Player Dossier

2018-2024

Arizona

Jared Small

LB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jared Small shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

2%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

10

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

10

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

17

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tulane

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
7
Program Path
LSU • Tulane • Arizona
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Nicholls

Player Story

Jared Small built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 45, spending time with Arizona, LSU, and Tulane. The clearest part of Jared Small's career was his...

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Jared Small, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Tulane. Jared Small shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
65
TFL
5.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jared Small quick answers

Latest team and position
Arizona · LB
Career Tackles
65
Tracked sample
7 unique seasons · 8 entries · 17 games
Best season
2023 Postseason · Tulane
Top game
Nicholls
Latest roster
No. 45 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
3 tackles · LB 972nd (top 80%) · Big 12 461st (top 65%) · National 3,924th (top 65%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2018 Regular SeasonLSU00-0--0-
2019 Regular SeasonLSU11-0--036.7
2020 Regular SeasonLSU00-0--0-
2021 Regular SeasonLSU00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonLSU11-0--036.7
2023 PostseasonTulane13920--052.5
2023 Regular SeasonTulane13513.5222052.5
2024 Regular SeasonArizona23-0--038.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Tulane to UnlistedG5/FCS to Unlisted10.6Jan 17, 2024

Jared Small played LB for LSU, Tulane, and Arizona. Across 7 tracked seasons, Jared Small recorded 65 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Tulane.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason

Tulane paired 11.5 primary output with 28.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 6.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2024 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across LSU, Tulane, Arizona.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: TCU

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Arizona

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

6.3

Usage

1.2

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

TCU

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. TCU: 0. Arizona State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Second Half
Second Half0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs First Half

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

TCU

Best efficiency game

8.3 vs TCU

Result
Sat 11/30vs Arizona StateL 7-4910000
Sat 11/23@ TCUL 28-4921000

Player Story

Jared Small story

Jared Small built his college career from 2018 through 2024 as a linebacker from Baton Rouge, LA wearing No. 45, spending time with Arizona, LSU, and Tulane. The clearest part of Jared Small's career was his defensive production: 65 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 17 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2023 with Tulane. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jared Small's production has multiple signals. With 17 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Arizona, LSU, and Tulane.

The arc is straightforward: Jared Small moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    LSU

    2018-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Tulane

    2023

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Arizona

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20182019202020212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2018 Regular SeasonLSU0
2019 Regular SeasonLSU04.20.70
2020 Regular SeasonLSU00
2021 Regular SeasonLSU00
2022 Regular SeasonLSU04.20.70
2023 PostseasonTulane11.528.18.311.5
2023 Regular SeasonTulane11.528.18.30
2024 Regular SeasonArizona06.31.2-11.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Nicholls

Week 4 · W 36-7

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

80 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 80 takeover score.

#2

vs Ole Miss

Week 2 · L 20-37

2.5

Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

#3

vs Virginia Tech

Week 1 · L 20-41 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

74.7 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.

#4

vs UAB

Week 5 · W 35-23 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

68.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 68.3 takeover score.

#5

@ East Carolina

Week 10 · W 13-10 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2023 Postseason · Tulane

11.5 primary output · 28.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

52.5

#2

2023 Regular Season · Tulane

52.5

11.5 primary · 28.1 efficiency · 8.3 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Arizona

38.6

0 primary · 6.3 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games