Army Football Preview 2025: Season Prediction, Top Players, Win Total

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Army Black Knights Key to the Season

Hold up against the run.
It all ties together. Run well, control the clock, give the defense several breaks and time off to rest up, repeat. Army gave up more than 175 rushing yards twice last season - Notre Dame and Navy. Those were the two losses.

Army is 2-16 since 2018 when allowing 200 or more rushing yards.

Army Black Knights Key Player

Dewayne Coleman, QB Sr.
Bryson Daily was functional enough as a passer, but the 2,723 career rushing yards and 41 touchdowns were incredible, even by Army standards. Dewayne Coleman is ultra-quick, he’s got the offense down, but it’ll take something amazing to bring what Daily did in 2024.

Army Black Knights Top Transfer, Biggest Transfer Loss

Top Transfer In: Sam Hayward, LB, Fr.
Army doesn’t do anything with the transfer portal, so let’s go with the most promising prospect for the near future. Hayward is an elite all-around athlete, but he needs to find the right position. Once he adds about 15 pounds or more, he should turn into a killer on the outside.

Top Transfer Out: Elo Modozie, LB Jr.
The real answer might be Kanye Udoh after rushing for 1,117 yards and ten scores, but finding a dangerous pass rusher is harder for Army.

Modozie made 34 tackles with 6.5 sacks and eight tackles for loss, and now he’s leaving for Georgia.

Army Black Knights Key Game

at Tulane, Oct. 18
Army doesn’t have a schedule of two-foot putts, but it’ll be a slight shocker if it isn’t favored in every conference game but the date at Tulane.

Of course, nothing is a given with any of the military academy football programs, but if Army is close to the level it was at last season, the rematch of last year’s 35-14 win in the AAC title game should determine who’ll make it back.
- 2025 Army Schedule Breakdown

Army Black Knights Top 10 Players

1. Andon Thomas, LB Sr.
2. Paolo Gennarelli, OG Jr.
3. Kalib Fortner, LB Sr.
4. Dewayne Coleman, QB Sr.
5. Noah Short, RB Sr.
6. Casey Larkin, S Sr.
7. Justin Weaver, CB Sr.
8. Hayden Reed, RB Sr.
9. Brady Small, C Jr.
10. Kody Harris-Miller, DT Jr.

Army Black Knights 2024 Fun Stats

- 4th Down Conversions: Army 31-of-40 (77.5%), Opponents 17-of-40 (42.5%)

- Fumbles: Army 14 (lost 5), Opponents 13 (lost 2)

- Time of Possession: Army 34:39, Opponents 24:21

Army Black Knights 2025 Season Prediction, Win Total, What Will Happen

The temptation is to assume Army will be the Army of the year before, but this team changes so much and so wildly from year to year that it’s hard to guess if it’ll be the AAC Champion version, or the 2023 type that hit a few crazy snags.

It’ll probably be somewhere in between.

It would be a different story if the Black Knights had to face Memphis and USF, but the schedule is about as nice and breezy as it gets.

There will be a loss at Kansas State, and getting out of Tulane with a win will be tough, but everything else is on the table.

Again, things aren’t always easy with this team. Two years ago it lost to a miserable UMass and beat a great Air Force squad.

There will be one bizarre misfire - Temple is better than everyone will think - and one mild upset, but it’ll be another bowl season with a real shot at another AAC Championship.

Set The Army Black Knights Win Total At … 7.5

Likely Wins: Charlotte, Tarleton State, Tulsa, at UAB

50/50 Games: at Air Force, at East Carolina, Navy, North Texas, Temple, at Tulane, at UTSA

Likely Losses: at Kansas State

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