Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 45-10vs Murray State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 25-42@ Southern Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#7
Tee Denson
Senior safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
6′0″ · 195 lb · Atlanta, GA
Returning to Jacksonville State for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 890 nationally · Signed with Cedar Grove
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Jacksonville State's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Cedar Grove in 2020.
Tee Denson
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. The receipt: 3 tackles against Murray State — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20205 games
- Recruited3-star out of Cedar Grove
2022
- Entered the portal
2023
- Entered the portal
2025
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
2 coaches2020–2021
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Jacksonville State
2025era →
Charles Kelly
Jacksonville State
Coaching transition mid-career: Rich Rodriguez → Charles Kelly. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2020Kansas State4-6HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2021Kansas State8-5HC: Chris Klieman · Run-leaning, slow tempo
2024Jacksonville State9-5HC: Rich Rodriguez · Run-heavy
2025Jacksonville State9-5HC: Charles Kelly · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Kelly
Pass share
43.2%
79 pass / 104 run
Plays / game
61.0
3 games
Team sack rate
4.5%
88 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jacksonville State | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 17 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 9 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 37 | 29 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–10
vs Murray State
3 TOT · 3 SOLO
Dominant 35-point win at home against Murray State.
With G. Wimsatt — 188 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 44.7 · 50 rush yds (3 car) · 1 TD · C. Donaghy — 1 PTS · 42 AVG · 4 IN 20
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Jacksonville State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Jacksonville State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +7 net (21 in / 14 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Jacksonville State · Last season: 9-5 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #86
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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His 2024 production profile sits closest to Nasir Peoples’s 2023 season.
Matches Nasir on
PD rate
Height
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Naijee Jones's junior season at Kent State (2022).
Matches Naijee on
Class year
Height
Tackle volume
Player DNA
Players who play like Tee Denson
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology