Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-3vs Alcorn State | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 8-43@ Auburn | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#1
Champ Lewis
Junior defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 183 lb · New Orleans, LA · Warren Easton HS
CFB Index 6 · #360 of 364 cornersLow confidenceTransferred Tulsa → Southern Miss for 2026
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 997 nationally · Signed with TCU
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to TCU in 2022.
- Transferred from Tulsa to Southern Miss in 2026.
Champ Lewis
Doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play. Across three seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Kevin Wilson, Tre Lamb and Blake Anderson. The receipt: 5 tackles against Alcorn State — Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with TCU3-star out of Warren Easton
2024
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coaches2024
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Played under 3 different head coaches: Reed Stringer, Charles Huff, and Blake Anderson. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Southern Miss
2025Tulsa
2026Southern Miss
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Tulsa3-9HC: Kevin Wilson · Balanced
2025Tulsa4-8HC: Tre Lamb · Run-leaning
2026Southern Miss1-1HC: Blake Anderson · Run-leaning, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Low confidence
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: 4.0 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
Blake Anderson
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
6 · #360 of 364 corners
Three-star recruit. Now #360 at the position.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Southern Miss | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Tulsa | 16 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Tulsa | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 25 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 49–3
vs Alcorn State
5 TOT · 2 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 46-point win at home against Alcorn State.
With M. Johnson — 13 rush yds (1 car) · E. Hampton — 180 yds · 1 TD · 1 INT · 15 rush yds (3 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Cover Corner
Steady in coverage; doesn't get beat deep and rarely gives up the big play.
S
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Markel Reed’s 2021 season.
Matches Markel on
Weight
PD rate
Height
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kaleb Patterson's sophomore season at Illinois (2025).
Matches Kaleb on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Champ Lewis
Background
2025 (R-Jr.): Played one season at Tulsa, appearing in all 12 games…Posted 16 tackles (nine solo) with one pass breakup…Had season-high four tackles versus Temple (10/25)…Recorded three stops against UAB (11/29)…Added two tackles against both at New Mexico State (9/6) and Florida Atlantic (11/8)…...
The secondary · Southern Miss
- #1Josh Moten61 tackles · 2025
- #24Josh Battle34 tackles · 2025
- #1Champ Lewis16 tackles · 2025
- #3Jyaire Brown7 tackles · 2025
- #19Malakai Murphy5 tackles · 2025
24 more on the roster · Southern Miss team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology