Junior defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
6′3″ · 255 lb · Boxford, MA
The story
3 defensive lineman on Massachusetts's 2025 roster.
Jermaine Wiggins Jr.
Jermaine Wiggins Jr. has been at Massachusetts through three head coaches in three seasons. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Central Michigan — Week 9, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Don Brown, Shane Montgomery, and Joe Harasymiak. Multi-era developmental 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
2025 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Massachusetts | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 2 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-42vs Temple | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 7-47@ Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-42@ Missouri | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ Central Michigan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
2026 Outlook
Massachusetts
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Massachusetts
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Massachusetts · Last season: 0-12 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #116