Troy — Sun Belt
HC
Gerad Parker · Veterans Memorial Stadium (AL) · Troy, AL · 30,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.08 / 0.11
2025
Class rank
#76
class of 2026
Returning PPA
35%
returning production
2026 schedule
2025 results (8–6)
Statistical comps — 2025 Troy's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (14 in / 27 out)
Origins
Blakeney coached 24 seasons and took Troy from Division II to the FBS. The Trojans specialize in the guarantee-game upset, most famously at Nebraska in 2018.
Founded 1887 · Troy State Normal School, founded to train Alabama teachers · first football 1909 · defined by Larry Blakeney
All-time record
Win %
55.0%
33 seasons played
Winning seasons
16
48% of seasons
By level: D-II 1–2 (1977–1992) · FCS 4–3 (1994–2000) · FBS 171–139 (2001–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2022 | 12 | 2 | Sun Belt |
| 2017 | 11 | 2 | Sun Belt |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 | Sun Belt |
| 2018 | 10 | 3 | Sun Belt |
| 2016 | 10 | 3 | Sun Belt |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1977 — 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 | 369 | 57% |
39% | 115 of 136 | 5.1 | 10% |
| 2nd down | 285 | 49% |
34% | 127 of 136 | 4.1 | 9% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 50 | 66% |
64% | — | 4.5 | 12% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 67 | 22% |
43% | — | 5.0 | 12% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 91 | 16% |
23% | — | 5.3 | 13% |
| 4th down | 33 | 33% |
52% | — | 4.3 | 6% |
172 drives · 25% ended in points · 6.9 plays and 32.2 yards per drive · 0.42 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 |
|---|
| 8 | UL Monroe |
Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to Tray Taylor for 60 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KI… |
60 | 6.20 |
| 14 | Southern Miss |
(03:27) #9 G.Crowder pass complete deep middle to #7 R.Thomas caught at USM40, for 75 yard… |
75 | 6.08 |
| 13 | Georgia State |
(06:26) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short right to #18 D.Epps caught at GSU29, for … |
35 | 5.00 |
| 7 | Texas State |
Tucker Kilcrease pass complete to RaRa Thomas for 57 yds for a TD Texas State Penalty, (Ya… |
57 | 4.47 |
| 10 | Arkansas State |
(02:06) Shotgun #10 T.Kilcrease pass complete deep middle to #8 T.Taylor caught at ASU45, … |
43 | 4.17 |
| 2 | Clemson |
Goose Crowder pass complete to Tray Taylor for 44 yds for a TD (Scott Taylor Renfroe KICK) |
44 | 3.97 |
| 15 | James Madison |
(09:45) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete deep left to #7 R.Thomas caught at TROY48, for … |
43 | 3.97 |
| 13 | Georgia State |
(09:29) Shotgun #9 G.Crowder pass complete short middle to #14 E.Conner caught at GSU38, f… |
39 | 3.95 |