Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024East Carolina
Jaden McKenzie
DL • 6'4" • 290 lbs • Wake Forest, NC, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaden McKenzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.1 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
15
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: 2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Ohio State • East Carolina
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Jaden McKenzie built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Wake Forest, NC wearing No. 93, spending time with East Carolina and Ohio State. The clearest part of Jaden McKenzie's career...
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- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2025
Jaden McKenzie, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Regular Season · Ohio State. Jaden McKenzie shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.1 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 37
- TFL
- 3
- Sacks
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Jaden McKenzie quick answers
- Latest team and position
- East Carolina · DL
- Career Tackles
- 37
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 7 entries · 22 games
- Best season
- 2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wagoner
- High school pipeline
- Wagoner · 5 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · DL 420th (top 41%) · American Athletic 234th (top 36%) · National 2,252nd (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 7 | 10 | 1.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 28.1 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.1 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 10 | 16 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 33.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Ohio State to East Carolina | P4 to G5/FCS | 80 | Dec 30, 2023 |
Jaden McKenzie played DL for Ohio State and East Carolina. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jaden McKenzie recorded 37 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with East Carolina.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Regular Season
Ohio State paired 0 primary output with 10.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 9.1 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2024 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Ohio State, East Carolina.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Temple
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Postseason · East Carolina
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.2
Efficiency
9.1
Usage
2
Consistency
6.7
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. NC State: 0. Norfolk State: 0. Old Dominion: 1. App State: 0. UTSA: 0. Charlotte: 0. Temple: 1. Tulsa: 0. North Texas: 0. Navy: 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. NC State: 1 by 4.2. Norfolk State: 1 by 4.2. Old Dominion: 1 by 14.2. App State: 3 by 12.5. UTSA: 3 by 12.5. Charlotte: 2 by 8.3. Temple: 2 by 18.3. Tulsa: 1 by 4.2. North Texas: 1 by 4.2. Navy: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins0.3 · Games = 7 · +0.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
10 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Temple
Best efficiency game
18.3 vs Temple
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12/28 | @ NC State | W 26-21 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/29 | vs Navy | L 20-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ North Texas | W 40-28 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 11/15 | @ Tulsa | W 38-31 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | vs Temple | W 56-34 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/5 | @ Charlotte | L 24-55 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/28 | vs UTSA | W 30-20 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/14 | vs App State | L 19-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | @ Old Dominion | W 20-14 | 1 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Norfolk State | W 42-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaden McKenzie story
Jaden McKenzie built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Wake Forest, NC wearing No. 93, spending time with East Carolina and Ohio State. The clearest part of Jaden McKenzie's career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 3 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 1 interception across 22 career games in the available record. That gives Jaden McKenzie's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Ohio State
2019-2023
Opening stop
- 2
East Carolina
2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
2019202020212022202320242024
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Ohio State | 0 | 10.5 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1 | 10.3 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Ohio State | 1.5 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Postseason | East Carolina | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 0.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | East Carolina | 2 | 9.1 | 2 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Toledo
Week 3 · W 77-21
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
58.3 takeover
1 disruption/tackle impact with 58.3 takeover score.
#2
vs Temple
Week 9 · W 56-34 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
56.9 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.9 takeover score.
#3
vs Western Kentucky
Week 3 · W 63-10
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Havoc Plays
55.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55.3 takeover score.
#4
@ Old Dominion
Week 2 · W 20-14
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Havoc Plays
50.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 50.3 takeover score.
#5
@ Indiana
Week 1 · W 23-3 · Conference game
0.5
Havoc Plays
36.1 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 36.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Regular Season · Ohio State
0 primary output · 10.5 efficiency · 1.3 usage
40.4
#2
2024 Postseason · East Carolina
33.1
2 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 2 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · East Carolina
33.1
2 primary · 9.1 efficiency · 2 usage
Milestones
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Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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