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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 Nate Sheppard RB Duke FBS 99 2 374 rush yds · 3 TD · 8 rec
#1 KJ Duff WR Rutgers FBS 99 2 17 rec · 333 yds · 5 TD
#1 Blake Fletcher LB Air Force FBS 99 2 21 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#2 Kingston Lopa DB California FBS 99 2 11 tkl · 4 INT
#1 Alex McLaughlin DB Washington FBS 99 2 15 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
#1 Xavier Lewis DL North Carolina FBS 99 2 12 tkl · 4.0 sacks · 6.5 TFL
#1 Lincoln Kienholz QB Louisville FBS 98 2 639 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#3 Jordan Ross DL LSU FBS 98 2 7 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#2 Alonzo Jackson Jr. LB Louisiana Tech FBS 97 2 16 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 5.0 TFL
#1 Hunter Tipton TE Memphis FBS 97 3 14 rec · 291 yds · 2 TD
#4 Princewill Umanmielen DL LSU FBS 96 2 11 tkl · 4.5 sacks · 6.0 TFL
#3 Jesse Legree WR Oregon State FBS 95 2 13 rec · 376 yds · 3 TD
#3 Anthony Palano LB Boston College FBS 95 2 22 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#5 Mi'Quise Humphrey-Grace DL Kentucky FBS 95 2 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#4 Reed Harris WR Arizona State FBS 94 2 15 rec · 326 yds · 4 TD
#4 Elijah Melendez LB Auburn FBS 94 2 18 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#2 Kevin Jennings QB SMU FBS 93 2 767 pass yds · 8 TD · 2 INT
#8 Elijah Kinsler DL Memphis FBS 93 3 18 tkl · 3.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL
#5 Collin Dixon WR Illinois FBS 92 2 17 rec · 236 yds · 5 TD
#2 Luke Reynolds TE Virginia Tech FBS 92 2 13 rec · 158 yds · 3 TD
#8 Jaylen Thomas DB Washington State FBS 92 2 7 tkl · 2 INT
#9 Thomas Davis DL Tulsa FBS 92 2 7 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#6 Chance Morrow WR Buffalo FBS 92 2 18 rec · 221 yds · 5 TD
#10 Marco Jones DL Texas A&M FBS 92 2 5 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL
#6 Zach Mowchan LB Eastern Michigan FBS 91 3 30 tkl · 2.0 TFL
#7 Jeremiah Smith WR Ohio State FBS 91 2 16 rec · 315 yds · 3 TD
#5 Jaylin Carter RB Memphis FBS 91 3 375 rush yds · 6 TD · 2 rec
#7 Nick Rinaldi LB Vanderbilt FBS 90 2 13 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#3 Darian Mensah QB Miami FBS 90 2 653 pass yds · 8 TD · 0 INT
#2 Conor Talty K Alabama FBS 90 2 5 FG · 10 XP · 25 pts
#13 Tawfiq Thomas DL Georgia Tech FBS 90 2 14 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#8 Malachi Toney WR Miami FBS 90 2 16 rec · 330 yds · 4 TD
#8 Aiden Sullivan LB Oregon State FBS 90 2 19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#13 Kona Moore DB Hawai'i FBS 90 3 30 tkl · 2 PD
#9 Gavin Freeman WR Baylor FBS 89 2 22 rec · 258 yds · 1 TD
#14 Andre Jordan Jr. DB Auburn FBS 89 2 5 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
#16 Dylan LaBarbera DL Nevada FBS 89 2 15 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#15 Jordan McRae DB Louisiana Tech FBS 89 2 12 tkl · 1 INT
#7 Wayne Knight RB UCLA FBS 89 2 168 rush yds · 6 TD · 2 rec
#17 Dom Nichols DL Michigan FBS 89 2 10 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 3.0 TFL
#10 Dylan Lee LB San José State FBS 89 3 24 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.5 TFL
#16 Ta'Shawn James DB UCLA FBS 88 2 13 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT
#4 Gio Lopez QB Wake Forest FBS 88 2 575 pass yds · 4 TD · 0 INT
#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
#8 Wayshawn Parker RB Utah FBS 88 2 124 rush yds · 3 TD · 8 rec
#4 Benjamin Brahmer TE Penn State FBS 88 2 6 rec · 87 yds · 3 TD
#18 Caleb Nix DB Jacksonville State FBS 88 3 18 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT
#12 Easton Messer WR Florida Atlantic FBS 88 2 15 rec · 252 yds · 2 TD
#12 Zach Ruffin LB Memphis FBS 88 3 24 tkl · 1.5 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.