Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Team Profile

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Middle Tennessee's 2025 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
Sat 8/30	Middle Tennessee vs Austin Peay
Sat 9/6	Middle Tennessee at Wisconsin
Sat 9/13	Middle Tennessee at Nevada
Sat 9/20	Middle Tennessee vs Marshall
Sat 9/27	Middle Tennessee at Kennesaw State
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/8	Middle Tennessee vs Missouri State
	BYE WEEK
Wed 10/22	Middle Tennessee at Delaware
Wed 10/29	Middle Tennessee vs Jacksonville State
Sat 11/8	Middle Tennessee vs Florida International
Sat 11/15	Middle Tennessee at Western Kentucky
Sat 11/22	Middle Tennessee vs Sam Houston
Sat 11/29	Middle Tennessee at New Mexico State

Record Prediction: 5.0 - 7.0 (#64)
Schedule Rating: -158.37 (#136)
Future 2026 Schedule

Middle Tennessee's 2024 Schedule
Date	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
Sat 8/31	Middle Tennessee vs Tennessee Tech			W 32 - 25
Sat 9/7	Middle Tennessee at Ole Miss	+42.5	60.5	L 3 - 52
Sat 9/14	Middle Tennessee vs Western Kentucky	+10.5	53.5	L 21 - 49
Sat 9/21	Middle Tennessee vs Duke	+14.5	51.0	L 17 - 45
Sat 9/28	Middle Tennessee at Memphis	+27.0	62.0	L 7 - 24
	BYE WEEK
Thu 10/10	Middle Tennessee at Louisiana Tech	+5.0	48.0	L 21 - 48
Tue 10/15	Middle Tennessee vs Kennesaw State	-8.5	50.0	W 14 - 5
Wed 10/23	Middle Tennessee at Jacksonville State	+20.5	64.5	L 20 - 42
Sat 11/2	Middle Tennessee at UTEP	+2.0	48.0	W 20 - 13
Sat 11/9	Middle Tennessee vs Liberty	+12.5	54.5	L 17 - 37
	BYE WEEK
Sat 11/23	Middle Tennessee vs New Mexico State	-3.5	54.0	L 21 - 36
Sat 11/30	Middle Tennessee vs Florida International	+9.5	50.5	L 24 - 35

2024 Schedule Rating: -82.09 (#97)
2024 Record: 3 - 9 (3 - 8 - 0) (CUSA: 2 - 6)

Opponents: 0 Elite, 1 Good, 1 Avg, 1 Bad, 9 Poor

Reg Season Opponents: 1 Elite, 1 Good, 2 Avg, 2 Bad, 6 Poor

2025 class: 151.49 points #97
2024 class: 131.88 points #118
2023 class: 89.15 points #119
2022 class: 102.04 points #120
2021 class: 107.22 points #123

Average Class Ranking: # #115
Average Recruiting Points: 116.36

Class Averages
Conference USA Class: 114.32 #113
Group of 5 Class: 134.77 #102
FBS Class: 179.02 #69

2020 class: 150.60 points #90
2019 class: 154.43 points #85
2018 class: 125.31 points #104
2017 class: 128.10 points #91
2016 class: 128.26 points #96

Average Class Ranking: # #93
Average Recruiting Points: 137.34

Player Name	COMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	TD	INT	YPA
Nick Vattiato	269	418	64%	3092	16	10	7.4
Roman Gagliano	4	9	44%	41	0	0	4.6

Player Name	CAR	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Jekail Middlebrook	60	273	2	4.6	24
Nick Vattiato	86	77	1	0.9	16
Roman Gagliano	2	5	0	2.5	9
Cam'Ron Lacy	1	1	0	1.0	1

Player Name	REC	YDS	TD	YPC	LONG
Myles Butler	30	366	3	12.2	61
Cam'Ron Lacy	20	190	0	9.5	44
Jekail Middlebrook	22	163	1	7.4	24
Gamarion Carter	12	123	0	10.3	27

Returning Production
Overall Returning Production: 56% (#69)
Offense Returning Production: 58% (#64)
Defense Returning Production: 55% (#64)

Transfer Portal
2025 Portal Class (#100)
8 Commits, 83.7 Avg Rating
0% of 2025 Roster are from Transfer Portal

