#90

Terry Lockett

Senior defensive lineman on James Madison's 2025 roster.

DL · James Madison · Sr. · #90

6′2″ · 281 lb · Springfield, MA

CFB Index 24 · #279 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to James Madison for 2026

The numbers

sacks · 2025

1 TFL · 21 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 4 tackles, vs Old Dominion

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman on James Madison's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Syracuse in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

QB hurries: 55th percentile.

The full scouting read

Terry Lockett

DL · James Madison · Sr · #90

Wins his gap play after play. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Old Dominion — Week 8, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Syracuse5-7HC: Dino Babers · Run-heavy

2022Syracuse7-6HC: Dino Babers · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy

2024James Madison9-4HC: Bob Chesney · Run-leaning

2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

24Below cohort / limited sample #279 of 330?

Low confidenceBounce-Back6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: solo tackles (8th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles#1929 / 2975 · 34th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

Solo tackles#2694 / 2975 · 8th 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

2025 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
Road4g	2.2	0.1	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Billy Napier

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

24 · #279 of 330 interior linemen

Three-star recruit. Now #279 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #43 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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

Season	Team
2025	James Madison	21	5	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
2024	James Madison	9	3	0.5	0.5	1	--	--
2023	Syracuse	25	14	3.0	0.0	2	--	--
2022	Syracuse	8	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Syracuse	12	4	2.0	2.0	--	--	--
Career		75	31	6.5	2.5	4	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 63–27

vs Old Dominion

4 TOT

Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.

With A. Barnett — 295 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 96.3 · 153 rush yds (17 car) · 4 TD · M. Sluka — 18 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 98.5 · 35 rush yds (5 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 45-10vs Weber State	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 31-13@ Liberty	4	3	0.0	—	0	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 5	W 35-10vs Georgia Southern	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 14-7@ Georgia State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 24-14vs Louisiana	2	0	0.5	—	0
Wk 8	W 63-27vs Old Dominion	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 35-23@ Marshall	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 58-10vs App State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 24-20vs Washington State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 59-10@ Coastal Carolina	1	0	0.5	—	1
Total		21	5	1.0	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

21Tackles

5Solo

1TFL

0Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

21 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.

Week 141 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

James Madison

Preseason read · May 27

2026 Depth chart

Returning starter

Wide receiver · James Madison

Returning around him

Transfer portal: +6 net (37 in / 31 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

James Madison · Last season: 12-2 (AP #19) · Talent rank #101 · 2026 recruiting class #80

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Avien Peah’s 2021 season.

Avien Peah

90%match

Massachusetts · 2021

Sterling Webb

Missouri · 2024

88%

Daishon Folsom

Buffalo · 2023

86%

Krishna Clay

San Diego State · 2025

86%

Enzo-Pierre Tayou

New Mexico State · 2025

86%

Matches Avien on

Sack rate

TFL rate

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Bryce Santana's graduate season at New Mexico (2024).

Bryce Santana

80%match

New Mexico · 2024

All-Mountain West

Jalen Satchell

Michigan State · 2025

79%

Henry Bryant

Georgia State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

76%

Philip Blidi

Auburn · 2024

76%

Kervins Choute

UConn · 2025

75%

Matches Bryce on

Class year

Height

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Terry Lockett

Justin Williams

Wake Forest · 2023

94%

Earl Barquet

UL Monroe · 2024

94%

Marquis Hood

Jacksonville State · 2026

91%

Krishna Clay

San Diego State · 2025

86%

Philip Blidi

Indiana · 2023

86%

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

20218 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

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