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Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.

Prairie View A&M University Football

Prairie View, TX · the Panthers · Prairie View A&M University overview
101
Roster
room for 4 under the cap of 105
$3.6M
Team budget
12th percentile in Division I
$35,733
Per roster spot
median $79,762
10
Coaches
1 head · 9 assistant
910
APR
93% of players retained
75%
Admitted
upper half for selectivity

Prairie View A&M University fields a football team in the Southwestern Athletic Conf. (NCAA Division I). In 2024–25 the roster carried 101 players, below the median of 119, with 1 head coach and 9 assistants. Team expenses were $3,609,079, well below the median of $9.1M — $35,733 per roster spot, bottom quarter of Division I football programs. That leaves room for 4 under the Division I roster cap of 105 in force from 2025-26. The team's multi-year Academic Progress Rate is 910, about the median of 964, with 93% of players retained year to year. The school gave $2,253,792 in athletic aid across its men's teams, about $9,390 per roster spot.

Among Division I football programs

Where this program sits against its 261 peers (percentile; the tick is the median).

Team budget$3.6M
Spend per player$35,733
Roster size101
Coaching staff10
APR910

Team budgets across the division

$1.4M$93M
this programevery Division I football program

Roster sizes (cap 105)

89167
this programevery Division I roster

The program

  • Roster101 2024–25 season
  • Division I roster cap105 room for 4
  • Coaching staff1 head, 9 assistant
  • Team expenses$3,609,079 for the year
  • Operating expenses$954,158 game-day and travel
  • Spend per roster spot$35,733 division median $79,762
  • Academic Progress Rate910 multi-year; 892 latest
  • Players retained93% year to year
  • Eligible88% of player-terms
  • Athletic aid, men's teams$2,253,792 school-wide
  • Aid per roster spot$9,390 across men's teams
  • Recruiting spend, men's$34,742 school-wide

Coaching staff

NameTitleEmail
Tremaine Jackson head coachHead Coachnot on file
Trent EarleyAssociate Head Coach | Co-Defensive Coordinatornot on file
Darrell ColbertAssistant Head Football Coach | Wide ReceiversOn file · sign in
Manny MartinezOffensive Line Coach | Run Game CoordinatorOn file · sign in
Clifford FeddRunning Backs CoachOn file · sign in
Kapono AsuegaDefensive Line CoachOn file · sign in
Darren GarriganDefensive Backs CoachOn file · sign in
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Recruiting timing

  • Coaches may first contact youSeptember 1 of junior year
  • Your own emailsAny time the rule limits what coaches send back
  • High-school football players1,029,588 2024-25
  • Division I roster spots31,184 261 programs
  • Odds of a spot1 in 33 3.0% of high-school players hold a Division I roster spot

General NCAA rule for Division I; the football recruiting guide has the date for each grad year, the eligibility checklist and what to put in a first email.

About the school

What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.
8,527undergraduates · 9,517 students in all
Women 67% Men 33%
Setting
Rural
Type
Public · Research university
Affiliation
None
HBCU
Yes
75%admitted · of 8,777 applicants
SAT middle 50%850 – 1030
ACT middle 50%16 – 20
Test scores
Scores required
Graduate in 6 yrs
43%
101on the roster · 2024–25 season
Roster vs the D-I cap of 105101
room for 4
Academic Progress Rate910
93% of players kept year to year
Team expenses
$3,609,079 $35,733 per roster spot · bottom quarter of Division I
Coaches
1 head · 9 assistant
Athletic aid, men's teams
$2,253,792
Recruiting spend, men's
$34,742
$14,065net price · after grants, aided first-years
Sticker, in-state$27,798
Sticker, out-of-state$43,373
Average net price$14,065
Net price by family income
$0–30k$9,605
$30–48k$10,487
$48–75k$17,552
$75–110k$20,779
$110k and up$23,032
Tuition & fees
$11,299 in-state · $26,874 out

Campus safety

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3.86violent offences per 1,000 · students a year, 2022–2024
Violent3.86
Property7.49
In residence halls
138 burglaries · 47 sex offences over 2022–2024
Residence-hall fires
18 over 2022–2024
15%of bachelor's degrees in business · 22 fields · Bachelor's, Doctorate, Master's
Business199 · 15%
Health professions & nursing198 · 15%
Kinesiology, parks & recreation144 · 11%
Psychology118 · 9%
Engineering115 · 9%

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Football programs within 150 miles

Prairie View A&M UniversityHouston Christian University · 40 miTexas A&M University, College Station · 42 miRice University · 44 miTexas Southern University · 46 miUniversity of Houston · 46 miSam Houston State University · 50 miUniversity of Texas at Austin · 105 miSouthwestern University (Texas) · 107 miUniversity of Mary Hardin-Baylor · 111 miLamar University · 115 miTexas State University · 118 miBaylor University · 121 mi
SchoolMilesRosterBudgetAPRAdmitted
Houston Christian University Division I · Southland Conference40119$5.9M96485%
Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference42146$60M96563%
Rice University Division I · American Conference44123$20M9868%
Texas Southern University Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf.46120$2.8M95093%
University of Houston Division I · Big 12 Conference46119$23M96170%
Sam Houston State University Division I · Conference USA50127$9.7M93685%
University of Texas at Austin Division I · Southeastern Conference105118$70M97429%
Southwestern University (Texas) Division III · Southern Athletic Association10795$892k—39%
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Division III · American Southwest Conference111167$1.5M—95%
Lamar University Division I · Southland Conference115119$5.6M93986%
Texas State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference118120$22M93289%
Baylor University Division I · Big 12 Conference121118$41M97451%

Other football programs in the Southwestern Athletic Conf.

SchoolRosterBudgetPer playerAPRCompare
Grambling State University 49 over cap154$5M$32,350937vs
Alabama State University 12 over cap117$4.9M$42,203942vs
Bethune-Cookman University 12 over cap117$4.6M$39,135938vs
Alabama A&M University 41 over cap146$4.4M$30,015924vs
Alcorn State University 13 over cap118$4M$33,520963vs
Prairie View A&M University room for 4101$3.6M$35,733910vs
Florida A&M University 12 over cap117$3.5M$29,772931vs
Jackson State University 31 over cap136$3.3M$24,319973vs
Southern University, Baton Rouge 17 over cap122$3.2M$26,244952vs
Texas Southern University 15 over cap120$2.8M$22,921950vs
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff 5 over cap110$2.1M$19,198949vs
Mississippi Valley State University room for 798$1.5M$15,773938vs

Every Southwestern Athletic Conf. football program · Football budgets ranked