Immanuel Bush

Senior defensive lineman for James Madison. 2025: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · James Madison · Sr.

6′1″ · 348 lb · Lancaster, SC

CFB Index 43 · #250 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceAll-ConferenceReturning to James Madison for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Tackles for loss: 90th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

7 TFL · 26 tackles · 2 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 2 TFL, 4 tackles, at Louisville

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for James Madison. 2025: 3 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Marshall in 2020.

His career, year by year

Immanuel Bush

DL · James Madison · Sr

Wins his gap play after play. Immanuel Bush has played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Washington State, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Marshall7-3HC: Doc Holliday · Run-leaning

2022Marshall9-4HC: Charles Huff · Run-heavy

2023James Madison11-2HC: Damian Wroblewski · Balanced

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

43Rotational starter #250 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (90th percentile). Strength: sacks (89th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#277 / 2975 · 90th pct

7.0

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1735 / 2975 · 40th pct

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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.6	0.4	0.2	0.0
Road5g	2.6	1.0	0.4	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.3	0.6	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.0	0.9	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

43 · #250 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #250 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot to repeat All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #29 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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

Season	Team
2025	James Madison	26	12	7.0	3.0	1	--	--
2024	James Madison	34	6	5.0	2.0	1	1	--
2023	James Madison	17	7	4.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Marshall	15	3	2.5	1.5	1	--	--
2020	Marshall	18	3	2.5	2.0	--	--	--
Career		110	31	21.5	8.5	3	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 63–27

vs Old Dominion

3 TOT · 3 SOLO

Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · M. Sluka — 18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · 35 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Weber State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 14-28@ Louisville	4	2	2.0	1.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 4	W 31-13@ Liberty	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Georgia Southern	2	1	1.5	1.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 14-7@ Georgia State	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-14vs Louisiana	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 63-27vs Old Dominion	3	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 52-20@ Texas State	3	2	2.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 35-23@ Marshall	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-20vs Washington State	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Total		26	12	7.0	3.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

26Tackles

12Solo

7TFL

3Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

26 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7 TFL.

Week 21 sack
Week 51 sack
Week 101 sack · 1 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

James Madison

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · James Madison

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (37 in / 31 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #80

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Julien Laventure’s 2025 season.

Julien Laventure

69%match

Akron · 2025

All-MAC

Cole Brevard

Purdue · 2024

65%

Simonte Pepa

Utah · 2022

62%

Dontay Corleone

Cincinnati · 2024

All-Big 12

58%

Joseph Evans

UTSA · 2022

57%

Matches Julien on

Height

TFL rate

Sack rate

Differs from Julien on

Class year (higher)

Hurry rate (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Brown's graduate season at UTSA (2024).

Brandon Brown

66%match

UTSA · 2024

All-AAC

Tre Williams

Clemson · 2024

62%

Jalen Hunt

Cincinnati · 2025

57%

J.J. Pegues

Ole Miss · 2024

57%

Jacobian Guillory

LSU · 2025

52%

Matches Brandon on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Height

Differs from Brandon on

Weight (higher)

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

Players who play like Immanuel Bush

Immanuel Bush

Marshall · 2022

82%

Jamarrion Harkless

Purdue · 2025

56%

Siaki Ika

Baylor · 2021

36%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Immanuel Bush

20207 games

20238 games

202510 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

All-Conference

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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