Player Dossier

2019-2024

Kent State

Naim Muhammad

CB • 5'11" • 201 lbs • Bowie, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Naim Muhammad shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

32%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

60

Solid production for a corner

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Reliability

42

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

73

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
West Virginia • Kent State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Player Story

Naim Muhammad built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Bowie, MD wearing No. 23, spending time with Kent State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Naim Muhammad's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2024 · Rating 0.8022

Hamilton Southeastern · Fishers, IN

Committed To
Ball State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Naim Muhammad, CB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Kent State. Naim Muhammad shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 24.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
34
TFL
3
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Naim Muhammad quick answers

Latest team and position
Kent State · CB
Career Tackles
34
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 6 entries · 14 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Kent State
Top game
Pittsburgh
Recruit profile
3-star · Hamilton Southeastern · Ball State
High school pipeline
Hamilton Southeastern · 13 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 23 · Freshman
2024 Tackles rank
24 tackles · CB 139th (top 32%) · Mid-American 157th (top 30%) · National 1,745th (top 29%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia12-0--040.5
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia3510--015.5
2023 Regular SeasonKent State33-0--037.2
2024 Regular SeasonKent State7242113055.3

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2023West Virginia to UnlistedP4 to Unlisted18.2Dec 5, 2022

Naim Muhammad played CB for West Virginia and Kent State. Across 6 tracked seasons, Naim Muhammad recorded 34 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Kent State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Kent State paired 7 primary output with 24.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 24.3 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, Kent State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Pittsburgh

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Kent State

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

1

Efficiency

24.3

Usage

5.3

Consistency

52.4

Best Game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Pittsburgh: 3. St. Francis (PA): 0. Penn State: 0. Eastern Michigan: 0. Ball State: 1. Bowling Green: 2. Western Michigan: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Pittsburgh: 5 by 50.8. St. Francis (PA): 2 by 8.3. Penn State: 4 by 16.7. Eastern Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Ball State: 3 by 22.5. Bowling Green: 6 by 45. Western Michigan: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

First Half0.8 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Second Half
Second Half1.3 · Games = 3 · +0.6 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Pittsburgh

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Pittsburgh

Result
Sat 10/26@ Western MichiganL 21-5221100
Sat 10/19@ Bowling GreenSplash gameL 6-2764001
Sat 10/12vs Ball StateL 35-3732001
Sat 9/28vs Eastern MichiganL 33-5222000
Sat 9/21@ Penn StateL 0-5643000
Sat 9/7vs St. Francis (PA)L 17-2321000
Sat 8/31@ PittsburghSplash gameL 24-5555111

Player Story

Naim Muhammad story

Naim Muhammad built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a cornerback from Bowie, MD wearing No. 23, spending time with Kent State and West Virginia. The clearest part of Naim Muhammad's career was his defensive production: 34 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Naim Muhammad's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    West Virginia

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Kent State

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

201920202021202220232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia08.31.6
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia00
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia110.33.21
2023 Regular SeasonKent State04.20.9-1
2024 Regular SeasonKent State724.35.37

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Pittsburgh

Week 1 · L 24-55

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

83.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.

#2

vs TCU

Week 9 · L 31-41 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#3

@ Bowling Green

Week 8 · L 6-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#4

@ Western Michigan

Week 9 · L 21-52 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

44.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 44.7 takeover score.

#5

vs Ball State

Week 7 · L 35-37 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

24.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Kent State

7 primary output · 24.3 efficiency · 5.3 usage

55.3

#2

2019 Regular Season · West Virginia

40.5

0 primary · 8.3 efficiency · 1.6 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Kent State

37.2

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.9 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games