Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 7 | L 25-41@ Boise State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 20-3@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#13
Chris Gant Jr.
Junior safety on New Mexico's 2026 roster.
5′9″ · 192 lb · Spring, TX
Returning to New Mexico for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 2012 nationally · Signed with North Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on New Mexico's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to North Texas in 2024.
- Transferred from North Texas to New Mexico in 2025.
Chris Gant Jr.
Chris Gant Jr. has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Boise State — Week 7, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with North Texas3-star out of Klein Collins
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coaches2024
New Mexico
2025era →
Jason Eck
New Mexico
Coaching transition mid-career: Bronco Mendenhall → Jason Eck. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024North Texas6-7HC: Eric Morris · Pass-leaning
2025New Mexico9-4HC: Jason Eck · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Eck
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | New Mexico | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | North Texas | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
New Mexico
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · New Mexico
Returning around him
- 1 New Mexico player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (14 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
New Mexico · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #112 · 2026 recruiting class #87
The secondary · New Mexico
- #7Tavian Combs72 tackles · 2025
- #5Frankie Edwards47 tackles · 2025
- #3CJ McBean40 tackles · 2025
- #9Eric McClain26 tackles · 2025
- #13Chris Gant Jr.4 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · New Mexico team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology