Senior cornerback on James Madison's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 204 lb · Philadelphia, PA
The story
4 cornerback on James Madison's 2025 roster.
Mekhi Rodgers
Saint Francis to James Madison — the move that set up everything since. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Troy, Week 15, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
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 · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
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 | James Madison | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Weber State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-13@ Liberty | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 35-10vs Georgia Southern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 14-7@ Georgia State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 58-10vs App State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | W 31-14vs Troy | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · James Madison
Returning around him
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