Roster rebuild: Tigers football’s lost production and how they can replace it
Ryan Silverfield has been head coach of the Memphis Tigers football team for five seasons. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The Memphis Tigers football team will usher in a new era of offense in 2025 after losing most of its offensive production from last year.
Programs lose key pieces to graduation, the NCAA transfer portal and other attrition every year, but Memphis’ offense experienced its biggest loss in Silverfield’s tenure following the 2024 season.
The Daily Memphian examined Silverfield’s five seasons as head coach to calculate which years had the most statistical offensive losses.
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Frank Bonner II
Frank Bonner is the Memphis Tigers football beat writer. He is originally from Indiana but arrived in Memphis after spending two years in Tulsa, covering Oklahoma State football and basketball. He covered high school sports in Columbus, Indiana for two years before getting his Master’s degree in Sports Journalism at IUPUI. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in journalism from Indiana University.
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