Ahmaad Moses

Senior safety for SMU. 2025: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 104 tackles.

S · SMU · Sr. · #3

5′10″ · 205 lb · Arlington, TX

CFB Index 97 · #1 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceAll-Conf 1st teamReturning to SMU for 2026

How he plays

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

Tackles: 99th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

3 PBU · 104 tackles · 5.5 TFL

Statement game15 tackles · 2 TFLvs Miami (FBS) · W 26-20

Top 1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for SMU. 2025: 5 interceptions, 3 pass breakups, 104 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to SMU in 2022.

His career, year by year

Ahmaad Moses

S · SMU · Sr · #3

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Fourth year in the SMU secondary, same address the whole way. Two straight seasons of it now: All-ACC again in 2025. The receipt on tape: 13 tackles against Arizona, Bowl, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Rhett Lashlee — 38-16 over that span.

2022SMU7-6HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced, fast tempo

2023SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2024SMU11-3HC: Rhett Lashlee · Run-leaning

2025SMU9-4HC: Rhett Lashlee · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

97All-America level #1 of 544?

Medium confidenceSustained Ascent8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (99th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles#41 / 2975 · 99th pct

104

Solo tackles#46 / 2975 · 98th pct

Interceptions#6 / 817 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#477 / 2975 · 83rd pct

5.5

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	9.7	0.7	0.1	0.1
Road6g	6.0	0.1	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	8.1	0.5	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	7.8	0.3	0.0	0.3

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Rhett Lashlee

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference 1st team

First team in his league at the position.

our read the All-Conference 1st team honor is earned — and the box score backs it up emphatically: #1 of 544 FBS safeties by CFB Index Score.2025 profile

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

97 · #1 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #1 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix to repeat All-ACC

Based on 2025: #1 of 25 ACC Ss

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

49% estimated, 95% confidence interval 43–54%. 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	SMU	104	54	5.5	1.0	3	5	--
2024	SMU	64	36	5.5	0.0	3	3	--
2023	SMU	46	34	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
2022	SMU	21	16	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		235	140	16.0	3.0	8	8	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 26–20

vs Miami

15 TOT · 5 SOLO · 2 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 6 at home.

With K. Jennings — 365 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 67.6 · -8 rush yds (8 car) · 1 TD · W. McSparron — 43 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 57 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 42-13vs East Texas A&M	4	4	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 2	L 45-48vs Baylor	8	4	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 28-10@ Missouri State	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-35@ TCU	6	2	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 31-18vs Syracuse	9	4	1.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 7	W 34-10vs Stanford	11	5	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 35-24@ Clemson	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 12-13@ Wake Forest	4	1	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 26-20vs Miami	15	5	2.0	0.0	2	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 11	W 45-13@ Boston College	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 38-6vs Louisville	8	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 35-38@ California	10	5	0.0	0.0	—	1
Bowl	W 24-19vs Arizona	13	10	0.0	0.0	—	1
Total		104	54	5.5	1.0	5	3

How he plays

Play style

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

104Tackles

54Solo

5.5TFL

1Sacks

3Pass def.

5INT

104 tackles. 3 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.

Week 11 INT
Week 11 PD
Week 21 sack
Week 61 INT
Week 81 PD
Week 91 INT
Week 102 INT
Week 141 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

SMU

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · SMU

Returning around him

1 SMU player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -11 net (15 in / 26 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

SMU · Last season: 9-4 (AP #25) · Talent rank #31 · 2026 recruiting class #32

DNA match

Player DNA

Rover

Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Fred Perry’s 2024 season.

Fred Perry

72%match

Jacksonville State · 2024

All-Conference USA

Khoury Bethley

Arizona State · 2022

71%

Nick Andersen

Wake Forest · 2025

All-ACC

71%

Louis Moore

Indiana · 2025

All-Big Ten

70%

Matches Fred on

PD rate

Tackle volume

Class year

Differs from Fred on

TFL rate (lower)

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Louis Moore's senior season at Indiana (2025).

Louis Moore

76%match

Indiana · 2025

All-Big Ten

Treylin Payne

Texas State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

76%

Jaylen Wester

Western Kentucky · 2025

74%

Mason Woods

Kent State · 2025

All-MAC

72%

Jusfin Meyers

Georgia Southern · 2025

71%

Matches Louis on

PD rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Louis on

Tackle volume (higher)

Player DNA

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Georgia · 2022

90%

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UL Monroe · 2023

83%

Jusfin Meyers

Georgia Southern · 2023

80%

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UTSA · 2022

79%

A'Khori Jones

Liberty · 2024

79%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Ahmaad Moses

20228 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference 1st team

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Rover

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