New Mexico Lobos
9-4 2025 record (6-2 conf)
Title odds (#116 board)
Win total (O +108)
56% Returning starter games
121st Hardest path of 138
Coaching
All coachesJason Eck Head Coach · 2nd year
9–4 Career · 2 seasons, all at UNM
Pro Style Offense
4-2-5 Defense
Returning production
| Unit | Ret games | Games | Depth | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill offense | 31% | 23 / 74 | 7 / 12 | 57% |
| Offensive line | 80% | 51 / 64 | 6 / 12 | 47% |
| Defensive front | 58% | 50 / 86 | 10 / 17 | 54% |
| Secondary | 60% | 37 / 62 | 8 / 15 | 63% |
Back 33
CJ McBean SAF · 2 INT+PD · 12g 13%
Gone 25
David Murphy SAF · 2 INT+PD · 13g · gone 13%
New 5
Troy Omeire WR · 514 yds · 14g · from UNLV 
Kiefer Sibley RB · 308 yds · 8g · from UNT 
Tripp Walsh TE · 9 yds · 12g · from ISU 
Eric McClain CB · 4 INT+PD · 12g · from BALL 
Ormanie Arnold CB · 0 INT+PD · 10g · from CIN 2025 Percentile vs FBS
Offense
Points per game 27.1 46
Explosive play rate 11.4% 57
Red zone TD rate 66.7% 35
Line yards per carry 2.4 47
Sack rate allowed 8.9% 15
Defense
Points allowed per game 22.3 66
Explosive rate allowed 9.5% 77
Red zone score rate allowed 86.5% 29
Line yards per carry allowed 1.9 90
Sack rate 8.8% 91
2025 Margin by Game
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2026 schedule
121st-hardest path in FBS · 1 title-contender games · 6 road| W1 | Sun 2:00 AM | vs |  Central Michigan | 7-6 | 29 | Fox Sports 1 | |
| W2 | Sat 8:00 PM | vs | Mercyhurst Lakers | 8 | MW+ | ||
| W3 | Sat 11:30 PM | @ |  Oklahoma | 10-3 | 68 | ESPN2 | |
| W4 | Sat 7:30 PM | @ |  New Mexico State | 4-8 | 27 | CBS Sports Network | |
| W5 | Sat 8:00 PM | vs |  UTEP | 2-10 | 16 | MW+ | |
| W7 | Sat 5:00 PM | @ |  Hawai'i | 9-4 | 40 | FOX | |
| W8 | Sun 2:00 AM | vs |  North Dakota State | 26 | |||
| W9 | Sat 5:00 PM | @ |  San Jose State | 3-9 | 27 | MW+ | |
| W10 | Sat 2:00 AM | @ |  Nevada | 3-9 | 29 | CBS Sports Network | |
| W11 | Sun 12:30 AM | vs |  UNLV | 10-4 | 37 | The CW | |
| W12 | Sat 2:00 AM | @ |  Wyoming | 4-8 | 28 | Fox Sports 1 | |
| W13 | Fri 9:30 PM | vs |  Air Force | 4-8 | 26 | The CW |
Depth chart
Transfer First year| Starter | 2nd | 3rd | |
|---|---|---|---|
| QB |  Jack Layne SR · #2 |  Luke Moga SO · #10 | Toa Fa'avae SO · #13 |
| RB |  Scottre Humphrey SR · #22 | Cameron Mathews FR · #23 | Kiefer Sibley JR · #21 |
| WR-X | Troy Omeire SR · #5 |  Shawn Miller SR · #1 |  Miles Williams SR · #87 |
| WR-Z | Miles Williams SR · #0 | Massiah Mingo FR · #11 |  Kader Diop SR · #9 |
| WR-SL |  Zhaiel Smith SO · #6 | Evan Wysong JR · #18 | |
| TE |  Cade Keith SO · #88 | Simon Mapa SR · #85 | Tripp Walsh JR · #7 |
