Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21@ UNLV | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Arkansas State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Total | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#6
Dylan King
Senior safety on Memphis's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 188 lb · Nashville, TN · Oakland HS
CFB Index 24 · #482 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred Southern Miss → Memphis 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
3★
S recruit
No. 95 nationally · Joined Southern Miss
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Memphis's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2025.
- Transferred from Southern Miss to Memphis in 2026.
Dylan King
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Southern Miss to Memphis — the move that set up everything since. One game to point at: 5 tackles against UNLV — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- portal record
- game log
His career
20259 games
- Signed with Southern Miss3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Memphis
Coaching transition mid-career: Ryan Silverfield → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Memphis
2025Southern Miss
2026Memphis
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2026Memphis2-1HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy, 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: 3.0 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
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
24 · #482 of 544 safeties
Three-star recruit. Now #482 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Memphis | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 27 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 33 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 27–21
at UNLV
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
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 Eric Rogers’s 2021 season.
Matches Eric on
Height
Tackle volume
TFL rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Ammon Hannemann's freshman season at BYU (2021).
Matches Ammon on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Dylan King
The secondary · Memphis
- Ian Foster76 tackles · 2025
- #5Ahmere Foster47 tackles · 2025
- #8Anthony Richard Jr.27 tackles · 2025
- #6Dylan King27 tackles · 2025
- #3Dylan Smith14 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · Memphis team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology