CFB TEAM RESEARCH · American Athletic
East Carolina
Season leadership, recruiting classes, advanced metrics, player leaders and results.
SEASON SNAPSHOT
2026 regular season
2026 regular season · 4 completed games · American Athletic. Postseason and bowls are excluded. Scoring ranks compare 138 FBS teams with recorded results: PPG #98; PPG allowed #86. ATS coverage 4/4; totals coverage 4/4. Betting lines are source-reported; closing status and observation timestamps are not verified. Missing lines are excluded from market records. View source data.
Overall record including postseason: 2-2. Regular-season snapshot excludes bowls and playoffs.
SEASON LEADERSHIP
Coaching staff
Head-coaching records: CollegeFootballData. Coordinator history is not supplied by this source. Multiple coaches are shown when credited with games.
RECRUITING CLASS
Incoming signing class
2026 signing class · CollegeFootballData team recruiting rankings. This is the incoming recruiting class, not a roster or transfer-portal ranking.
ADVANCED METRICS
Offense and defense
CFBD season statistics, including postseason where supplied. Advanced metrics exclude garbage time. PPA is predicted points added per play. Explosiveness is the provider’s successful-play metric, not an explosive-play percentage. FBS ranks compare the same source metric and season; ties share ranks.
SEASON LEADERS
Players who led the team
Passing Leader
Mitch Griffis
FBS #138 · 425 season total
36CMP67ATT425Yards3TD2INT53.73%CMP%115.82NCAA rating
Rushing Leader
TJ Engleman
FBS #132 · 250 season total
31Carries250Yards2TD8.06Yards/carry
Receiving Leader
Nathaniel Joseph
FBS #208 · 199 season total
19REC199Yards0TD10.47Yards/REC
Tackles Leader
DJ Johnson Jr.
FBS #196 · 29 season total
29Total12Solo17Assists2.50TFL0.50Sacks
Sacks Leader
Jasiyah Robinson
FBS #89 · 2.50 season total
2.50Sacks3.50TFL3QB hurries10Tackles
Defensive Interceptions Leader
Ayden Duncanson
FBS #14 · 2 season total
2INT0Passes defended2Defensive TDs87Return yards6Tackles
Full-season player totals include bowls and playoffs. Each category starts with its main metric and uses secondary statistics only to break team ties. FBS ranks use combined player totals across FBS teams; tied totals share ranks. Defensive TDs follow the provider’s defensive-return touchdown totals. A dash means the provider did not return that statistic. CFBD is the primary source; 2015 defensive statistics are supplemented from ESPN.
FULL SEASON SCHEDULE
Results and market lines
| Wk | Date | Site | Opponent | Result | Score | Spread | ATS | Total | O/U |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-09-05 | A | Alabama | L | 10–48 | +28 | L | 52.5 | O |
| 2 | 2026-09-12 | H | App State | L | 24–27 | -6.5 | L | 56 | U |
| 3 | 2026-09-19 | A | Old Dominion | W | 20–17 | +2.5 | W | 49 | U |
| 4 | 2026-09-26 | H | North Carolina Central | W | 42–9 | -37.5 | L | 58.5 | U |
| 6 | 2026-10-10 | H | Rice | — | — | -10 | — | 47.5 | — |
| 7 | 2026-10-15 | A | UAB | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | 2026-10-22 | A | Memphis | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | 2026-10-31 | H | Temple | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | 2026-11-07 | H | South Florida | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | 2026-11-14 | A | Charlotte | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12 | 2026-11-21 | A | Army | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | 2026-11-27 | H | Florida Atlantic | — | — | — | — | — | — |
H = home · A = away · N = neutral · Post = postseason. Source-reported spreads and totals; unverified closing status. Conference championships follow the source's regular-season classification.
Sources: CollegeFootballData; logos and team identity: ESPN. Historical conferences follow each season's game records.