Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-34vs Mississippi State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
#8
Ishmael Ibraheem
Senior cornerback on Southern Miss's 2026 roster.
6′0″ · 178 lb · Dallas, TX · Justin Kimball HS
Returning to Southern Miss for 2026
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 203 nationally · Signed with Texas
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 cornerback on Southern Miss's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2021.
- Transferred from Marshall to Southern Miss in 2025.
Ishmael Ibraheem
Two head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. The receipt on tape: 1 tackles against Mississippi State, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2021
- Signed with Texas4-star out of Kimball
20234 games
- Entered the portal
2025
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
3 coaches2022–2023
Southern Miss
2024era →
Reed Stringer
Southern Miss
Played under 3 different head coaches: Will Hall, Reed Stringer, and Charles Huff. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2022Texas8-5HC: Steve Sarkisian · Run-leaning
2023Marshall6-7HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
2024Marshall10-3HC: Charles Huff · Run-leaning
2025Southern Miss7-6HC: Charles Huff · Balanced
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
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 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 2.0 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
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Marshall | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Marshall | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Texas | -- | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Southern Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Southern Miss
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +10 net (38 in / 28 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Southern Miss · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #94 · 2026 recruiting class #108
Background
Southern Miss (R-Jr.): Saw action in the season opener against Jackson State (8/30), registering a solo tackle and two pass breakups…Was injured and missed the remainder of the season. Marshall (2023-24): Played in one game during the 2024 campaign and had a quarterback hurry…Appeared in seven ga...
The secondary · Southern Miss
- #1Josh Moten61 tackles · 2025
- #24Josh Battle34 tackles · 2025
- #1Champ Lewis16 tackles · 2025
- #3Jyaire Brown7 tackles · 2025
- #8Ishmael Ibraheem1 tackle · 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