MJ Stroud
MJ Stroud
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. He has spent four seasons in the Georgia Southern defensive front. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles, 3 TFL against Old Dominion, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- seasons on the roster
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Clay Helton.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clay Helton
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Georgia Southern | 33 | 25 | 15.5 | 6.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Georgia Southern | 24 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Georgia Southern | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Georgia Southern | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 75 | 54 | 17.0 | 6.5 | 4 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 4 · 2025
W 45–17
vs Maine
5 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS
Dominant 28-point win at home against Maine.
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Georgia Southern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · Georgia Southern
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -1 net (17 in / 18 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Georgia Southern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #93 · 2026 recruiting class #89
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Gabriel Lopez’s 2025 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Gabriel Murphy's senior season at UCLA (2023).
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Background
2025 - All-Sun Belt Conference First Team 2025 - All-Sun Belt Conference Second Team (Phil Steele) 2023-24 - Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll 2025-26: Played in all 13 games, starting the final five … Saw action on 512 plays (465 defense, 47 special teams) … Tallied 33 tackles, including a...