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Abdul Muhammad

Senior cornerback on Middle Tennessee's 2025 roster.

CB · Middle Tennessee · Sr. · #21

6′1″ · 189 lb · Omaha, NE

CFB Index 33 · #267 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Middle Tennessee for 2026

How he projects

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away.

The full scouting read

The story

4 cornerback on Middle Tennessee's 2025 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Abdul Muhammad

CB · Middle Tennessee · Sr · #21

Reads the quarterback's eyes and takes the ball away. Second year in the Middle Tennessee secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against New Mexico State, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Derek Mason, all pass-leaning offenses — 6-18 over that span.

2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

2025Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

33Below cohort / limited sample #267 of 364?

Low confidenceAscending7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (96th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#85 / 2975 · 96th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Tackles#1415 / 2975 · 52nd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.8
Road6g	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.5

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Derek Mason

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

33 · #267 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Conference USA

Based on 2025: #15 of 19 Conference USA CBs

How the All-Conference USA estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Middle Tennessee	29	22	7	--	--
2024	Middle Tennessee	12	8	2	--	--
Career		41	30	9	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 14–13

at Nevada

1 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 1 on the road.

With A. Logan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 59 LONG · N. Vattiato — 247 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · QBR 40.4 · 8 rush yds (13 car) · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-34vs Austin Peay	2	2	—	1
Wk 2	L 10-42@ Wisconsin	3	3	—	0
Wk 3	W 14-13@ Nevada	1	1	—	0
Wk 4	L 28-42vs Marshall	4	3	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	L 16-24@ Kennesaw State	2	1	—	0
Wk 7	L 20-22vs Missouri State	2	1	—	1
Wk 9	L 28-31@ Delaware	3	3	—	1
Wk 11	L 30-56vs Florida International	3	3	—	1
Wk 12	L 26-42@ Western Kentucky	4	2	—	0
Wk 13	W 31-17vs Sam Houston	1	1	—	1
Wk 14	W 31-24@ New Mexico State	4	2	—	2
Total		29	22	—	7