Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2020-2025Notre Dame
Jared Dawson
DL • 6'1" • 288 lbs • Collierville, TN, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jared Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
44
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
46
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
55
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Louisville
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 6
- Program Path
- Louisville • Notre Dame
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Jacksonville State
Player Story
Jared Dawson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Collierville, TN wearing No. 93, spending time with Louisville and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Jared Dawson's career was...
Read the storyJared Dawson, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Louisville. Jared Dawson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 17
- Sacks
- 9.5
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 2
Quick Answers
Jared Dawson quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Notre Dame · DL
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2024 Regular Season · Louisville
- Top game
- Jacksonville State
- High school pipeline
- Davis · 3 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 93 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 20 tackles · DL 355th (top 33%) · FBS Independents 34th (top 37%) · National 2,038th (top 33%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 1 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 40.3 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 11 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 11 | 14 | 2.5 | 2 | 1 | - | 0 | 29.4 |
| 2023 Postseason | Louisville | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2.5 | - | 1 | 0 | 48.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 8 | 19 | 6.5 | 4 | - | - | 0 | 59.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 10 | 20 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 49.5 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Louisville to Notre Dame | P4 to G5/FCS | 81.4 | Jan 11, 2025 |
Jared Dawson played DL for Louisville and Notre Dame. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jared Dawson recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Louisville.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season
Louisville paired 10.5 primary output with 23 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Louisville, Notre Dame.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College
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 Regular Season · Notre Dame
Games
10
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
17.3
Usage
3.9
Consistency
62.8
Best Game by takeover score
Boston College
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Miami: 1. Texas A&M: 0. Boise State: 0. NC State: 1. USC: 1. Boston College: 2.5. Navy: 0. Pittsburgh: 1. Syracuse: 1.5. Stanford: 1
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 2 by 18.3. Texas A&M: 1 by 4.2. Boise State: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 3 by 22.5. USC: 3 by 22.5. Boston College: 2 by 33.3. Navy: 2 by 8.3. Pittsburgh: 0 by 10. Syracuse: 4 by 31.7. Stanford: 2 by 18.3
Split Comparison
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Wins1 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 2 · -0.5 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
Boston College
Best efficiency game
33.3 vs Boston College
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 11/30 | @ Stanford | W 49-20 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Syracuse | W 70-7 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | @ Pittsburgh | W 37-15 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | vs Navy | W 49-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 25-10 | 2 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs USC | W 34-24 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs NC State | W 36-7 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Boise State | W 28-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | vs Texas A&M | L 40-41 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Miami | L 24-27 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Jared Dawson story
Jared Dawson built his college career from 2020 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Collierville, TN wearing No. 93, spending time with Louisville and Notre Dame. The clearest part of Jared Dawson's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. That gives Jared Dawson's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Louisville
2020-2024
Opening stop
- 2
Notre Dame
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20202021202220222023202320242025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2021 Regular Season | Louisville | 0 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 0 |
| 2022 Postseason | Louisville | 6.5 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 6.5 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Louisville | 6.5 | 11.6 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Louisville | 8.5 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 2 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisville | 8.5 | 17.4 | 6.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisville | 10.5 | 23 | 7.3 | 2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Notre Dame | 9 | 17.3 | 3.9 | -1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Jacksonville State
Week 2 · W 49-14
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
86.4 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 86.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Virginia
Week 11 · W 31-24 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
80.8 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 80.8 takeover score.
#3
@ USC
Week 1 · L 28-42 · Postseason
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#4
@ Virginia
Week 6 · W 34-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
#5
@ Stanford
Week 12 · L 35-38 · Conference game
2.5
Havoc Plays
63.9 takeover
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 63.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2024 Regular Season · Louisville
10.5 primary output · 23 efficiency · 7.3 usage
59.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · Notre Dame
49.5
9 primary · 17.3 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Louisville
48.3
8.5 primary · 17.4 efficiency · 6.5 usage
Milestones
7
Impact games
10
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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