Player Dossier

2019-2022

Kansas State

Jaylen Pickle

DE • 6'5" • 310 lbs • Cimarron, KS, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaylen Pickle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Usage / Role

23%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

44

Developing production for an edge defender

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Reliability

28

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

70

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Kansas State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota

Player Story

Jaylen Pickle built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Cimarron, KS wearing No. 93, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jaylen Pickle's career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2018 · Rating 0.8384

Cimarron · Cimarron, KS

Committed To
Kansas State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2018

Jaylen Pickle, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Kansas State. Jaylen Pickle shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
42
TFL
3.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
4
Passes defended
4

Quick Answers

Jaylen Pickle quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas State · DE
Career Tackles
42
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 23 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Kansas State
Top game
South Dakota
Recruit profile
3-star · Cimarron · Kansas State
High school pipeline
Cimarron · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 93 · Senior
2022 Tackles rank
15 tackles · DE 137th (top 51%) · Big 12 170th (top 38%) · National 2,274th (top 39%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonKansas State00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State6100.5013038.5
2021 PostseasonKansas State91-0--023.2
2021 Regular SeasonKansas State916101-023.2
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State81521.521043.8

Related Context

Jaylen Pickle played DE for Kansas State. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaylen Pickle recorded 42 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Kansas State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Kansas State paired 6.5 primary output with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

2022 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 16 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value is trending up

2022 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: South Dakota

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

Games

8

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

16

Usage

5.6

Consistency

12.5

Best Game by takeover score

South Dakota

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 3.5. Tulane: 1. Oklahoma: 2. Texas Tech: 0. Iowa State: 0. Texas: 0. West Virginia: 0. Kansas: 0

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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 2 by 43.3. Tulane: 3 by 22.5. Oklahoma: 5 by 40.8. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Iowa State: 1 by 4.2. Texas: 1 by 4.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 6 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

8 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

South Dakota

Best efficiency game

43.3 vs South Dakota

Result
Sun 11/27vs KansasW 47-2711000
Sat 11/19@ West VirginiaW 48-3110000
Sat 11/5vs TexasL 27-3411000
Sat 10/8@ Iowa StateW 10-911000
Sat 10/1vs Texas TechW 37-2811000
Sun 9/25@ OklahomaSplash gameW 41-34520.500.500
Sat 9/17vs TulaneL 10-1733000
Sat 9/3vs South DakotaSplash gameW 34-0211.5011

Player Story

Jaylen Pickle story

Jaylen Pickle built his college career from 2019 through 2022 as a defensive end from Cimarron, KS wearing No. 93, spending time with Kansas State. The clearest part of Jaylen Pickle's career was his defensive production: 42 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 23 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Pickle's 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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    Kansas State

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonKansas State0
2020 Regular SeasonKansas State4.514.52.24.5
2021 PostseasonKansas State311.22.9-1.5
2021 Regular SeasonKansas State311.22.90
2022 Regular SeasonKansas State6.5165.63.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs South Dakota

Week 1 · W 34-0

Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5

Havoc Plays

76.1 takeover

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Oklahoma

Week 4 · W 41-34 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

66 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66 takeover score.

#3

@ Texas

Week 13 · L 17-22 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

62.5 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 62.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Oklahoma State

Week 4 · L 20-31 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

53.9 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.9 takeover score.

#5

vs Southern Illinois

Week 2 · W 31-23

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Havoc Plays

50.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Kansas State

6.5 primary output · 16 efficiency · 5.6 usage

43.8

#2

2020 Regular Season · Kansas State

38.5

4.5 primary · 14.5 efficiency · 2.2 usage

#3

2021 Postseason · Kansas State

23.2

3 primary · 11.2 efficiency · 2.9 usage

Milestones

3

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games