Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 27-24@ Florida State | 8 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 56-10vs UC Davis | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 11 | 5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 1 |
#21
Jimmy Wyrick
Senior safety on SMU's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 185 lb · Dallas, TX
CFB Index 63 · #155 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceIn transfer portal — destination TBD (from UTSA)
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.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 683 nationally · Signed with Stanford
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on SMU's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Stanford in 2021.
Jimmy Wyrick
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across six seasons and three programs, four head coaches: David Shaw, Troy Taylor, Jeff Traylor and Rhett Lashlee. 2025 brought the first one: All-AAC. The receipt on tape: 8 tackles, 1 sacks against Florida State, Week 1, 2026.
11 TACKLES · 2 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
20219 games
- Signed with Stanford3-star out of South Oak Cliff
20244 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
202513 games
The role got bigger.
- All-AACthird
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🎖
ALL-AAC
All-AAC mention (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2021–2026
2 coaches2021
SMU
Coaching transition mid-career: Jim Leavitt → Rhett Lashlee. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025UTSA
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2021Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced, slow tempo
2022Stanford3-9HC: David Shaw · Balanced
2023Stanford3-9HC: Troy Taylor · Balanced
2024UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced, fast tempo
2025UTSA7-6HC: Jeff Traylor · Balanced
2026SMU2-0HC: Rhett Lashlee · Pass-leaning, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: sacks (97th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: tackles (27th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 5.5 TKL/g, 1.0 TFL/g, 1.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rhett Lashlee
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 27–24
8 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 SACKS
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 on the road.
With K. Jennings — 430 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 95.6 · 33 rush yds (5 car) · D. Green — 43 rush yds (13 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Robert Kennedy’s 2022 season.
Matches Robert on
Interceptions
TFL rate
Tackle volume
Differs from Robert on
Class year (lower)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Marcus Williams's graduate season at Rice (2025).
27%match
Matches Marcus on
Weight
Height
TFL rate
Differs from Marcus on
Class year (lower)
PD rate (higher)
Player DNA
Players who play like Jimmy Wyrick
The secondary · SMU
- #21Jimmy Wyrick62 tackles · 2025
- #1Jarvis Lee Jr.55 tackles · 2025
- William Nettles37 tackles · 2025
- #8Marcellus Barnes Jr.32 tackles · 2025
- #13Jaelyn Davis-Robinson26 tackles · 2025
13 more on the roster · SMU team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology