Emory Floyd

Senior defensive back for Colorado. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

DB · Colorado · Sr. · #8

6′1″ · 195 lb · Powder Springs, GA · Hillgrove

CFB Index 53 · #248 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceTransferred App State → Colorado for 2026

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How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Passes defended: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 49 tackles · 1 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 6 tackles, vs Marshall

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Colorado. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 49 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to South Carolina in 2022.
Transferred from App State to Colorado in 2026.

His career, year by year

Emory Floyd

DB · Colorado · Sr · #8

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Emory Floyd has played for two head coaches across two seasons and two programs. The receipt: 8 tackles, 1 TFL against Boise State — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2023South Carolina5-7HC: Shane Beamer · Balanced

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #248 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (91st percentile). Strength: solo tackles (80th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#559 / 2975 · 80th pct

Tackles#628 / 2975 · 79th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.5
Road6g	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.9	0.1	0.0	0.1
Weeks 8+5g	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Deion Sanders

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #248 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #248 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	App State	49	29	1.0	5	1	--
2023	South Carolina	2	2	0.0	1	--	--
Career		51	31	1.0	6	1	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	2	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	8	7	1.0	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	6	5	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina	3	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Old Dominion	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-58@ James Madison	4	1	0.0	—	2
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	6	5	0.0	1	0
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	5	3	0.0	—	2
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	2	2	0.0	—	1
Total		49	29	1.0	1	5

The secondary · Colorado

#4Naeten MitchellDB · Sr.92 tackles · 2025
#7Randon FontenetteDB · Sr.51 tackles · 2025
#8Emory FloydDB · Sr.49 tackles · 2025
#30Justin EaglinDB · Sr.35 tackles · 2025
#6Boo CarterDB · Jr.26 tackles · 2025

15 more on the roster · Colorado team page

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

Emory Floyd

2022

202512 games

2026

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

Background

The secondary · Colorado