Senior defensive lineman on Memphis's 2025 roster.
6′2″ · 275 lb · Hornell, NY
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
sacks · 2025
1 TFL · 5 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 TFL, 1 tackles, vs South Florida
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman on Memphis's 2025 roster.
Rayyan Buell
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across four seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Tim Albin, Deion Sanders and Ryan Silverfield. In 2023 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-MAC. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against UAB, Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
The snaps went the other way.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MAC
All-MAC mention (2023)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
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 · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+2g | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 9 · 2025
W 34–31
1 TOT · 1 SOLO · 1 TFL
Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.
With B. Lewis — 307 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.0 · 35 rush yds (11 car) · L. Carrigan — 40 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 49 LONG
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-7vs Tulsa | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 34-31vs South Florida | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 7-31@ NC State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Memphis
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Memphis
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Ralph Holley’s 2021 season.
Matches Ralph on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Ralph Holley's sophomore season at Western Michigan (2021).
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Player DNA