Sophomore defensive back on UConn's 2019 roster.
6′1″ · 197 lb · Tampa, FL
The story
2 defensive back on UConn's roster.
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 2669 nationally · Signed with UConn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonMessiah Turner
He arrived as a 2-star recruit and has two seasons of production at UConn behind him. The receipt: 7 tackles against Temple — Week 14, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at UConn, 19 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Randy Edsall — 3-21 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th 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
2019 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2019
W 24–21
vs Wagner
1 TOT
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 3 at home.
With L. Magliozzi — 48 AVG · 54 LONG · 4 NO · M. Beaudry — 158 yds · 0 TD · 1 INT · QBR 57.6 · 1 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-21vs Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 3-38@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 22-48vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 7-49@ Tulane | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31vs East Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 17-49@ Temple | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |