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Player ratings 2026 season

All positions QB RB WR TE DL LB DB K P All D1 FBS FCS
Pos rankPlayerPos School Grade G2026 season
#1 Xavier Lewis DL North Carolina FBS 99 2 12 tkl · 4.0 sacks · 6.5 TFL
#3 Jordan Ross DL LSU FBS 98 2 7 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#4 Princewill Umanmielen DL LSU FBS 96 2 11 tkl · 4.5 sacks · 6.0 TFL
#5 Mi'Quise Humphrey-Grace DL Kentucky FBS 95 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#8 Elijah Kinsler DL Memphis FBS 93 3 18 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#9 Thomas Davis DL Tulsa FBS 92 2 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#10 Marco Jones DL Texas A&M FBS 92 2 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#13 Tawfiq Thomas DL Georgia Tech FBS 90 2 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#16 Dylan LaBarbera DL Nevada FBS 89 2 15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#17 Dom Nichols DL Michigan FBS 89 2 10 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#18 Quincy Byas DL Eastern Michigan FBS 88 3 12 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#19 Lamont Lester Jr. DL Colorado FBS 88 2 7 tkl · 4.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL
#21 Eli Coenen DL Michigan State FBS 88 2 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#22 Keno Jones DL Troy FBS 87 2 13 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#23 Miles Capers DL Vanderbilt FBS 87 2 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#25 Esaia Bogar DL Wyoming FBS 87 2 12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#26 Elisha Baldridge DL Florida International FBS 86 2 11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#27 Jeramiah McCloud DL Florida FBS 86 2 12 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL
#33 Tavion Gadson DL Kentucky FBS 85 1 5 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#34 Ike Ackerman DL Ohio FBS 85 2 13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#36 Xavier Gilliam DL Tennessee FBS 84 2 8 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL
#39 Mylachi Williams DL Virginia Tech FBS 84 2 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 6.0 TFL
#41 Tae Floyd DL Jacksonville State FBS 84 3 12 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL
#42 Will Heldt DL Clemson FBS 84 2 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#45 John Henry Daley DL Michigan FBS 83 2 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#49 Leroy Harris III DL Kansas FBS 83 2 8 tkl · 4.0 TFL
#51 Jaihien Roy DL Kent State FBS 82 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#52 Caleb Sandstrom DL App State FBS 82 2 5 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#56 Garrick Ponder DL Baylor FBS 82 2 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#57 Bryce Davis DL Duke FBS 82 2 11 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#58 Toby Anene DL Colorado FBS 82 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#59 Jaylen Harvey DL North Carolina FBS 82 2 8 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#60 J'Mond Tapp DL Memphis FBS 82 3 14 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#62 Carson Tujague DL Utah State FBS 81 2 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#63 Gabe Peterson DL New Mexico State FBS 81 3 13 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#64 Jeremy Lewis DL Purdue FBS 81 1 5 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#66 Javen Gibson DL Old Dominion FBS 81 2 7 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#68 Andrew Zock DL Toledo FBS 81 2 9 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#69 Kenny Soares Jr. DL Michigan State FBS 81 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#71 Cortez Harris DL Virginia Tech FBS 80 2 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.5 TFL
#73 Devonte Tezino DL Baylor FBS 80 1 4 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#74 Taje McCoy DL Georgia Tech FBS 80 2 15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#79 Bear Alexander DL Oregon FBS 80 2 12 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#81 DeeJay Holmes Jr. DL Florida International FBS 80 2 7 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#84 Omari Abor DL Akron FBS 79 2 8 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#87 Ronn Hardin DL Eastern Michigan FBS 79 3 9 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#89 Jahzon Jacks DL Fresno State FBS 79 2 9 tkl · 2.0 TFL
#91 Kelvon McBride DL Marshall FBS 79 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#92 TJ Bush Jr. DL Minnesota FBS 79 2 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#93 Elias Sherman DL Arkansas State FBS 79 2 13 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 1.0 TFL

What this grade is. Box-score production, adjusted for who it came against, shrunk toward the positional average when a player has few games, then ranked within position — so 50 is average for that spot and 85+ is elite. A 90 quarterback and a 90 corner are each elite for their position; the numbers aren’t comparable across positions in any other way.

What it isn’t. It has no charting or play-by-play grading behind it, so it rewards production rather than technique — a back on a run-heavy team gets more chances to produce than an equally good back who touches it half as often. Kickers and punters are graded on volume-light stats and are the least reliable.

Why there is no offensive line. College football publishes no individual OL box stats anywhere, so the only OL number we could build is the team’s offensive rating stamped on a lineman — and a lineman only reaches the ratings at all by recording a stray stat, like falling on a fumble. In 2026 that came to 134 linemen across 106 of 289 teams — so 63% of teams would have none, and the rest one or two of five starters, picked by accident. Ranking that would rank offenses with a lineman’s name attached, so we don’t publish it as a position. A team’s own page still shows those rows, flagged, where the claim is only about that team.