Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 73-3vs Alabama A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 12 | W 48-14vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#31
Terrance Love
New school, new number, same question — and Terrance Love's early answer at Mississippi State is No.281 4★, national recruit.
6′2″ · 210 lb · Atlanta, GA · Langston Hughes HS (Colorado)
Transferred Colorado → Mississippi State for 2026
Recruiting
4★
S recruit
No. 281 nationally · Signed with Auburn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Mississippi State's roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Auburn in 2023.
- Transferred from Colorado to Mississippi State in 2026.
Terrance Love
On Trialas of 2026-09-15
Terrance Love arrives at Mississippi State with a new fit to prove and an old chapter behind him.
4★ · NATIONAL RECRUIT
No.281
recruiting national rank
Mississippi State fans are litigating his worthiness — the eye test against the résumé.
high confidence14 sources
Minority viewA vocal minority sees it the other way.
Read the story so far
AI-generated narrative · may contain errors · not journalism · updated 2026-09-15
His career
20233 games
- Signed with Auburn4-star out of Langston Hughes
2025
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Auburn
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2024
2 coaches2023
Greg Knox
Mississippi State
Coaching transition mid-career: Greg Knox → Jeff Lebby. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Mississippi State
2025Colorado
2026Mississippi State
2024 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Hugh Freeze — 11-14 over that span.
2023Auburn6-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Run-heavy
2024Auburn5-7HC: Hugh Freeze · Balanced
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: 1.0 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
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2024
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Game log
Background
Career Honors 2024 Sec Academic Honor Roll 2023 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll Career Notes Entering 2026, Love has played in 22 career games with 0 starts 2025 (Junior Season - Colorado) Played in 1 game with 0 starts … Did not record any stats … Earned a redshirt. 2024 (Sophomore Season – A...
The secondary · Mississippi State
- #2Isaac Smith64 tackles · 2025
- #15Marcus Williams61 tackles · 2025
- #1Kelley Jones34 tackles · 2025
- #24Quentin Taylor Jr.27 tackles · 2025
- #31Terrance Loveno box-score line yet
19 more on the roster · Mississippi State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology