Lavain Scruggs
Maryland Terrapins
80
Good

Lavain Scruggs

Maryland TerrapinsAverage
SSDefenseGood
Projected Starter

Is Lavain Scruggs starting?

Lavain Scruggs is the projected starter at SS for Maryland Terrapins.

Redshirt senior · #2 · 6'3", 215 lbs

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Depth at SS · Maryland Terrapins

  1. 1280Lavain ScruggsStarter
  2. 21259Jayden Shipps
  3. 3751Gavin Edwards

Maryland Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Archbishop Spalding, ranked #1,238 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 64 tackles, 2 INT, 3 PBU. That's 8% of the team's production at his spot and 92th-percentile production nationally — good for a 80 overall (Good tier).

Recruit3★ · #1,238 Natl3-Yr Total112 tacklesTeam Share8%Percentile92th
Baltimore, MD
Jersey
#2
Class
RS SR
Height
6'3"
Weight
215 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
20256423
20244312
2023510

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
0.8511
National Rank
#1238
High School
Archbishop Spalding
Hometown
Severn, MD

Why this rating?

On a 75-rated defense; 92th-percentile production (×0.93 for competition level) put them +5 vs unit starters → 80.

Team defense (SP+)
75
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 92% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.93)
Depth-chart adjustment
+5 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 10LOSUTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 45-16

Oct 3LNEBTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 48-23

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

Final L 54-3

Sep 19LVTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 35-26

Sep 6WHAMPTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 62-0

Lavain Scruggs's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

64 tkl · 3 PD · 2 INT
Usage / Involvement89%
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