Team Talent
2025 Talent Rating: 392.00 (#118)
2024 (#119) | 2023 (#124) | 2022 (#103) | 2021 (#80)

Average Conference USA Talent Rating is 371.82

Average Power Five Talent: 862.84
Average FBS Talent: 688.93

2025 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2024 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2023 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2022 Roster
High School: | JUCO:
Blue Chip Ratio: 0
Blue Chip Players:

2025 - 2022 Records (vs Spread)
2025 Record: 0 - 0 (0 - 0 - 0)
2025 Conf Record: 0 - 0

2024 Record: 3 - 9 (3 - 8 - 0)
2024 Conf Record: 2 - 6

2023 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 8 - 0)
2023 Conf Record: 3 - 5

2022 Record: 8 - 5 (6 - 6 - 1)
2022 Conf Record: 4 - 4

Four Year Record: 15 - 22
Four Year Record vs. Spread: 13 - 22 - 1
Four Year Conference Record: 9 - 15

2021 - 2018 Records (vs Spread)
2021 Record: 7 - 6 (7 - 6 - 0)
2021 Conf Record: 0 - 0

2020 Record: 3 - 6 (5 - 4 - 0)
2020 Conf Record: 2 - 3

2019 Record: 4 - 8 (6 - 6 - 0)
2019 Conf Record: 3 - 5

2018 Record: 8 - 6 (8 - 6 - 0)
2018 Conf Record: 7 - 2

Eight Year Record: 37 - 48
Eight Year Record vs. Spread: 39 - 44 - 1
Eight Year Conference Record: 29 - 29

Middle Tennessee Recent Bowl History
Date	Bowl	Matchup	Spread	Total	Result
2022	I Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs San Diego State	+7.0	47.0	W 25 - 23
2021	Bahamas Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs Toledo	+10.0	50.0	W 31 - 24
2018	Orleans Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs App State	+6.5	48.0	L 13 - 45
2017	Camellia Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs Arkansas State	+3.5	61.0	W 35 - 30
2016	I Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs Hawai'i	-4.5	70.0	L 35 - 52
2015	Bahamas Bowl	Middle Tennessee vs Western Michigan	+3.0		L 31 - 45

MTSU's OC Bodie Reeder - DC Brian Stewart
Power Ranking Stats (2024)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2024	.13 (107)	39% (105)	3 (128)	25.2 (132)	38%	48%	.32 (129)	49% (130)	4.61 (126)	30 (99)

Teams	Offense PPA	Offense Success	Offense Pts Per Opp	Avg Start FP	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Defense PPA	Defense Success	Defense Pts Per Opp	Opponent FP
2023	.14 (95)	39% (104)	3.2 (115)	28.8 (93)	40%	45%	.17 (60)	43% (81)	4.13 (100)	27.8 (43)

More Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2024	12	30:15 (73)	18.2 (109)	38%	48%	7.3 (110)	61.3 (102)	1.6 (83)	0.8	4.6 (110)	1.7 (90)	1

Teams	Games	Possession Time	1st Downs PG	3rd Down %	4th Down %	Penalties PG	Penalty Yds PG	Off TO PG	Def TO PG	TFL PG	Sacks PG	D/ST TDs
2023	12	28:32 (117)	19.3 (95)	40%	45%	6.8 (93)	56.3 (81)	1.8 (97)	1.3	5.8 (58)	1.9 (79)	0

Overall Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2024 Offense	12	18.1	20.3	14.2	39.4% (105)	3 (128)	1.6	18	352	91	261	3.2	41% (123)	59% (11)	38% (114)	40% (82)	19% (112)	.13 (107)
2024 Defense	12	34.3	32.8	35.8	49.4% (130)	4.61 (126)	0.8	-	-	-	-	-	54% (104)	46% (33)	50% (124)	49% (127)	14% (108)	.32 (129)

Teams	Games	PPG	Home	Road	Success Rate	Pts PerOpp	TO	1stD PG	TotalYds PG	RushYds PG	PassYdsPG	RYPA	Run Rate	Pass Rate	Run Success	Pass Success	Havoc Rate	Total PPA
2023 Offense	12	24.3	32.2	16.3	39.4% (104)	3.2 (115)	1.8	19	391	126	266	3.9	42% (117)	57% (18)	41% (93)	39% (94)	17% (89)	.14 (95)
2023 Defense	12	28.1	24.8	31.3	42.9% (81)	4.13 (100)	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	47% (30)	52% (104)	45% (88)	42% (78)	17% (49)	.17 (60)

