Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 20-13vs Liberty | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 87-3vs Wagner | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#16
TJ McGill
4th-year safety on James Madison's 2026 roster.
5′10″ · 195 lb · Charlotte, NC · Julius L. Chambers
Returning to James Madison for 2026
The story
3 safety on James Madison's 2026 roster.
- Transferred from William & Mary to James Madison in 2025.
TJ McGill
TJ McGill has been at James Madison through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 2 tackles against Wagner — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20255 games
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
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CFB
College
James Madison
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2025–2026
2 coaches2025
Bob Chesney
James Madison
Coaching transition mid-career: Bob Chesney → Billy Napier. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025James Madison12-2HC: Bob Chesney · Run-heavy
2026James Madison2-0HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning, slow tempo
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: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
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 · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | James Madison | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | James Madison | 12 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 16 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 87–3
vs Wagner
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · 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
Background
2025: Played in all 14 games Had 14 tackles (eight solo) Tallied three tackles in three games, making three solo stops vs. Weber State (Aug. 30) and App State (Nov. 15) Also made three tackles at Oregon (Dec. 20) in College Football Playoff 2024 at William & Mary: Phil Steele and FCS Football Cen...
The secondary · James Madison
- #7Javis Mynatt30 tackles · 2025
- #16TJ McGill12 tackles · 2025
- #6DJ Kelly10 tackles · 2025
- #22Chase Regan6 tackles · 2025
- #23Ken Willis6 tackles · 2025
17 more on the roster · James Madison team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology