Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 13-35@ Colorado State | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 21-13vs Northern Colorado | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#1
Desman Hearns
Senior safety on Wyoming's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 190 lb · Clearwater, FL
CFB Index 51 · #263 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Wyoming for 2026
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
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S recruit
Signed with Southern Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Wyoming's 2026 roster.
- Signed with Southern Illinois in 2022.
- Transferred from Southern Illinois to Wyoming in 2025.
Desman Hearns
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Southern Illinois to Wyoming — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Colorado State — Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Southern Illinoisout of Chamberlain
202511 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
Wyoming
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Jay Sawvel — 5-9 over that span.
2025Wyoming4-8HC: Jay Sawvel · Balanced
2026Wyoming1-1HC: Jay Sawvel · Run-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
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: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jay Sawvel
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
51 · #263 of 544 safeties
Unranked recruit. Now #263 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #8 of 17 Mountain West Ss
How the All-Mountain West 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
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 21–13
3 TOT · 2 SOLO
With B. Edmiston — 46 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 55 LONG · T. Hughes — 149 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 10.5 · 26 rush yds (8 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Wyoming
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Wyoming
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Wyoming · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #127 · 2026 recruiting class #114
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Jacobi Francis’s 2021 season.
Matches Jacobi on
PD rate
Weight
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Nyquan Washington's junior season at Western Michigan (2024).
79%match
Matches Nyquan on
Tackle volume
PD rate
TFL rate
Differs from Nyquan on
Weight (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Desman Hearns
The secondary · Wyoming
- #23Jones Thomas46 tackles · 2025
- #1Desman Hearns28 tackles · 2025
- #2Travis Franklin Jr.25 tackles · 2025
- #4Jett Vincent9 tackles · 2025
- Tyson Deen7 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · Wyoming team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology