#24

Terence Cherry

Junior defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2020: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Southern Miss · Jr. · #24

6′2″ · 263 lb · West Point, MS

Southern Miss 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 180 nationally · Joined Southern Miss

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 defensive lineman for Southern Miss. 2020: 2 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Southern Miss in 2020.

His career, year by year

How it ended

One season at Southern Miss, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

20209 games

Signed with Southern Miss3-star out of East Mississippi C.C.

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#180 national

CFB

College

Southern Miss

2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Southern Miss3-7HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (91st percentile). Strength: sacks (82nd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (21st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#136 / 2211 · 91st pct

Sacks#326 / 2211 · 82nd pct

2.0

Passes defended#749 / 2211 · 54th pct

Tackles#997 / 2211 · 54th pct

Tackles for loss#954 / 2211 · 51st pct

2.0

Solo tackles#1696 / 2211 · 21st 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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.1
Road2g	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-74g	3.0	0.2	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	2.8	0.2	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2020	Southern Miss	26	8	2.0	2.0	1	--	--
Career		26	8	2.0	2.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2020

W 24–13

vs North Alabama

3 TOT · 1 QB HUR

With F. Gore Jr. — 103 rush yds (13 car) · A. Robinson — 4 rec · 45 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2020 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 21-32vs South Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 30-31vs Louisiana Tech	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 24-66vs Tulane	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	W 41-31@ North Texas	4	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 35-56@ Liberty	2	1	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 6-30vs Rice	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 5 tackles
Wk 10	W 24-13vs North Alabama	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 20-23vs UTSA	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 15	W 45-31vs Florida Atlantic	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		26	8	2.0	2.0	—	1

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