Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 62-0vs Hampton | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Wk 2 | W 38-14@ UConn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
#33
Messiah Delhomme
Sophomore defensive back for Maryland. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′2″ · 196 lb · Newport News, VA · Warwick
CFB Index 45 · #318 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Maryland for 2026
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.
The numbers
2
interceptions · 2026
1 PBU · 1 tackles
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 2 INT, vs Hampton
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive back for Maryland. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Maryland in 2025.
Messiah Delhomme
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Second year in the Maryland secondary, same address the whole way. The receipt on tape: 2 INT against Hampton, Week 1, 2026.
1 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
202511 games
- Signed with Maryland4-star out of Warwick
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Maryland
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Mike Locksley — 6-8 over that span.
2025Maryland4-8HC: Mike Locksley · Pass-leaning
2026Maryland2-0HC: Mike Locksley · Balanced, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Elite: interceptions (93rd percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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: 0.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Part-time starter
Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
45 · #318 of 544 safeties
Former four-star. Now #318 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #53 of 77 Big Ten DBs
How the All-Big Ten 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
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 62–0
vs Hampton
2 INT
Dominant 62-point win at home against Hampton.
With D. Williams — 116 rush yds (3 car) · 2 TD · M. Washington — 186 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · 4 rush yds (3 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Maryland
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Maryland
Returning around him
- 1 Maryland player drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: -2 net (14 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Maryland · Last season: 4-8 · Talent rank #46 · 2026 recruiting class #43
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 Kaleb Harris’s 2024 season.
Matches Kaleb on
PD rate
Class year
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Keyon Washington's freshman season at Bowling Green (2025).
Matches Keyon on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Weight
Background
As a Freshman in 2025: Saw action in all 12 games with one start during his true freshman season. Selected as Maryland's Freshman Special Teams Player of the Year at the year-end awards banquet. One of only 11 players nationally to block two kicks during the 2025 season. Ranked third on the team...
The secondary · Maryland
- #2Lavain Scruggs64 tackles · 2025
- #6Dontay Joyner40 tackles · 2025
- #33Messiah Delhomme39 tackles · 2025
- #6Jordan Scruggs32 tackles · 2025
- #4Jamare Glasker32 tackles · 2025
14 more on the roster · Maryland team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology