Sharif Denson
Mississippi
87
Great

Sharif Denson

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Projected Starter

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Sharif Denson is the projected starter at SS for Mississippi.

Senior · #7 · 5'11", 195 lbs

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Depth at SS · Mississippi

  1. 1787Sharif DensonStarter
  2. 22066Anthony Robinson III
  3. 33961Gerald Lacy Jr.

Mississippi Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

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Up next for Mississippi

Mississippi plays Georgia at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 07:30 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

A 4-star recruit out of Bartram Trail, ranked #220 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 52 tackles, 0 INT, 1 PBU. That's 4% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 87 overall (Great tier).

Recruit4★ · #220 NatlTeam Share4%
Jacksonville, FL
Jersey
#7
Class
SR/TR
Height
5'11"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
Florida

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—5201

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★★☆4-star
Composite
0.9183
National Rank
#220
High School
Bartram Trail
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 78th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.97 for competition level) put them -1 vs unit starters → 87.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 78% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.97)
Depth-chart adjustment
-1 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 31WAUBTKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 45-15

Oct 24LTEXTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 34-27

Oct 17WMIZTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
6
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-3

Oct 10WVANTKL 7
TKL
7
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 52-17

Sep 26LFLATKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 52-28

Sep 19WLSUTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
7
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 32-24

Sharif Denson's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

52 tkl · 1 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement80%
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