Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 17-16vs Baylor | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 43-8vs Southern Miss | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#4
Rayshawn Pleasant
Senior cornerback on Auburn's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 200 lb · West Monroe, LA · West Monroe
CFB Index 54 · #160 of 364 cornersLow confidenceReturning to Auburn 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.
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1395 nationally · Signed with Tulane
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Auburn's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Tulane in 2022.
- Transferred from Tulane to Auburn in 2025.
- Named All-America (SN) in 2024.
In Their Words
224 windows · 2026 fan posts
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Rayshawn Pleasant
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across four seasons and two programs, four head coaches: Slade Nagle, Jon Sumrall, Hugh Freeze and Alex Golesh. Two straight seasons of it now: SEC Special Teams Player of the Week again in 2025. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Baylor — Week 1, 2026.
6 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
2022
- Signed with Tulane3-star out of West Monroe
202412 games
- All-America
- All-AACsecond
20259 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
—
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
🥇
ALL-AMERICA
Named All-American (2024)
1 selectors honored him
🎖
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
2 coaches2023–2025
Auburn
Coaching transition mid-career: Hugh Freeze → Alex Golesh. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Tulane11-3HC: Slade Nagle · Run-leaning
2024Tulane9-5HC: Jon Sumrall · Run-heavy
2025Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-leaning
2026Auburn2-0HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidenceAscending
Elite: passes defended (94th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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: 3.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 1.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Alex Golesh
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
54 · #160 of 364 corners
Three-star recruit. Now #160 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #8 of 22 SEC CBs
How the All-SEC estimate is computed
35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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 17–16
vs Baylor
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Auburn
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Auburn
Returning around him
- 5 Auburn players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +0 net (39 in / 39 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Auburn · Last season: 5-7 (AP #22) · Talent rank #18 · 2026 recruiting class #31
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CB
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Seth Robertson’s 2023 season.
Matches Seth on
PD rate
Tackle volume
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jackson Greene's junior season at App State (2022).
97%match
Matches Jackson on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Rayshawn Pleasant
The secondary · Auburn
- #23Fred Gaskin53 tackles · 2025
- #8Kaleb Harris50 tackles · 2025
- #5Eric Winters33 tackles · 2025
- Sylvester Smith28 tackles · 2025
- #4Rayshawn Pleasant16 tackles · 2025
15 more on the roster · Auburn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology