Louisville extends offer to 2026 target Zyntreacs Otey

The Cardinals are the latest to offer the rising 2026 prospect

Louisville has extended a new scholarship offer to a talented prospect in the 2026 class. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Riverdale defensive back Zyntreacs Otey confirmed the offer from the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon.

The 5-f00t-11, 165-pound Otey was impressed by the experience of a Louisville visit.

“I enjoyed my time down there,” Otey said. “It’s an exciting place to be and has a great atmosphere. I’m thankful for the offer and I would love to come down there another time.”

Louisville is among a group of programs to extend an early scholarship offer. He also has the same from Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Kentucky, Memphis and Ole Miss.

Otey becomes the fourth prospect in the 2026 class from Tennessee to be offered by the Cardinals.

Check out Otey’s highlights from the 2023 season in the video below:

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Louisville football in the national stats: Weekly update

A look at how the Louisville football team ranks this week in the national statistics; the Cardinals are 8-1

The University of Louisville football team scored another impressive victory last weekend.

Coming off a loss to Pittsburgh and then a bye week, the Cardinals have now whipped Duke 23-0 and beat Virginia Tech 34-3.

U of L is now 8-1 on the season.

The Cardinals are averaging 440.8 yards a game, beating Georgia Tech 39-34 in the opener and then decking Murray State 56-0 before holding on 21-14 against Indiana, dusting Boston College 56-28, edging NC State 13-10 before beating Notre Dame 33-20 prior to the 38-21 loss to Pittsburgh.

In nine games of the Jeff Brohm era, the Cardinals are averaging 252 yards passing and 188.78 yards a game on the ground.

U of L is ranked No. 11 in both national polls and will host Virginia on Thursday night at L&N Stadium at 7:30 p.m. We wanted to start tracking some key stats each week for the Cardinals, so here’s a look at some statistical categories and where the team ranks nationally.

We will update this each week now throughout the rest of the season.

OFFENSE

The national rankings were up and down a little for Louisville since the Cardinals rolled over the Hokies but only had 53 total snaps on offense and amassed 382 yards of total offense. The total yards per play and yards per pass are among the top 20 in the nation. U of L still has several other top-20 rankings and now one of those is time of possession.

DEFENSE

For the Louisville defense, the numbers all improved after the Virginia Tech game with the Cardinals holding a fifth straight opponent under 300 total yards of offense. The defense continues to be really good on third down and also in the red zone. The Cardinals have at least eight top-25 rankings on defense.

Miscellaneous

Louisville is averaging just 6.1 penalties a game and that is up a tad from the previous few weeks. The special teams for the Cardinals have been pretty good all season, but the punting average took a major dip after two bad punts from Brock Travelstead against NC State. Louisville is still on the positive side of the turnover margin despite three against Pittsburgh.

NATIONAL LEADERS

Here are some of the Louisville individual players among the national leaders:

**Jawhar Jordan ranks 18th in the nation in rushing at 97.89 yards a game, ranks 15th in yards from scrimmage at 117.7 a game, ranks 10th with 11 rushing TDs, ranks 1st in the nation in plays from scrimmage of 70 or more yards with three, and tied 1st in the nation in rushing plays of 70 or more yards with two. He also ranks tied for 36th at 8.0 points a game.

**Jack Plummer ranks 41st in the nation in passing at 239.9 yards a game. He is also 26th in passer rating at 154.89 and ranks 53rd in total offense at 243.9 yards a game.

**Jamari Thrash ranks 17th in the nation in receiving yards at 89.0 and 66th in the nation at 90.5 yards from scrimmage a game. He is also 33rd in the nation with six receiving touchdowns, ranks tied for 2nd in the nation in plays from scrimmage of 70 or more yards with two, ranks tied for 1st in the nation in receiving plays of 70 or more yards with two, and is tied for 1st in the nation in receiving plays of 80 or more yards with one.

**Ashton Gillotte ranks 7th in the nation in sacks with 8.5 and 31st with 11 tackles for a loss a game. He also ranks 6th in the nation with three forced fumbles.

**Devin Neal ranks tied for 25th in the nation with three interceptions. He also ranks 50th in the nation with eight passes defended.

**Cam’Ron Kelley and Quincy Riley rank tied for 78th in the nation with two interceptions.

**Quincy Riley ranks 36th in the nation with nine passes defended.

**Brock Travelstead ranks tied for 36th in scoring at 8.0 points a game.

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