/opp)
Off5.0777th#33
Def4.4316th#116
Turnovers
Won 0Lost 1
Margin -1

Opponent-adjusted efficiency

EPA/play vs. schedule
Offense
Defense
Off · pass
0.4058th#59
Off · rush
0.4687th#19

Pass vs. rush (PPA)

Rushing
Off0.4687th#19
Def0.1626th#102
Passing
Off0.4057th#60
Def0.2442nd#80

Trenches & disruption

Line yards (off)
3.88#19
2nd-level / open-field
1.47 / 2.39
Power / stuff (off)
100.0% / 10.8%
Havoc — total (def)
15.5%#75
Havoc — front 7 / DB
8.2% / 7.3%

Standard vs. passing downs

Pro
Std downs
Off0.38
Def0.13
Pass downs
Off0.58
Def0.31

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

Opponent-adjusted by down

Pro
1st2nd3rd
Offense0.19#460.41#390.78#40
Defense0.16#116-0.04#410.42#78

Elo Trajectory

BryantFinal
Elo rating 15271524-3 over season

Team Fingerprint · 2026 · 31 opponent-adjusted metrics · percentile vs 138 FBS teams

Plot these →
worst in FBSbest

Efficiency

  • Offense EPA/play0.6999th
  • Defense EPA/play allowed-0.1178th
  • Offense success rate65%98th
  • Defense success rate allowed31%67th

Downs

  • Offense success — standard downs73%99th
  • Offense success — passing downs31%38th
  • Defense success allowed — standard downs39%63rd
  • Defense success allowed — passing downs19%75th

Explosiveness

  • Offense explosiveness1.364th
  • Defense explosiveness allowed0.8597th
  • Offense explosiveness — standard downs1.169th
  • Offense explosiveness — passing downs3.097th

Trenches

  • Offense line yards4.799th
  • Defense line yards allowed2.368th
  • Offense highlight yards4.099th
  • Defense highlight yards allowed0.2176th
  • Offense power success0.8369th
  • Defense power success allowed0.6761st
  • Offense stuff rate0.0594th
  • Defense stuff rate0.2467th

Third down

  • Third down conversion67%96th
  • Third down distance faced5.189th
  • Third down conversion allowed15%91st
  • Third down distance forced7.250th

Halves

  • Net success rate — first half0.3785th
  • Net success rate — second half0.3289th

Roster

  • Returning usage59%70th
  • Returning EPA16968th
  • Team talent composite3041st
  • Recruiting class rank1811st
  • Recruiting class points39.91st

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

Run-first offense performing above the national average
EPA/play
+0.424#29 · above avg
Pass EPA/play
+0.402#60
Rush EPA/play
+0.456#19
Explosiveness
1.111#106
Pts/opportunity
5.07#33
Success rate
55.7%

Rush efficiency edge: 0.054 EPA/play

🛡

Defensive Identity

Disruptive defense — allowing above-average EPA/play
EPA/play allowed
+0.188#105 · below avg
Havoc rate (total)
15.5%#75
Front-7 havoc
8.2%
DB havoc
7.3%
Big play rate allowed
1.215#55
Success rate allowed
43.8%

Disruption comes evenly from front and secondary.

📊

Season Signature

41.5 PPG offense, 15.5 allowed — +26.0 margin/game
Points per game
41.5
Points allowed/game
15.5
Scoring margin/game
+26.0
Turnover margin
-1won 0 · lost 1
Production returning
80%
Talent rank (247)
#136

1-1 record through 2 games.

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

OFFENSE80thEXPLOSIVENESS23thFINISHING77thFIELD POS31thDEFENSE24thHAVOC46th50th100th
Offense
80th
Explosiveness
23th
Finishing
77th
Field Pos
31th
Defense
24th
Havoc
46th

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
-6.7
#96
Offense
-1.9
#83
Defense
+4.7
#111
Full CORE ratings →

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

Each dot = one FBS team. Army 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 Army in 2026

by EPA/play distance
Wake ForestSP+ +1.6
Off EPA/play +0.443Def EPA/play +0.163Elo 1516
Match
98%
Miami (OH)SP+ -10.0
Off EPA/play +0.436Def EPA/play +0.228Elo 1259
Match
98%
UtahSP+ +13.0
Off EPA/play +0.472Def EPA/play +0.182Elo 1817
Match
98%
NC StateSP+ -0.7
Off EPA/play +0.385Def EPA/play +0.159Elo 1509
Match
98%
TexasSP+ +25.4
Off EPA/play +0.451Def EPA/play +0.142Elo 1913
Match
97%
UCLASP+ +9.2
Off EPA/play +0.420Def EPA/play +0.133Elo 1438
Match
97%

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: -10.4, #95 of 1282016: -4.4, #86 of 1282017: -1.8, #67 of 1302018: +1.2, #57 of 1302019: -7.4, #90 of 1302020: +6.2, #40 of 1242021: -0.5, #74 of 1302022: -11.0, #103 of 1312023: -15.8, #111 of 1332024: +10.0, #35 of 1342025: -3.5, #74 of 1362026: -6.7, #96 of 138
20152026
Now -6.7 · #96 of 138Best +10.0 in 2024Worst -15.8 in 2023

Program History

recent seasons
YearOverallConfWin %xWLuck
20261-10-1
50%
1.5-0.5
20257-64-5
54%
7.5-0.5
202412-29-1
86%
11.9+0.1
20236-60-1
50%
6.6-0.6
20226-61-0
50%
6.6-0.6
20219-40-0
69%
10.0-1.0
20209-30-0
75%
9.2-0.2
20195-80-0
38%
6.2-1.2
201811-20-0
85%
9.6+1.4
201710-30-0
77%
9.6+0.4

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

4.0%of 50,000 simulated 2026 seasons end with them in the field

0-0 so far, projected to finish 7.2-5.0. Wins the American Athletic in 9.7%.

If they finish with…

97%
0 losses
57%
1 loss
5.5%
2 losses
0.0%
3 losses
0%
4 losses

Their chance of making it at each final loss count. Better than even up to 1.

Win out and it is 97%. One bid goes to the best champion outside the four power leagues, so running the table only enters them into that argument.

up 0.4 points since preseason.

  • At 1 loss they are 57% where the average American Athletic team is 52%.
  • The American Athletic takes 0.34 bids in an average season.
  • One bid goes to the best champion outside the P4. They take it in 4.0% of seasons, having won their league in 92% of those.

Army’s own turning points

Points of playoff probability between winning and losing.

  • wk9at Memphis9.6
  • wk8at Tulsa7.8
  • wk15vs Navy7.8
  • wk2vs South Florida6.3
  • wk10vs Air Force6.2
  • wk6vs Tulane6.0

Who to root for

Games Army is not in that move its odds most. Same units, much smaller scale.

  • wk3Oklahoma over New Mexico0.9
  • wk8Washington State over Boise State0.9
  • wk9Notre Dame over Navy0.8
  • wk2UCLA over San Diego State0.7
  • wk12Charlotte over Tulsa0.7
  • wk2North Texas over UNLV0.7
The full playoff picture →

American Athletic

0-0 in league play, projected 5.0-4.05 of 14 by title odds
9.7%
Wins the American Athletic
19%
Reaches the title game

The American Athletic sends its top two by conference winning percentage, head-to-head breaking a tie. The last berth is level on percentage in 33% of simulated seasons, so a tiebreaker decides it about that often.

  • wk9Army at Memphis17.9
  • wk15Navy at Army16.7
  • wk8Army at Tulsa15.0
  • wk2South Florida at Army12.9

Points of title probability riding on each result. The whole American Athletic race →

If not the playoff, then

74%
Bowl eligible
62%
Placed in a bowl
4.0%
In the playoff
34%
Season over in November

Army is 1-0 and needs 5 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. In 8.8% of seasons they get there and still go nowhere: there are more eligible teams than seats.

  • Gasparilla Bowl14%
  • Military Bowl9.0%
  • Fenway Bowl8.7%
  • Armed Forces Bowl7.9%
  • Birmingham Bowl6.8%
  • First Responder Bowl4.7%

Every bowl, and how each one picks →

Recruiting Pipelines

since 2010

Of the 170 high-school programs with a pipeline page here, 29 have sent Army a player since 2010 — 62 signees between them. Where they signed, not where they were offered, and not a complete list of Army's feeder schools: only these 170 have the outcome history to measure.

High schoolSignedDrafted
St. Thomas AquinasFL90
Baton Rouge CatholicLA40
HeritageCA40
Brother RiceIL30
CathedralIN30
KatyTX30
Marist SchoolGA30
Archbishop WoodPA20
All 170 high-school pipelines →
✓/✗ = whether our pregame model picked the winner. Win % & projections from the Gridpex model. Data: CollegeFootballData.