Randy Charlton

Senior defensive end for Mississippi State. 2022: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

DE · Mississippi State · Sr. · #5

6′3″ · 270 lb · Miami, FL

CFB Index 68 · #96 of 387 edge rushersMedium confidenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

SDE recruit

No. 736 nationally · Signed with UCF

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

5 defensive end for Mississippi State. 2022: 4 sacks, 7 tackles for loss, 34 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to UCF in 2018.
Transferred from UCF to Mississippi State in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Mississippi State, 12 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

201812 games

Signed with UCF3-star out of Miami Southridge

202112 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#736 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Joe Moorhead → Mike Leach. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018UCF12-1HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2019UCF10-3HC: Josh Heupel · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020UCF6-4HC: Josh Heupel · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

68Quality starter #96 of 387?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (88th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#215 / 2755 · 91st pct

4.0

Tackles for loss#301 / 2755 · 88th pct

7.0

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Tackles#1101 / 2755 · 59th pct

Solo tackles#1337 / 2755 · 50th pct

Passes defended#1741 / 2755 · 18th pct

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

2022 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.4	0.1	0.0
Road6g	2.3	0.8	0.5	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-78g	2.6	0.4	0.4	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.6	0.7	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

68 · #96 of 387 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #96 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	34	16	7.0	4.0	--	--	--
2021	Mississippi State	35	14	5.0	4.0	--	--	--
2020	UCF	18	13	4.0	2.0	2	--	--
2019	UCF	27	16	3.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	UCF	21	10	3.0	1.0	2	--	--
Career		135	69	22.5	12.0	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

3 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	4	3	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	2	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	2	2	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	4	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	3	2	1.5	0.0	—
Bowl	W 19-10@ Illinois	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Total		34	16	7.0	4.0	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology