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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Duke
Jaiden Francois
LB • 5'10" • 195 lbs • Florida City, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaiden Francois shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.4 disruption score.
Impact Production
21
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
28
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 4
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Nebraska • UCF • Utah State • Duke
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Idaho State
Player Story
Jaiden Francois built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Florida City, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Duke, Nebraska, UCF, and Utah State. The clearest part of Jaiden Francois'...
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- Committed To
- Nebraska
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2020
Jaiden Francois, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Duke. Jaiden Francois shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 31.4 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 182
- TFL
- 14.5
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 4
- Passes defended
- 7
- Touchdowns
- 4
Quick Answers
Jaiden Francois quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Duke · LB
- Career Tackles
- 182
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 9 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Duke
- Top game
- Idaho State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · South Dade · Nebraska
- High school pipeline
- South Dade · 28 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 2 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 73 tackles · LB 148th (top 12%) · ACC 29th (top 4%) · National 233rd (top 4%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 37.5 |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 37.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 11 | 48 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 37.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 12 | 51 | 3.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 45.6 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 14 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 61.3 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 14 | 70 | 7.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 61.3 |
Related Context
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Jaiden Francois played LB for Nebraska, UCF, Utah State, and Duke. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jaiden Francois recorded 182 tackles and 4 touchdowns. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Duke.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Duke paired 13.5 primary output with 31.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 31.4 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 4 team stops, with role shifts visible across Nebraska, UCF, Utah State, Duke.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · Duke
Games
14
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
31.4
Usage
6.7
Consistency
57.6
Best Game by takeover score
Wake Forest
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Arizona State: 0. Elon: 1.5. Illinois: 0. Tulane: 0. NC State: 1.5. Syracuse: 1. California: 0. Georgia Tech: 1. Clemson: 0.5. UConn: 2. Virginia: 0.5. North Carolina: 2. Wake Forest: 2.5. Virginia: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona State: 3 by 12.5. Elon: 10 by 56.7. Illinois: 3 by 12.5. Tulane: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 10 by 56.7. Syracuse: 5 by 30.8. California: 1 by 4.2. Georgia Tech: 3 by 22.5. Clemson: 9 by 42.5. UConn: 4 by 36.7. Virginia: 7 by 34.2. North Carolina: 6 by 45. Wake Forest: 6 by 50. Virginia: 1 by 14.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.1 · Games = 9 · +0.4 vs Losses
Losses0.7 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
14 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
56.7 vs NC State
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 12/31 | vs Arizona State | W 42-39 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 12/7 | @ Virginia | W 27-20 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/29 | vs Wake ForestSplash game | W 49-32 | 6 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | @ North CarolinaSplash game | W 32-25 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Virginia | L 17-34 | 7 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ UConnSplash game | L 34-37 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Clemson | W 46-45 | 9 | 3 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs Georgia Tech | L 18-27 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | @ California | W 45-21 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Syracuse | W 38-3 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs NC State10+ tackles | W 45-33 | 10 | 1 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/14 | @ Tulane | L 27-34 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Illinois | L 19-45 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Thu 8/28 | vs Elon10+ tackles | W 45-17 | 10 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaiden Francois story
Jaiden Francois built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a linebacker from Florida City, FL wearing No. 2, spending time with Duke, Nebraska, UCF, and Utah State. The clearest part of Jaiden Francois' career was his defensive production: 182 tackles, 14.5 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 2 interceptions across 38 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with Duke. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.
Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jaiden Francois' production has multiple signals. With 38 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Duke, Nebraska, UCF, and Utah State.
The arc is straightforward: Jaiden Francois moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Nebraska
2020
Opening stop
- 2
UCF
2020-2022
Peak year stop
- 3
Utah State
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 4
Duke
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Nebraska | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2020 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2021 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | UCF | 0 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Utah State | 8.5 | 29.3 | 5.6 | 8.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Utah State | 8.5 | 29.3 | 5.6 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Utah State | 8.5 | 24.8 | 5.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Duke | 13.5 | 31.4 | 6.7 | 5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Duke | 13.5 | 31.4 | 6.7 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Idaho State
Week 2 · W 78-28
Win with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3.5
Havoc Plays
88.1 takeover
3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Colorado State
Week 14 · L 37-42 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#3
vs Georgia State
Week 1 · L 22-45 · Postseason
3
Havoc Plays
84.4 takeover
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 84.4 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 14 · W 49-32 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
77.2 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.
#5
@ No. 91 North Carolina
Week 13 · W 32-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
75 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Duke
13.5 primary output · 31.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
61.3
#2
2025 Regular Season · Duke
61.3
13.5 primary · 31.4 efficiency · 6.7 usage
#3
2024 Regular Season · Utah State
45.6
8.5 primary · 24.8 efficiency · 5.4 usage
Milestones
8
Impact games
6
Splash games
2
10+ tackle games
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