Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders NFL Draft Prospects

Middle Tennessee is coming off a 3-9 (2-6 Conference USA) season, its second straight three-win campaign, and the Blue Raiders closed it on an encouraging note by winning their final two games behind their two highest-scoring outputs of the year. That finish is about the only continuity in Murfreesboro. Derek Mason enters a potential make-or-break third season with a record of 6-18 at the school, and he has again overhauled his staff, this time installing first-year offensive coordinator Anthony Scelfo and a wave of new assistants. Brian Stewart runs the defense.

The bigger challenge is personnel. Quarterback Nicholas Vattiato and the top skill players from the 2025 offense are gone, leaving one of the leaner returning rosters in the league on both sides of the ball.