#96

Quavion Bird

DL · Central Michigan · Fr. · #96

Returning to Central Michigan for 2026
Fr. · Lake Wales, Fla. → Bartow Senior H.S.
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Quavion Bird

DL · Central Michigan · Fr · #96

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Career Arc

HS
Recruit
★★
#2548 national
CFB
College
Central Michigan
2025
NFL
NFL Draft
Not drafted (yet)

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025Central Michigan7-6HC: Matt Drinkall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Career stats

SeasonTeam
2025Central Michigan1440.00.0------
Career1440.00.0------

How he plays

Play style

Controls the point of attack and doesn't move.

CFB Index positional classification

2026 Outlook

Central Michigan

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Central Michigan

Returning around him

  • 10% of 2024 offensive production back (Heavy turnover)
  • Transfer portal: -5 net (12 in / 17 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Central Michigan · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #121 · 2026 recruiting class #94

DNA match

Player DNA

Nose Anchor

The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Elijah Fears’s 2025 season.

Elijah Fears

88%match

Georgia Southern · 2025

#2

Alexander Skelton

Oregon State · 2021

88%
#3

Oyeka Alexander

Miami (OH) · 2025

87%
#4

Sonny Hazard

Louisiana · 2023

87%
#5

Eliyt Nairne

Tulane · 2025

86%

Matches Elijah on

Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate

Differs from Elijah on

Height (lower)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Elijah Fears's freshman season at Georgia Southern (2025).

Elijah Fears

91%match

Georgia Southern · 2025

#2

Oyeka Alexander

Miami (OH) · 2025

90%
#3

Brent Gordon Jr.

Louisiana · 2025

89%
#4

Josiah Victor

NC State · 2025

86%
#5
84%

Matches Elijah on

Class year
Hurry rate
Sack rate

Heisman trajectory

Heisman Trajectory · 2025

Peak #12180

Final rank
#12180
Avg #12620.3
Finalist prob 0%

Peaked at #12180 this season.

Background

CAREER Has seen action in 12 career games with seven starts at defensive tackle … Has started seven consecutive games heading into the 2026 season … Has made 14 tackles (four solo) in two-year career at Central Michigan. 2025 As a redshirt freshman defensive lineman, saw action in 12 games with s...

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