#14

Jer'Marius Lewis

Senior safety for UTSA. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

S · UTSA · Sr. · #14

5′11″ · 195 lb · Summit, MS

CFB Index 42 · #349 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to UTSA for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETat TexasDKR-Texas Memorial StadiumTexas by 30

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 86th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

4 PBU · 25 tackles · 2 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, vs Tulane

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for UTSA. 2025: 1 interception, 4 pass breakups, 25 tackles.

1 interception in 2024. Then 1 in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jer'Marius Lewis

S · UTSA · Sr · #14

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Danny Gonzales and Jeff Traylor. The receipt: 8 tackles against Colorado State — Week 4, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022New Mexico2-10HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2023New Mexico4-8HC: Danny Gonzales · Run-leaning

2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo

2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

42Rotational starter #349 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (86th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#340 / 2975 · 86th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Tackles#1667 / 2975 · 43rd pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.6
Road5g	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+4g	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Traylor

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

42 · #349 of 544 safeties

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #27 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC 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	UTSA	25	13	2.0	0.0	4	1	--
2024	UTSA	28	19	1.0	0.0	2	1	--
2023	New Mexico	43	27	3.5	1.0	4	3	--
2022	New Mexico	24	11	1.0	0.0	1	--	1
Career		120	70	7.5	1.0	11	5	1

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 48–20

vs Incarnate Word

1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL

Dominant 28-point win at home against Incarnate Word.

With O. McCown — 238 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 78.2 · 10 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hogan — 46 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 53 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	L 36-43vs Texas State	4	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 48-20vs Incarnate Word	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 17-16@ Colorado State	8	4	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	L 21-27@ Temple	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 61-13vs Rice	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 17-55@ North Texas	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 48-26vs Tulane	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 11	L 23-55@ South Florida	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 28-7@ Charlotte	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 57-20vs Florida International	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	2
Total		25	13	2.0	0.0	1	4