Player Dossier

2019-2024

Eastern Michigan

JT Killen

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Lake Wylie, SC, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

JT Killen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.

Usage / Role

26%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

72

High-end production for a linebacker

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Reliability

68

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

72

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Coastal Carolina • Eastern Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Georgia Southern

Player Story

JT Killen built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Lake Wylie, SC wearing No. 21, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of JT Killen's career was his...

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JT Killen, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina. JT Killen shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 34 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
223
TFL
13.5
Sacks
3.5
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
5
Touchdowns
2

Quick Answers

JT Killen quick answers

Latest team and position
Eastern Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
223
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 45 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina
Top game
Georgia Southern
Latest roster
No. 21 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
30 tackles · LB 451st (top 37%) · Mid-American 131st (top 25%) · National 1,404th (top 23%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina280.50--027.9
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina610-0--039.2
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina80-0--020.6
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina8191.511-020.6
2022 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina118862.513069
2023 PostseasonCoastal Carolina133-0--040.9
2023 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina13653022240.9
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan5302.502-041

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Coastal Carolina to Eastern MichiganG5/FCS to G5/FCS78.4Nov 28, 2023

JT Killen played LB for Coastal Carolina and Eastern Michigan. Across 6 tracked seasons, JT Killen recorded 223 tackles and 2 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2022 with Coastal Carolina.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

Coastal Carolina paired 12.5 primary output with 44.3 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 34 efficiency.

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Career value stayed steady

2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Coastal Carolina, Eastern Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Kent State

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

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2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

Games

5

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

34

Usage

7.4

Consistency

31.9

Best Game by takeover score

Kent State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Massachusetts: 0. Washington: 0. Jacksonville State: 1. St. Francis (PA): 0.5. Kent State: 3

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Massachusetts: 9 by 37.5. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Jacksonville State: 8 by 43.3. St. Francis (PA): 4 by 21.7. Kent State: 6 by 55

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 4 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -1.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

5 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Kent State

Best efficiency game

55 vs Kent State

Result
Sat 9/28@ Kent StateSplash gameW 52-3364200
Sat 9/21vs St. Francis (PA)W 36-0410.5000
Sat 9/14vs Jacksonville StateW 37-3481000
Sat 9/7@ WashingtonL 9-3031000
Sat 8/31@ MassachusettsW 28-1492000

Player Story

JT Killen story

JT Killen built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Lake Wylie, SC wearing No. 21, spending time with Coastal Carolina and Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of JT Killen's career was his defensive production: 223 tackles, 13.5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 45 career games in the available record. His career also includes 8 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives JT Killen'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.

  1. 1

    Coastal Carolina

    2019-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Eastern Michigan

    2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120212022202320232024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina0.519.24.6
2020 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina071.3-0.5
2021 PostseasonCoastal Carolina3.514.33.33.5
2021 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina3.514.33.30
2022 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina12.544.310.19
2023 PostseasonCoastal Carolina8276.9-4.5
2023 Regular SeasonCoastal Carolina8276.90
2024 Regular SeasonEastern Michigan4.5347.4-3.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Georgia Southern

Week 5 · W 34-30 · Conference game

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4

Havoc Plays

92.5 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 92.5 takeover score.

#2

vs James Madison

Week 13 · L 14-56 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

86.4 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.

#3

@ UL Monroe

Week 6 · W 28-21 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#4

@ Kent State

Week 5 · W 52-33 · Conference game

3

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#5

vs UL Monroe

Week 5 · W 59-6 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

76.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · Coastal Carolina

12.5 primary output · 44.3 efficiency · 10.1 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan

41

4.5 primary · 34 efficiency · 7.4 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Coastal Carolina

40.9

8 primary · 27 efficiency · 6.9 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

5

Splash games

5

10+ tackle games