Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 17-72@ No. 22 Tennessee | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
Drew Francis
Drew Francis: LB · Middle Tennessee · #32.
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Drew Francis
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. The five seasons at Middle Tennessee span two head coaches: Rick Stockstill and Derek Mason. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Tennessee — Week 2, 2025.
Style of play
Style of play
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Fans
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Middle Tennessee in the news
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Career stats
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Middle Tennessee | 44 | 29 | 3.5 | 2.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Middle Tennessee | 40 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 2021 | Middle Tennessee | 3 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2020 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 94 | 50 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 2 |
Game log
Signature game
Teams and coaches
2020Middle Tennessee3-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
2021Middle Tennessee7-6HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced, fast tempo
2022Middle Tennessee8-5HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
2023Middle Tennessee4-8HC: Rick Stockstill · Balanced
2024Middle Tennessee3-9HC: Derek Mason · Pass-leaning
Splits
Home and road splits, scheme and staff
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 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
Derek Mason
Pass share
61.3%
495 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
67.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.9%
547 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Six seasons, two schools
- 2025 East Tennessee StateYear 6 · 1 game
- Feb 2025 Entered the transfer portalMiddle Tennessee to East Tennessee State
- 2024 Middle Tennessee MasonYear 5 · 2 games
- Nov 2023 Entered the transfer portal
- 2023 Middle Tennessee StockstillYear 4 · 12 games
- 2022 Middle Tennessee StockstillYear 3 · 11 games
- 2021 Middle Tennessee StockstillYear 2 · 2 games
- 2020 Middle Tennessee StockstillYear 1 · 3 games
- High school Knoxville WestKnoxville, TN · Class of 2020Three-star, No. 1,131 in the 2020 class.
Moves
- Entered the transfer portal from Middle Tennessee, Nov 28, 2023.
- Transferred from Middle Tennessee to East Tennessee State, Feb 6, 2025.
How it ended
Five seasons at Middle Tennessee, 94 tackles — the college career is complete.
Played for two programs.
2020 3 games
- RecruitedThree-star, out of Knoxville West
2024
- Entered the portalfrom Middle Tennessee
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Transferred to East Tennessee Statefrom Middle Tennessee
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coaches2020–2023
Middle Tennessee
Coaching transition mid-career: Rick Stockstill → Derek Mason. Worth noting in scheme + development context.