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The 2024 Memphis Tigers football team represented the University of Memphis in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The Tigers were led by Ryan Silverfield in his fifth year as the head coach.
An additional 44 Memphis players have gone on to be signed by teams as undrafted free agents. In 2020, Isaac Bruce became the first Memphis player inducted in to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The Pro Football Hall of Fame currently ranks former Tiger Stephen Gostkowski as the sixth-best kicker in NFL history. [1]
Since their inaugural season in 1912, the Memphis Tigers have won over 500 games and appeared in seventeen bowl games. For much of its history, the Memphis Tigers football program was subpar and uninspiring with occasional flashes of moderate success while being overshadowed by the university's more successful men's basketball program. [4]
Memphis football fans got to see a taste of what the 2024 team will look like at the spring game on April 20, but the Tigers' roster already looks different than it did a couple months ago.
Memphis football did not have anyone picked in the 2024 NFL Draft, but Tigers players are signing undrafted free agent deals. Here are the UDFAs:
Memphis football's 2024 recruiting class will start to take shape on Wednesday.
Watson signed as an undrafted free agent with the Denver Broncos following the 2024 NFL draft on May 10, 2024. [8] [9] He was also selected by the Memphis Showboats in the second round of the 2024 UFL draft on July 17. [10] Watson notably made the Broncos initial 53-man roster out of training camp as a UDFA. [11]
The Tigers' 2024 season opener is set for Aug. 31 against North Alabama at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, while the spring game is set for April 20. Follow along for updates during signing day ...