UL Monroe · W 35-21
7 tackles
The other 7 games average 9 tackles. This one was 2 below.
Mathis Haygood
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Played for two head coaches at Southern Miss: Charles Huff and Blake Anderson. One game to point at: 13 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Troy — Week 6, 2026.
70 tackles · 0.5 sacks
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 70 | 29 | 5.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 44 | 17 | 4.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 114 | 46 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
Last game (Wk 9): 7 tackles.
Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 8 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 8 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 7 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-48vs UConn | 8 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-24@ Tulane | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 34-55@ Troy | 13 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 13-23vs Arkansas State | 13 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 8 | W 35-31vs Louisiana | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-21@ UL Monroe | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 70 | 29 | 5.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
Oct. 31 · W 35-21 at UL Monroe, play by play
7 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
His game this year: disruption in the backfield — 5 tackles for loss, in the 8 games with play by play.
How Southern Miss’s defense played that day
UL Monroe’s 13 drives: 10 stopped · 3 scored. While the game was within a score they held 6 of 7.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 9 for him; the box score credits 8.
No game thread archived for this game yet.
A big game: 13 tackles, including 2 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. It places 14 for him; the box score credits 13.
A big game: 13 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
6 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play: 7 of his 8, sacks included.
7 tackles, including 2 more for loss.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
8 tackles. He hurried the quarterback once.
Each small tick is one of his tackles on the play-by-play. His sacks are drawn as sacks.
Sacked the quarterback for a 1-yard loss. Third quarter, up 35-3.
Ratings of the games shown run from -24 to +6 points against an average team (SP+ rating of each opponent).
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
70tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups70 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2026 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 9.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 8.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 9.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 7.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Blake Anderson
Pass share
54.1%
369 pass / 313 run
Plays / game
85.2
8 games
Team sack rate
4.4%
316 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2026
70 tackles in 8 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #219 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #29 of 63 Sun Belt LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
2026 is in progress.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Charles Huff and Blake Anderson.