| LT |  Cole Millward JR · #79 | Markus Fetcho SO · #66 | |
| LG |  Malik Aliane SR · #51 | ||
| C |  Kaden Robnett SO · #59 | JoJo Matautia SO · #54 | |
| RG | Jaymar Tasi SO · #58 | ||
| RT |  Tyler Lawrence SR · #68 |  Tevin Shaw SR · #77 |
Roster 114
| # | Player | Pos | Class | Ht | Wt | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Miles Williams | WR | SR | 6'0" | 191 | Happy Valley, OR |
| 0 |  Austin Brawley | SAF | SR | 5'10" | 180 | Massillon, OH |
| 1 | Shawn Miller | WR | SR | 6'0" | 199 | Chandler, AZ |
| 1 | Jahmir Torres | CB | SO | 5'10" | 176 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 2 |  Mercury Swaim | LB | SR | 5'10" | 213 | Bedford, PA |
| 2 | Jack Layne | QB | SR | 6'2" | 206 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| 3 | CJ McBean | SAF | SO | 6'2" | 194 | Long Beach, CA |
| 3 | Gabriel Motschenbacher | QB | JR | 6'0" | 196 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| 4 |  Joey Olsen | TE | SO | 6'5" | 250 | Lake Oswego, OR |
| 4 | Jayden Sheridan | CB | SR | 5'11" | 178 | Palmdale, CA |
| 5 | Troy Omeire | WR | SR | 6'4" | 215 | Houston, TX |
| 5 | Frankie Edwards III | CB | JR | 5'10" | 174 | Moreno Valley, CA |
| 6 | Zhaiel Smith | WR | SO | 6'0" | 184 | Portland, OR |
| 6 |  Jaxton Eck | LB | SR | 6'1" | 224 | Brookings, SD |
| 7 | Tripp Walsh | TE | JR | 6'6" | 240 | Hartland, WI |
| 7 |  Tavian Combs | SAF | SR | 6'2" | 196 | Amarillo, TX |
| 8 |  Deshaun Buchanan | RB | SO | 5'9" | 193 | Chandler, AZ |
| 8 | Ormanie Arnold | CB | SR | 5'9" | 178 | Long Beach, CA |
| 9 | Eric McClain | CB | JR | 6'0" | 181 | Lombard, IL |
| 9 | Kader Diop | WR | SR | 5'11" | 176 | Minneapolis, MN |
| 10 | Luke Moga | QB | SO | 6'2" | 204 | Phoenix, AZ |
| 10 |  Darren Agu | DE | SR | 6'6" | 244 | London,, GBR |
| 11 |  C.J. Johnson | LB | JR | 6'2" | 205 | Houston, TX |
| 11 | Massiah Mingo | WR | FR | 5'10" | 175 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 12 | James Laubstein | QB | SR | 6'3" | 209 | Bethany, CT |
| 12 |  Drew Speech | SAF | SR | 6'2" | 197 | Hollister, CA |
| 13 | Toa Fa'avae | QB | SO | 6'1" | 195 | Concord, CA |
| 13 |  Chris Gant Jr. | SAF | JR | 5'9" | 199 | Spring, TX |
| 14 |  Melaki Gutierrez | CB | JR | 5'11" | 165 | Hernandez, NM |
| 14 | DJ Darling | WR | FR | 6'0" | 175 | Missouri City, TX |
| 15 | Cade Mitchell | QB | FR | 6'3" | 210 | Beaverton, OR |
| 15 |  Xavier Slayton | DE | SR | 6'2" | 243 | Chicago, IL |
| 16 | Jacob Maldonado | WR | FR | 5'10" | 170 | Rio Rancho, NM |
| 16 | Marco Beltran Jr. | SAF | FR | 5'11" | 185 | The Woodlands, TX |
| 16 | Kiefer Sibley | RB | JR | 5'9" | 179 | Waco, TX |
| 17 |  Bear Tenney | TE | FR | 6'6" | 169 | Gilbert, AZ |
| 17 | Will Hicks | SAF | JR | 6'2" | 195 | New Orleans, LA |
| 18 | Evan Wysong | WR | JR | 5'9" | 161 | Rio Rancho, NM |
| 18 |  Clay Martineau | LB | SO | 6'3" | 227 | Oregon City, OR |
| 19 |  Michael Kern | P | JR | 6'3" | 195 | Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 19 |  Elijah Brody | DE | JR | 6'1" | 229 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 20 |  Kevin Longstreet | SAF | SR | 5'9" | 190 | Inglewood, CA |
| 20 | Darrion Bowers | RB | SO | 5'9" | 180 | Arlington, TX |
| 21 | Josh Mensah | DB | FR | 6'0" | 170 | Fontana, CA |
| 21 | Deriece Brown | WR | SO | 6'3" | 195 | Buckeye, AZ |
| 22 |  Jalen Charles | DT | SO | 6'3" | 227 | Manvel, TX |
| 22 | Scottre Humphrey | RB | SR | 5'10" | 209 | Seattle, WA |
| 23 | Nick Wheeler | SAF | SO | 6'0" | 204 | Dallas, TX |
| 23 | Cameron Mathews | RB | FR | 5'8" | 170 | Houston, TX |
| 24 | Jerod Terry Jr. | RB | FR | 5'9" | 185 | Los Alamitos, CA |
| 24 |  Joshua Barnes | SAF | JR | 5'10" | 185 | Los Angeles, CA |
| 25 | Dorian Patterson | WR | FR | 6'3" | 192 | Crete, IL |
| 26 | KJ Cherry | WR | JR | 6'3" | 185 | Fontana, CA |
| 26 | Thomas Pettus | LB | SO | 6'1" | 199 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 27 | Brannon Hampton | CB | FR | 6'1" | 166 | Tustin, CA |
| 29 | Xavier Rivera-Rogers | SAF | FR | 6'2" | 180 | Chandler, AZ |
| 30 | Keshawn Monroe | SAF | SO | 5'10" | 180 | Houston, TX |
| 31 |  Grant Glasgow | K | SR | 6'1" | 194 | Lawrence, KS |
| 32 | Trent Rocker | LB | JR | 6'5" | 205 | Booneville, MS |
| 33 | Hayes Baum | LB | FR | 6'0" | 218 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 34 | Broden Schmidt | LB | FR | 6'2" | 227 | Tucson, AZ |
| 35 |  Charles Steinkamp | P | SR | 6'5" | 211 | Los Alamos, NM |
| 35 | Victor Villafuerte | DE | SR | 6'2" | 201 | Hollister, CA |
| 36 | Albert Tuakalau | DT | JR | 6'5" | 235 | Redwood City, CA |
| 37 | Jonathan Bellamy | CB | FR | 5'11" | 175 | Compton, CA |
| 39 | Jaron Liles | SAF | FR | 6'1" | 200 | Mesa, AZ |
| 41 | Eli Cronin | LB | FR | 6'0" | 216 | Chandler, AZ |
| 41 |  Nick Romero | K | SO | 5'9" | 162 | Pembroke Pines, FL |
| 45 | Brett Karhu | DE | SR | 6'1" | 226 | Frisco, TX |
| 46 | Jake DeVos | DE | SO | 6'3" | 230 | Vale, OR |
| 48 |  John Sierra | DE | SO | 6'1" | 231 | Las Cruces, NM |
| 49 | Caden Beck | LS | SO | 5'8" | 182 | Allen, TX |
| 50 | Ricklan Holmes II | LB | FR | 5'11" | 227 | Oklahoma City, OK |
| 50 |  Lincoln Epstein | LS | SO | 5'10" | 230 | St. Charles, IL |
| 51 | Malik Aliane | OL | SR | 6'1" | 310 | Rouen,, FRA |
| 54 | JoJo Matautia | OL | SO | 5'10" | 288 | Sammamish, WA |
| 55 |  Elvin Harris | OL | JR | 6'6" | 316 | Hollywood, FL |
| 56 | Sa'Kylee Woodard | OL | JR | 6'4" | 267 | Tucson, AZ |
| 57 | Jonny Shively | OL | FR | 6'3" | 262 | Gilbert, AZ |
| 58 | Jaymar Tasi | OL | SO | 6'2" | 308 | Seattle, WA |
| 59 | Kaden Robnett | OL | SO | 6'2" | 296 | Graham, WA |
| 60 | Jubilee Siitia-Tasi | OL | SO | 6'3" | 303 | Spanaway, WA |
| 62 | Sebastian Dawkins | OL | FR | 6'1" | 290 | Spring, TX |
| 65 | Brody Litton | OL | FR | 6'4" | 285 | Beloit, KS |
| 66 | Markus Fetcho | OL | SO | 6'6" | 290 | Spokane, WA |
| 68 | Tyler Lawrence | OL | SR | 6'4" | 305 | Puyallup, WA |
| 69 | Jerbralon Stewart | OL | FR | 6'2" | 260 | DeSoto, TX |
| 71 | Danzel Newell | OL | FR | 6'5" | 265 | Chicago, IL |
| 72 | Matheu Alderman | OL | FR | 6'5" | 285 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 74 | Marcus Stevens | DE | SO | 6'2" | 244 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 75 | Ty'aun Gates | OL | FR | 6'5" | 295 | Peoria, AZ |
| 76 | Braden Chick | OL | FR | 6'2" | 285 | Queen Creek, AZ |
| 77 | Tevin Shaw | OL | SR | 6'4" | 306 | Houston, TX |
| 79 | Cole Millward | OL | JR | 6'6" | 275 | West Haven, UT |
| 80 | Max Leeper | TE | FR | 6'7" | 220 | Claremont, CA |
| 81 | Bailen George | WR | FR | 6'0" | 160 | Missouri City, TX |
| 82 | JT Jeter | WR | SO | 6'2" | 180 | Cedar City, UT |
| 83 | Mikey Beck | WR | FR | 6'1" | 160 | Farmington, NM |
| 84 | Trey Moore | TE | FR | 6'5" | 210 | Ventura, CA |
| 85 | Simon Mapa | TE | SR | 6'4" | 255 | San Mateo, CA |
| 86 | Aldin Bilalbegovic | TE | SO | 6'4" | 216 | Red Deer, AB, CAN |
| 87 | Abraham Williams | WR | SR | 6'1" | 192 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| 88 |  AJ Robinson | DT | JR | 6'2" | 270 | Chicago, IL |
| 88 | Cade Keith | TE | SO | 6'5" | 239 | Las Vegas, NV |
| 89 | Enrique Zatarain | TE | FR | 6'4" | 217 | Santa Fe Springs, CA |
| 90 | Devin Palmer | DT | FR | 6'1" | 255 | Allen, TX |
| 91 | Brayden Ellis | DE | JR | 6'3" | 230 | Union City, CA |
| 92 | Brian Booker | DT | SR | 6'3" | 325 | Mansfield, TX |
| 93 |  Deven Dyer | DT | SR | 6'3" | 285 | Albuquerque, NM |
| 94 | Jalen McIver | DT | JR | 6'4" | 281 | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 95 |  Konner Olson | K | JR | 6'0" | 190 | Gilbert, AZ |
| 97 | Cody Thumlert | DE | SO | 6'3" | 200 | Issaquah, WA |
| 98 | Nick Barber | DT | FR | 6'3" | 250 | San Antonio, TX |
| 99 | Jack Burzynski | DE | SO | 6'4" | 218 | Barrington, IL |