Junior safety on Memphis's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 181 lb · Brundidge, AL · Pike County HS
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.
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in man coverage and speed.
The full scouting readThe story
3 safety on Memphis's 2026 roster.
Ian Foster
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Ian Foster arrived at Memphis from Southern Miss. All-Sun Belt in 2025 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 8 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Boise State — Week 2, 2026.
23 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was winning awards before he was old enough to be a story.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Ryan Silverfield → Charles Huff. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Memphis
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (97th 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
2026 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 8.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 7.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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.
Player standing · 2026
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Memphis | 23 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 76 | 30 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 7 | 3 | -- |
| 2024 | Marshall | 48 | 25 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 147 | 71 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 11 | 3 | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 27–21
at UNLV
Game by game
Point color shows the opponent's defensive strength that week (red = weaker defense, blue = stronger) — dashed line is this player's own season average.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-21@ UNLV | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 1 | W 42-24vs Arkansas State | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 20-38@ Boise State | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 16 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Alvin Davis’s 2019 season.
Matches Alvin on
Differs from Alvin on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Deshawn Jones Jr's junior season at Bowling Green (2023).
Matches Deshawn on
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