Ethan Minter
Virginia Cavaliers
83
Good

Ethan Minter

Virginia CavaliersAverage
FSDefenseGood
Projected Starter

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Ethan Minter is the projected starter at FS for Virginia Cavaliers.

Redshirt sophomore · #30 · 6'0", 195 lbs

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Depth at FS · Virginia Cavaliers

  1. 13083Ethan MinterStarter
  2. 2875Christian Ellis
  3. 32154Keke Adams

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Thomas Dale, ranked #1,898 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 47 tackles, 1 INT, 3 PBU. That's 5% of the team's production at his spot and 85th-percentile production nationally — good for a 83 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,898 Natl2-Yr Total65 tacklesTeam Share5%Percentile85th
Chester, VA
Jersey
#30
Class
RS SO
Height
6'0"
Weight
195 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20254713
20241810

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8408
National Rank
#1898
High School
Thomas Dale
Hometown
Chester, VA

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 85th-percentile production (×0.94 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 83.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 85% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10WSYRTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 28-25

Oct 3LFSUTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-7

Sep 26WDELTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 42-3

Sep 19LWVUTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 38-27

Sep 11WNORFTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 59-3

Aug 29WNCSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-8

Ethan Minter's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

47 tkl · 3 PD · 1 INT
Usage / Involvement83%
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Overall ratings blend team strength (SP+), on-field production, and recruiting. Higher = more impactful.