North Carolina Central Eagles
FCS
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference · NCCU
Team Vitals
-11.9
power · 2026 · #318 D1
-5.0 / -6.9
off / def (higher = better)
2–1
2026 record
101
roster (2026)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Gardner-Webb FCS | AWAY | Gardner-Webb 70% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | East Carolina FBS | AWAY | East Carolina 96% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Campbell FCS | HOME | Campbell 61% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | William & Mary FCS | HOME | William & Mary 58% |
| 2026-10-23 | Wk 8 | Delaware State FCS | AWAY | Delaware State 67% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Howard FCS | HOME | North Carolina Central 58% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Norfolk State FCS | AWAY | Norfolk State 61% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | South Carolina State FCS | AWAY | South Carolina State 87% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Morgan State FCS | HOME | North Carolina Central 62% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | North Carolina A&T vs | W | 30–22 |
| 2026-09-05 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Elizabeth City State vs | W | 27–6 |
| 2026-08-29 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Texas Southern @ | L | 30–42 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Morgan State @ | W | 33–14 |
| 2025-11-14 | 2025 | Wk 12 | South Carolina State vs | L | 27–34 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Norfolk State vs | W | 31–28 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Howard @ | W | 35–14 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Delaware State vs | L | 26–35 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Florida A&M @ | W | 45–7 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | East Texas A&M @ | W | 50–42 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | North Carolina A&T @ | W | 62–20 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | Fayetteville State vs | W | 49–19 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | 87 | 70 | +17 |
| 2025 | 8 | 4 | 405 | 308 | +97 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3 | 391 | 202 | +189 |
| 2023 | 9 | 3 | 430 | 345 | +85 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 | 463 | 258 | +205 |
| 2021 | 6 | 5 | 268 | 287 | -19 |
| 2019 | 4 | 8 | 210 | 328 | -118 |
| 2018 | 5 | 6 | 289 | 335 | -46 |
| 2017 | 7 | 4 | 236 | 211 | +25 |
| 2016 | 9 | 3 | 347 | 275 | +72 |
| 2015 | 8 | 3 | 327 | 233 | +94 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zarion Walters | DL | 90 | #12 | 3 | 17 tkl · 3.0 sacks · 6.0 TFL |
| Joshua Truesdale | DB | 78 | #88 | 3 | 19 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT |
| Plez Lawrence | RB | 72 | #92 | 3 | 264 rush yds · 3 TD · 1 rec |
| Jakarri Martin II | DB | 72 | #231 | 3 | 9 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT |
| Ayden Davis | DB | 68 | #338 | 3 | 16 tkl · 1 PD · 1 INT |
| Chance Peterson | WR | 67 | #259 | 3 | 11 rec · 157 yds · 1 TD |
| Khareem Thompson | DL | 63 | #620 | 3 | 3 tkl |
| Nelson Layne | QB | 61 | #156 | 3 | 437 pass yds · 4 TD · 2 INT |
| Gino Addison | RB | 58 | #410 | 1 | 52 rush yds · 1 TD · 1 rec |
| Taeshawn Alston | DL | 57 | #1047 | 3 | 4 tkl · 1.5 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| M.J. Campbell | DL | 56 | #1173 | 2 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Amari Sifford | DB | 56 | #1087 | 2 | 4 tkl · 2 PD |
| Connor Everett | TE | 55 | #225 | 3 | 3 rec · 17 yds · 1 TD |
| Joshua Maxwell | LB | 55 | #694 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Zion Dobson | RB | 54 | #509 | 3 | 125 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Rodney Lesane | TE | 52 | #272 | 1 | 2 rec · 36 yds |
| Juju Laguerre | LB | 52 | #841 | 3 | 10 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 0.5 TFL |
| Brendon Wyatt | RB | 52 | #608 | 3 | -1 rush yds · 5 rec |
| Mehki Wall | WR | 51 | #919 | 3 | 3 rec · 37 yds · 1 TD |
| Tristan Stitt | WR | 50 | #964 | 2 | 4 rec · 49 yds |
| Wade Harris | DB | 49 | #1570 | 1 | 6 tkl |
| RJ Lancaster | WR | 49 | #1008 | 2 | 5 rec · 33 yds |
| Mekhi Bigelow | LB | 48 | #1014 | 2 | 7 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| John Clifford Jr. | DB | 48 | #1658 | 3 | 6 tkl |
| Nasim Cosby | WR | 48 | #1063 | 2 | 3 rec · 49 yds |
| Jahzir Dukes | DB | 47 | #1755 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1 PD |
| Jaylen Moore | RB | 47 | #778 | 1 | 37 rush yds |
| Jayden Walker | LB | 46 | #1121 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.0 TFL |
| Jordan Johnson | DB | 46 | #1877 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Gary Dorsey Jr. | DL | 45 | #2108 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Darryl Smith | DB | 45 | #1929 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Cameron Williams | DB | 43 | #2061 | 3 | 5 tkl |
| Josh Pullen | LB | 43 | #1272 | 2 | 5 tkl |
| Jaysen Oriol | DL | 43 | #2270 | 3 | 4 tkl |
| Jake Marcantel team-inferred | OL | 42 | #90 | 3 | — |
| Riley Daniels team-inferred | OL | 42 | #91 | 3 | — |
| Bubba Camp | DB | 39 | #2361 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Cole Hamilton | LB | 38 | #1483 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| River Fiore | TE | 38 | #492 | 1 | 1 rec · 10 yds |
| Jovon Wright | DB | 37 | #2463 | 3 | 3 tkl |