James Madison went 9-4 this season and won the Boca Raton Bowl. Sluka could compete with Richmond transfer Camden Coleman for the starting job, largely depending on incumbent Alonza Barnett's health. Barnett suffered a late-season knee injury that required surgery.

Matthew Sluka rattled the college football world just three games into the season when he quit UNLV, redshirted this past season and darted for the transfer portal. All over an NIL dispute that was probably Sluka’s fault to begin with.