Senior defensive back on Memphis's 2025 roster.
5′10″ · 220 lb · Philadelphia, PA
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
S recruit
No. 704 nationally · Signed with Imhotep Institute
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Memphis's 2025 roster.
Isheem Young
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Across five seasons and three programs, three head coaches: Matt Campbell, Lane Kiffin and Ryan Silverfield. In 2021 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Big 12. The receipt: 2 tackles against UAB — Week 8, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Ryan Silverfield.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2025 season · 3 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+1g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Charles Huff
Pass share
38.2%
66 pass / 107 run
Plays / game
57.7
3 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
77 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #225 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Memphis | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Ole Miss | 14 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Ole Miss | 60 | 28 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2021 | Iowa State | 55 | 32 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | -- |
| 2020 | Iowa State | 50 | 35 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | -- |
| Career | 183 | 105 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 8 | 4 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 3 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-10vs Chattanooga | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-26@ Florida Atlantic | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-31@ UAB | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Total | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Memphis
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Memphis
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Memphis · Last season: 8-5 (AP #22) · Talent rank #67 · 2026 recruiting class #72
Player DNA
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Tre Jenkins’s 2021 season.
Matches Tre on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jusfin Meyers's junior season at Georgia Southern (2024).
Matches Jusfin on
Player DNA