Senior cornerback on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 181 lb · Oxford, MS
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1471 nationally · Signed with Southern Miss
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Southern Miss's 2025 roster.
Brendan Toles
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Five seasons at Southern Miss, three different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer and Charles Huff. The receipt: 2 tackles against Jackson State — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, and Charles Huff. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Southern Miss | 12 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Southern Miss | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Southern Miss | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Southern Miss | 13 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 51 | 32 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 5 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 38–20
2 SOLO · 2 TOT
With B. Braxton — 214 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 43.5 · 20 rush yds (10 car) · J. Murley — 39 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 42 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 38-20vs Jackson State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 8 | W 22-10@ Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 16-27vs Western Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Southern Miss
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jamorri Colson’s 2024 season.
Matches Jamorri on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Lockridge's senior season at Fresno State (2023).
Matches Cameron on
Player DNA
24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page