2025 UTEP Miners football team

2025 UTEP Miners football
2025 UTEP Miners football
Conference	Conference USA
Record	0–0 (0–0 CUSA)
Head coach	Scotty Walden (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Jake Brown (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ryan Stanchek (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	J. J. Clark (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Kelvin Sigler (2nd season)
Home stadium	Sun Bowl
	Seasons ← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 UTEP Miners football team will represent the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Miners play home games at the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, and will compete as members of Conference USA. They are expected to be led by second-year head coach Scotty Walden.

2025 Conference USA football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Delaware*	0	–	0	0	–	0
FIU	0	–	0	0	–	0
Jacksonville State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Kennesaw State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Liberty	0	–	0	0	–	0
Louisiana Tech	0	–	0	0	–	0
Middle Tennessee	0	–	0	0	–	0
Missouri State*	0	–	0	0	–	0
New Mexico State	0	–	0	0	–	0
Sam Houston	0	–	0	0	–	0
UTEP	0	–	0	0	–	0
Western Kentucky	0	–	0	0	–	0
Championship: December 6, 2025
* – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules As of January 3, 2025

The 2025 season will be the program's last season as a member of Conference USA. They will play in Mountain West Conference games starting in the 2026–27 academic year.^[1]

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Player	Position	Destination
Martavious Collins	TE	Florida Atlantic
Logologo Va'a	DL	Nevada
Kyran Duhon	DE	Oklahoma State
Amier Boyd-Matthews	DB	Texas Tech
Josiah Allen	DE	Unknown
Maurice Westmoreland	DE	Unknown
Jevon Jackson	RB	Unknown
Kam Herring	DB	Unknown
Emari White	WR	Unknown
Michael Ray Jr.	DB	Unknown
Ezell Jolly	RB	Unknown
Christian Ray	DE	Unknown
Zachary Essih	TE	Unknown
Joshua Dye	RB	Unknown
Josiah Dye	DB	Unknown
Javoni Gardere	WR	Unknown
CK Carter	OL	Unknown
AJ Odums	DB	Unknown
Luke Seib	WR	Unknown
Jayce Hunter	DB	Unknown

Incoming

Player	Position	Previous school
Jaden McKinney	DL	Austin Peay
Garrett Hawkins	LB	Austin Peay
Udoka Ezeani	LB	Boise State
Solo Barnes	DB	Fayetteville State
Shakaun Bowser	DL	Garden City CC
Terez Reid	DB	Grand Valley State
Josh Rudolph	LB	Indiana
Kelton Farmer	DL	Kentucky Wesleyan
Jayden Wilson	LB	New Mexico
Dennis Lafferty	OL	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M CC
Ta’ir Brooks	WR	Northern Arizona
Cardell Cheeks	TE	Northern Colorado
Mark Robinson	OL	Southeastern
Jayden Madkins	DL	Tyler JC
Kode Lowe	DB/LB	West Florida

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site
August 30	at Utah State*	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT
September 6	UT Martin*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
September 13	at Texas*	Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium Austin, TX
September 20	Louisiana–Monroe*	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX
*Non-conference game

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Game summaries

at Utah State

Game One – UTEP Miners (0–0) at Utah State Aggies (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	0	0	0
Aggies	0	0	0	0	0

at Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT

Date: Saturday August 30, 2025
Game time: TBA
TV announcers (TBA): TBA

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	UTEP	USU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Utah State	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. (FCS) UT Martin

Game Two – (FCS) UT Martin Skyhawks (0–0) at UTEP Miners (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
(FCS) Skyhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Miners	0	0	0	0	0

at Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX

Date: Saturday September 6, 2025
Game time: TBA
TV announcers (TBA): TBA

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	UTM	UTEP
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UT Martin	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

at Texas

Game Three – UTEP Miners (0–0) at Texas Longhorns (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Miners	0	0	0	0	0
Longhorns	0	0	0	0	0

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX

Date: Saturday September 13, 2025
Game time: TBA
TV announcers (TBA): TBA

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	UTEP	TEX
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
Texas	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

vs. Louisiana–Monroe

Game Four – Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (0–0) at UTEP Miners (0–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Miners	0	0	0	0	0

at Pitbull Stadium • Miami, FL

Date: Saturday September 20, 2025
Game time: TBA
TV announcers (TBA): TBA

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Statistics	ULM	UTEP
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Louisiana–Monroe	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving
UTEP	Passing
	Rushing
	Receiving

References

^ "UTEP to Join Mountain West Conference". utepminers. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
^ "UTEP Football Transfer Portal". ON3.
^ "UTEP Miners 2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.
^ "2025 UTEP Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[1] "UTEP to Join Mountain West Conference". utepminers. December 12, 2024. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

[2] "UTEP Football Transfer Portal". ON3.

[3] "UTEP Miners 2025 College Football Transfer Portal". 247Sports.

[4] "2025 UTEP Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved December 29, 2024.

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