Immanuel Bush
Immanuel Bush
Wins his gap play after play. Immanuel Bush has played for four head coaches across five seasons and two programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Washington State, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Curt Cignetti, Damian Wroblewski, and Bob Chesney. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Billy Napier
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 3 · RecognizedR09 · All-Conference HM / 2nd team
All-Conference HM / 2nd team. Conference recognition has started.
Recognition
Production
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2025)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | James Madison | 26 | 12 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | James Madison | 34 | 6 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | James Madison | 17 | 7 | 4.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Marshall | 15 | 3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Marshall | 18 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 110 | 31 | 21.5 | 8.5 | 3 | 1 | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025
W 63–27
vs Old Dominion
3 TOT · 3 SOLO
Dominant 36-point win at home against Old Dominion.
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
2026 Outlook
James Madison
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · James Madison
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +7 net (37 in / 30 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 #127 · 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.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Julien Laventure’s 2025 season.
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Differs from Julien on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Brandon Brown's graduate season at UTSA (2024).
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