Player Dossier

2019-2023

Rutgers

Deion Jennings

LB • 6'1" • 235 lbs • Sicklerville, NJ, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Deion Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.3 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

75

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Rutgers
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Maryland

Player Story

Deion Jennings built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Sicklerville, NJ wearing No. 17, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Deion Jennings' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8158

Timber Creek · Sicklerville, NJ

Committed To
Rutgers
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Deion Jennings, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Rutgers. Deion Jennings shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.3 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
241
TFL
20
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
12

Quick Answers

Deion Jennings quick answers

Latest team and position
Rutgers · LB
Career Tackles
241
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 39 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Rutgers
Top game
Maryland
Recruit profile
3-star · Timber Creek · Rutgers
High school pipeline
Timber Creek · 21 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 17 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
94 tackles · LB 51st (top 5%) · Big Ten 8th (top 2%) · National 65th (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonRutgers8323.5012034.6
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers52320--021.1
2021 PostseasonRutgers3110--010.6
2021 Regular SeasonRutgers32-0--010.6
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers108991-6069.2
2023 PostseasonRutgers13910--051.4
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers13853.50-4051.4

Related Context

Deion Jennings played LB for Rutgers. Across 5 tracked seasons, Deion Jennings recorded 241 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Rutgers.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Rutgers paired 16 primary output with 52.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 36.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Temple

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · Rutgers

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

36.3

Usage

9

Consistency

40.9

Best Game by takeover score

Temple

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Northwestern: 0. Temple: 3. Virginia Tech: 0.5. Michigan: 1. Wagner: 0. Wisconsin: 0. Michigan State: 0. Indiana: 0. Ohio State: 1. Iowa: 1. Penn State: 0. Maryland: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 9 by 47.5. Northwestern: 9 by 37.5. Temple: 7 by 59.2. Virginia Tech: 9 by 42.5. Michigan: 8 by 43.3. Wagner: 1 by 4.2. Wisconsin: 6 by 25. Michigan State: 5 by 20.8. Indiana: 7 by 29.2. Ohio State: 13 by 60. Iowa: 10 by 51.7. Penn State: 8 by 33.3. Maryland: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · +0.0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Temple

Best efficiency game

60 vs Ohio State

Result
Thu 12/28@ MiamiW 31-2492100
Sat 11/25vs MarylandL 24-4221100
Sat 11/18@ Penn StateL 6-2785000
Sat 11/11@ Iowa10+ tacklesL 0-22107100
Sat 11/4vs Ohio State10+ tacklesL 16-35137100
Sat 10/21@ IndianaW 31-1475000
Sat 10/14vs Michigan StateW 27-2453000
Sat 10/7@ WisconsinL 13-2462000
Sat 9/30vs WagnerW 52-310000
Sat 9/23@ MichiganL 7-3186001
Sat 9/16vs Virginia TechW 35-16930.5000
Sat 9/9vs TempleSplash gameW 36-770003
Sun 9/3vs NorthwesternW 24-794000

Player Story

Deion Jennings story

Deion Jennings built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a linebacker from Sicklerville, NJ wearing No. 17, spending time with Rutgers. The clearest part of Deion Jennings' career was his defensive production: 241 tackles, 20 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 1 interception across 39 career games in the available record. That gives Deion Jennings' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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

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    Rutgers

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonRutgers7.526.15.3
2020 Regular SeasonRutgers223.24.3-5.5
2021 PostseasonRutgers17.52.1-1
2021 Regular SeasonRutgers17.52.10
2022 Regular SeasonRutgers1652.110.915
2023 PostseasonRutgers8.536.39-7.5
2023 Regular SeasonRutgers8.536.390

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ Maryland

Week 13 · L 0-37 · Conference game

Loss with 6 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

100 takeover

6 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

vs Minnesota

Week 8 · L 7-42 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

91.1 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 91.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Nebraska

Week 16 · L 21-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs Nebraska

Week 6 · L 13-14 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

#5

vs Temple

Week 2 · W 36-7

3

Havoc Plays

67.8 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Rutgers

16 primary output · 52.1 efficiency · 10.9 usage

69.2

#2

2023 Postseason · Rutgers

51.4

8.5 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 9 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Rutgers

51.4

8.5 primary · 36.3 efficiency · 9 usage

Milestones

10

Impact games

7

Splash games

7

10+ tackle games