South Alabama — Sun Belt
PPA off / def
0.16 / 0.24
2025
Class rank
#77
class of 2026
Returning PPA
79%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (4–8)
Statistical comps — 2025 South Alabama's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (12 in / 30 out)
| Incoming |
|---|
| Seidrion Langston | LB | ← UL Monroe | ★★★ |
| Masey Lewis | EDGE | ← McNeese | ★★★ |
| Shalik Hubbard | IOL | ← Monmouth | ★★★ |
| D.J. Moore | S | ← Georgia Tech | ★★★ |
| Dylan Chiedo | EDGE | ← Furman | ★★★ |
| Andrew Hines | DL | ← Eastern Kentucky | ★★★ |
| Jaylen Moson | CB | ← Utah | ★★★ |
| Everett Hunter | TE | ← Nicholls | ★★★ |
| + 4 more |
Origins
Jones started the program from scratch in 2009 and won its first game 30-0. The 2023 team went 7-1 in conference, the best it has managed.
Founded 1963 · Founded to give Mobile a public university of its own · first football 2009 · defined by Joey Jones
All-time record
Win %
41.4%
15 seasons played
Winning seasons
3
20% of seasons
By level: FCS 4–4 (2011–2011) · FBS 71–102 (2012–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2022 | 10 | 3 | Sun Belt |
| 2024 | 7 | 6 | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | 7 | 6 | Sun Belt |
| 2013 | 6 | 6 | Sun Belt |
| 2016 | 6 | 7 | Sun Belt |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 2011 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 343 | 65% |
44% | 59 of 136 | 5.8 | 10% |
| 2nd down | 268 | 62% |
38% | 109 of 136 | 5.3 | 10% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 56 | 84% |
68% | — | 3.8 | 7% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 67 | 40% |
33% | — | 3.6 | 3% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 48 | 35% |
27% | — | 8.4 | 17% |
| 4th down | 39 | 46% |
49% | — | 3.4 | 8% |
140 drives · 31% ended in points · 7.7 plays and 37.7 yards per drive · 1.03 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 9 | Georgia State |
(06:21) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 B.Davenport pass complete short middle to #9 J.Scott caught a… |
74 | 7.07 |
| 2 | Tulane |
Bishop Davenport pass complete to Devin Voisin for 65 yds for a TD (Hamilton DiBoyan KICK) |
65 | 5.24 |
| 13 | Southern Miss |
(07:36) Shotgun #3 K.Bullock rush middle for 64 yards gain to the USM00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 0… |
64 | 5.15 |
| 10 | Louisiana |
(12:08) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 B.Davenport pass complete deep left to #9 J.Scott caught at U… |
64 | 5.15 |
| 8 | Arkansas State |
Keenan Phillips run for 39 yds to the ARST 10 for a 1ST down |
39 | 4.74 |
| 12 | UL Monroe |
(11:48) No Huddle-Shotgun #4 B.Davenport pass complete deep middle to #11 A.Eager caught a… |
48 | 4.48 |
| 6 | Troy |
Bishop Davenport run for 56 yds for a TD (Hamilton DiBoyan KICK) |
56 | 4.37 |
| 4 | Coastal Carolina |
Anthony Eager 0 Yd Run (Hamilton DiBoyan Kick) |
38 | 4.22 |