Mathis Haygood
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
69
Depth

Mathis Haygood

Southern Miss Golden EaglesRebuilding
WLBDefenseDepth
Projected Starter

Is Mathis Haygood starting?

Mathis Haygood is the projected starter at WLB for Southern Miss Golden Eagles.

Redshirt junior · #13 · 6'4", 230 lbs

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Depth at WLB · Southern Miss Golden Eagles

  1. 11369Mathis HaygoodStarter
  2. 2251Tyler Lassiter

Southern Miss Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

In 2025: 44 tackles, 4 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 69 overall (Depth tier).

Team Share4%
Fayetteville, GA
Jersey
#13
Class
RS JR/TR
Height
6'4"
Weight
230 lbs

2025 Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20254441

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

Recruiting Profile

High School
Sandy Creek
Hometown
Tyrone, GA

Why this rating?

On a 62-rated defense; 75th-percentile production (×0.78 for competition level) put them +7 vs unit starters → 69.

Team defense (SP+)
62
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 75% of peers
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.78)
Depth-chart adjustment
+7 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 7LTROYTKL 13
TKL
13
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 55-34

Sep 26LTULNTKL 6
TKL
6
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Sep 19LCONNTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 48-20

Sep 13LAUBTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 43-8

Sep 5WALCNTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-3

Mathis Haygood's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

44 tkl · 4 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement100%
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