Run Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2024 Offense	12	41% (123)	38% (114)	27.9	90.5	3.2	10 (122)	.04 (110)	2.82 (104)	56% (132)	11% (102)	0.98 (63)
2024 Defense	12	54% (104)	50% (124)	-	-	-	-	.19 (106)	3.19 (97)	72% (61)	9% (100)	0.97 (59)

Teams	Games	Run Play Rate	Run Play Success	Rush Att PG	Rush Yds PG	Rush Yds Per Att	Rushing TDs	Run Pred Pts Added	OL Yds Per Att	3rd/4th & Short	Front 7 Havoc	Run Play Explosivness
2023 Offense	12	42% (117)	41% (93)	32	125.5	3.9	13 (108)	.1 (93)	3.08 (74)	79% (22)	11% (95)	1.08 (28)
2023 Defense	12	47% (30)	45% (88)	-	-	-	-	.06 (24)	2.97 (43)	71% (57)	10% (65)	0.85 (13)

Pass Game Stats (2024)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2024 Offense	12	59% (11)	40% (82)	22.8	35.6	261.1	7.3	11.5	16 (87)	10 (63)	.19 (95)	1.5 (102)	32% (85)	25% (123)	.17 (121)	7% (112)	1.9 (114)
2024 Defense	12	46% (33)	49% (127)	-	-	-	-	-	-	5 (117)	.47 (129)	1.6 (90)	27% (127)	34% (109)	.53 (128)	5% (101)	2.3 (128)

Teams	Games	PassPlay Rate	PassPlay Success	Comp PG	Att PG	Yds PG	Yds PA	Yds PC	TDs	Ints	PassPlays PPA	PassPlays Expl	PassDowns Rate	PassDowns Succ Rate	PassDowns PPA	DB Havoc	PassDowns Expl
2023 Offense	12	57% (18)	39% (94)	24.6	36.5	265.6	7.3	10.8	23 (51)	13 (97)	.24 (84)	1.6 (59)	34% (101)	26% (110)	.24 (94)	6% (70)	2.3 (6)
2023 Defense	12	52% (104)	42% (78)	-	-	-	-	-	-	8 (100)	.31 (96)	1.5 (47)	30% (104)	32% (90)	.35 (88)	7% (31)	2.2 (100)

Team Notes

Injury Notes

Staff/Schedule Notes

Power Ratings Overall: -20.13 #126
Offense: 6.96 #105
Defense: 27.09 #133
SP+ Overall: -17.5 #126
SP+ Offense: 17.2 #125
SP+ Defense: 34.7 #115

Returning Prod MTSU returns their '24 starting QB (100%)
OL Starters back: 4, Prod: 50% #73
Rush Prod: 33% #100 | Rec Prod: 30% #100
Returning Production: 56% #69
Offense: 58% #64 | Defense: 55% #64
Front 7 Back: 71% - Secondary: 31%

Roster Team Talent #118 Blue Chips: 0% #101
Offense Talent #120 Defense Talent #118
Crootin: Class #97 4 YR Rank #115
Portal Class #100 8 players, 84 Avg
21% of Roster from Portal, 12% TY
22 New Players, 33% of '25 Roster #31

2025 Schedule Record Prediction: 5.0 - 7.0 #64
Schedule Rating: -158.37 #136
View MTSU's 2025 Predicted Schedule Results
Opps: Elite: 0, Good: 1, Avg: 1, Bad: 1, Poor: 9

Scoring Scoring: 18.1 - 34.3 (24 - 28 LY)
Scoring at Home: 20 - 33 | Road: 14 - 36
OC: Bodie Reeder - in his second season
DC: Brian Stewart - in his second season

Records 2024 Record: 3 - 9 (3 - 8 - 0) (CUSA: 2 - 6)
2023 Record: 4 - 8 (4 - 8 - 0) (CUSA: 3 - 5)
2022 Record: 8 - 5 (6 - 6 - 1) (CUSA: 4 - 4)
4 Yr Record: 15 - 22 | 8 Yr Record: 37 - 48)