Chris Gant Jr. is a safety at New Mexico who has not played in New Mexico's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
New Mexico lists 23 defensive backs this season.
New Mexico is 7-1, No. 22 in the AP poll (week 10). Next: at Nevada, Fri Nov 6.
Played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Boise State — Week 7, 2025.
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| 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 · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
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| 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 |
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
Pass share
43.3%
350 pass / 459 run
Plays / game
62.2
13 games
Team sack rate
8.7%
380 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Eric Morris and Jason Eck.
