DeAgo Brumfield

Senior cornerback for Mississippi State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

CB · Mississippi State · Sr. · #4

6′0″ · 190 lb · Cincinnati, OH

CFB Index 48 · #192 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Mississippi State for 2026

How he plays

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 36 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 PBU, 7 tackles, vs Arizona State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 cornerback for Mississippi State. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 36 tackles.

Transferred from Memphis to Mississippi State in 2024.

His career, year by year

DeAgo Brumfield

CB · Mississippi State · Sr · #4

Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Ryan Silverfield and Jeff Lebby. One game to point at: 7 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Arizona State — Week 2, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023Memphis10-3HC: Ryan Silverfield · Balanced

2024Mississippi State2-10HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

48Rotational starter #192 of 364?

Low confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Tackles#1060 / 2975 · 64th pct

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	3.5	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.8

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.4
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

48 · #192 of 364 corners

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #9 of 22 SEC CBs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Mississippi State	36	22	1.0	4	1	--
2024	Mississippi State	14	6	0.5	2	1	--
2023	Memphis	42	33	3.0	10	--	--
Career		92	61	4.5	16	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17@ Southern Miss	0	0	0.0	—	2
Wk 2	W 24-20vs Arizona State	7	5	0.5	—	1	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Alcorn State	1	0	0.0	1	0
Wk 4	W 38-10vs Northern Illinois	4	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Tennessee	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	L 9-31@ Texas A&M	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-23@ Florida	5	5	0.0	—	1
Wk 9	L 38-45vs Texas	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-41vs Georgia	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-49@ Missouri	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 19-38vs Ole Miss	3	1	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 29-43vs Wake Forest	3	2	0.0	—	0
Total		36	22	1.0	1	4

How he plays

Play style

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

36Tackles

22Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

4Pass def.

1INT

36 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 12 PD
Week 21 PD
Week 31 INT
Week 81 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

Mississippi State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Cornerback · Mississippi State

Returning around him

2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -12 net (28 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #23

DNA match

Player DNA

Cover Corner

Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darrell Luter Jr.’s 2022 season.

Darrell Luter Jr.

88%match

South Alabama · 2022

All-Sun BeltNFL Rd 5

Collin Wright

Stanford · 2025

88%

Johnny Dixon

Penn State · 2023

All-Big Ten

87%

Caleb Biggers

Boise State · 2022

All-Mountain West

85%

Adrian Cole

Florida International · 2022

85%

Matches Darrell on

Interceptions

PD rate

Height

Differs from Darrell on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jalen Mcmurray's junior season at Temple (2023).

Jalen Mcmurray

95%match

Temple · 2023

Quinton Reese

Liberty · 2022

NFL Rd 6

94%

Courtline Flowers

Louisiana · 2022

94%

Doneiko Slaughter

Tennessee · 2022

94%

Nicktroy Fortune

UTSA · 2022

All-Conference USA

94%

Matches Jalen on

Class year

Height

Weight

Player DNA

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Korie Black

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82%

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

20244 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Cover Corner

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