Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2024Northwestern
Jaylen Pate
DL • 6'3" • 272 lbs • Chicago, IL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Pate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
48
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
35
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
69
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Wyoming • Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Player Story
Jaylen Pate built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 41, spending time with Northwestern and Wyoming. The clearest part of Jaylen Pate's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Wyoming
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2019
Jaylen Pate, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Northwestern. Jaylen Pate shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 77
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 4.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jaylen Pate quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · DL
- Career Tackles
- 77
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 41 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Purdue
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Lane Technical · Wyoming
- High school pipeline
- Lane Technical · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 41 · Senior
- 2024 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DL 407th (top 40%) · Big Ten 279th (top 35%) · National 2,189th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wyoming | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 16.9 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wyoming | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 12 | 19 | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 24.3 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 32.9 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 10 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | - | - | 0 | 33.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 55.9 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Pate played DL for Wyoming and Northwestern. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jaylen Pate recorded 77 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 9 primary output with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2024 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2024 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Wyoming, Northwestern.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Purdue
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2024 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
18.3
Usage
6.4
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Purdue
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami (OH): 0. Duke: 2. Washington: 0. Maryland: 1. Wisconsin: 1. Iowa: 0. Purdue: 4. Michigan: 1. Illinois: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami (OH): 1 by 4.2. Duke: 2 by 28.3. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Maryland: 3 by 22.5. Wisconsin: 2 by 18.3. Iowa: 2 by 8.3. Purdue: 3 by 52.5. Michigan: 0 by 10. Illinois: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1.7 · Games = 3 · +1 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 6 · -1 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Purdue
Best efficiency game
52.5 vs Purdue
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/30 | vs Illinois | L 28-38 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/23 | @ Michigan | L 6-50 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/2 | @ PurdueSplash game | W 26-20 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/26 | @ Iowa | L 14-40 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/19 | vs Wisconsin | L 3-23 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/12 | @ Maryland | W 37-10 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/21 | @ Washington | L 5-24 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/7 | vs DukeSplash game | L 20-26 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 8/31 | vs Miami (OH) | W 13-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaylen Pate story
Jaylen Pate built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a defensive lineman from Chicago, IL wearing No. 41, spending time with Northwestern and Wyoming. The clearest part of Jaylen Pate's career was his defensive production: 77 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 41 career games in the available record. That gives Jaylen Pate'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
Wyoming
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Northwestern
2022-2024
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Regular Season | Wyoming | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | Wyoming | 2 | 12.3 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 Postseason | Wyoming | 4.5 | 10.7 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Wyoming | 4.5 | 10.7 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Northwestern | 2 | 10.3 | 6.9 | -2.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Northwestern | 6 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Northwestern | 6 | 15.2 | 5.2 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Northwestern | 9 | 18.3 | 6.4 | 3 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Purdue
Week 10 · W 26-20 · Conference game
Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs Iowa
Week 10 · L 7-10 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
78.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 78.9 takeover score.
#3
@ Utah State
Week 12 · W 44-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
77.5 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.
#4
@ Illinois
Week 13 · W 45-43 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.7 takeover score.
#5
vs Purdue
Week 12 · W 23-15 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
74.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 74.4 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Northwestern
9 primary output · 18.3 efficiency · 6.4 usage
55.9
#2
2023 Postseason · Northwestern
33.8
6 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Northwestern
33.8
6 primary · 15.2 efficiency · 5.2 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
7
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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