Senior cornerback on Mississippi State's 2023 roster.
6′0″ · 185 lb · Clarksdale, MS
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 697 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Mississippi State's roster.
Esaias Furdge
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Four seasons at Mississippi State, two different head coaches: Mike Leach and Greg Knox. One game to point at: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Arizona — Week 2, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Mississippi State, 36 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2023
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Leach → Greg Knox. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2023 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mississippi State | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Mississippi State | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Mississippi State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Mississippi State | 14 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| Career | 36 | 21 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2023
W 31–24
vs Arizona
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 48-7vs SE Louisiana | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 31-24vs Arizona | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 14-41vs LSU | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-51@ Texas A&M | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Zach Morris’s 2022 season.
Matches Zach on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Kriston Davis's junior season at Houston (2024).
Matches Kriston on
Player DNA