2025 UAB Blazers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2025
| team = UAB Blazers
| sport = football
| image = UAB Blazers wordmark.png
| image_size = 200
| conference = American Athletic Conference
| short_conf = AAC
| record = 0–0
| conf_record = 0–0
| head_coach = Trent Dilfer
| hc_year = 3rd
| off_coach = Alex Mortensen
| oc_year = 3rd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Steve Russ
| dc_year = 1st
| def_scheme =
| captain =
| stadium = Protective Stadium
| bowl =
| bowl_result =
| uniform = 180px
}}
{{2025 American Athletic Conference football standings}}
The 2025 UAB Blazers football team will represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Blazers are expected to be led by Trent Dilfer in his third year as the head coach. The Blazers play their home games at Protective Stadium, located in Birmingham, Alabama.
Offseason
=Transfers=
==Outgoing==
| class="wikitable sortable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|Player|Position|Destination|team=UAB Blazers|border=2}} |
| Kam Shanks
|WR |
| Dallas Payne
|TE |FIU |
| Adrian Maddox
|S |
| Kelvin Hill
|DB |
| Amare Thomas
|WR |
| Lee Beebe Jr.
|RB |
| Trey Bedosky
|OL |
| Antavious Woody
|OL |
| Daniel Harris
|DE |
| Everett Roussaw Jr.
|LB |
| Chris Bracy
|DB |
| Jack Nickel
|TE |
| Delano Townsend
|OL |
| Ricky Lee III
|S |
| Landry Lyddy
|QB |
| Jacob Zeno
|QB |
| Derrick Shepard Jr.
|DL |
| Brady Wilson
|OL |
| Brandon Buckhaulter
|WR |
| Brandon Hawkins Jr.
|WR |Unknown |
| Ryan Peppins
|WR |Unknown |
| Demarcus Smith
|DL |Unknown |
| Michael Moore
|LB |Unknown |
| Jaqavius Yates
|OL |Unknown |
| Bryce Damous
|TE |Unknown |
| Miquon Merriweather
|DL |Unknown |
| Kyle Mckinney
|S |Unknown |
| Tennyson Hadfield
|OL |Unknown |
| Baron Franks II
|OL |Withdrawn |
| Corri Milliner
|WR |Withdrawn |
| AJ Brown
|S |Withdrawn |
| Sirad Bryant
|S |Withdrawn |
==Incoming==
| class="wikitable sortable"
{{CollegePrimaryHeader|Player|Position|Previous Team|team=UAB Blazers|border=2}} |
| Dasheen Jackson
|S |
| Nigel Tate
|DL |
| Jalen Cheek
|S |
| AJ Johnson
|WR |
| Antonio Ferguson
|TE |FIU |
| Calvin Pitcher
|DB |
| Kaleb Brown
|WR |Iowa |
| Josh Baka
|S |
| Perry Fisher
|DB |
| Jamichael Rogers
|EDGE |
| Eli Ennis
|LB |
| Amorie Morrison
|DE |
| Tamarion Crumpley
|CB |
| Devin Hightower
|LB |
| JaSire Peterson
|DL |
| Pierre Royster
|S |
| Denver Warren
|DL |
| Jelani Davis
|DL |
| Jevon Jackson
|RB |UTEP |
| Ryder Burton
|QB |
| Evan McCray
|WR |
{{Cite web |title=UAB Football Transfer Portal|url=https://www.on3.com/college/uab-blazers/transfer-portal/wire/football/|website=ON3|language=en}}{{Cite web |title=UAB Blazers 2025 College Football Transfer Portal|url=https://247sports.com/college/alabama-birmingham/season/2025-football/transferportal/?institutionkey=24059|website=247Sports|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=2025 FCS-to-FBS Transfers|url=https://herosports.com/2025-fcs-to-fbs-transfers-bzbz/|website=herosports|language=en}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2025
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FBS
| poll = AP Poll and CFP Rankings released prior to game
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = {{tooltip|August 28|Thursday}}
| time =
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Alabama State
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 6
| time =
| w/l =
| away = y
| opponent = Navy
| site_stadium = Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Annapolis, MD
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 13
| time =
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Akron
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time =
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Tennessee
| site_stadium = Neyland Stadium
| site_cityst = Knoxville, TN
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l =
| opponent = Army
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l =
| away = y
| opponent = Florida Atlantic
| site_stadium = Flagler Credit Union Stadium
| site_cityst = Boca Raton, FL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l =
| opponent = Memphis
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| gamename = Battle for the Bones
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l =
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = UConn
| site_stadium = Rentschler Field
| site_cityst = East Hartford, CT
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l =
| away = y
| opponent = Rice
| site_stadium = Rice Stadium
| site_cityst = Houston, TX
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l =
| opponent = North Texas
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l =
| opponent = South Florida
| site_stadium = Protective Stadium
| site_cityst = Birmingham, AL
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 29
| time =
| w/l =
| away = y
| opponent = Tulsa
| site_stadium = Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium
| site_cityst = Tulsa, OK
| tv =
| score =
| attend =
}}
}}