Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2019-2023Missouri
Jayden Jernigan
DL • 6'0" • 279 lbs • Allen, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jayden Jernigan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
36
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
28
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
59
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Oklahoma State • Missouri
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Boise State
Player Story
Jayden Jernigan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Allen, TX, spending time with Missouri and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Jayden Jernigan's career was his defensive...
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Jayden Jernigan, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State. Jayden Jernigan shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 13.2 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 66
- TFL
- 10
- Sacks
- 6.5
- QB hurries
- 12
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jayden Jernigan quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Missouri · DL
- Career Tackles
- 66
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 38 games
- Best season
- 2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
- Top game
- Boise State
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Milton
- High school pipeline
- Milton · 45 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- Senior
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 18 tackles · DL 376th (top 38%) · SEC 233rd (top 38%) · National 2,120th (top 36%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 9 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | 0 | 44.5 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2021 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 10 | 3 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 10 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | 0 | 53.4 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 8 | 13 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 19.6 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 11 | 18 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3 | - | 0 | 30.2 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Oklahoma State to Missouri | P4 to P4 | 83.5 | Dec 15, 2021 |
Jayden Jernigan played DL for Oklahoma State and Missouri. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayden Jernigan recorded 13 receiving yards and 66 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Missouri.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2021 Postseason
Oklahoma State paired 11 primary output with 20.2 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 13.2 efficiency.
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Career value is trending up
2023 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 Oklahoma State, Missouri.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Florida
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Missouri
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.6
Efficiency
13.2
Usage
3.5
Consistency
15.2
Best Game by takeover score
Florida
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. South Dakota: 0. Middle Tennessee: 2. Kansas State: 0. Memphis: 0. Vanderbilt: 1. Kentucky: 1. South Carolina: 1. Georgia: 0. Tennessee: 0. Florida: 2. Arkansas: 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 versus efficiency scatter chart. South Dakota: 1 by 4.2. Middle Tennessee: 4 by 36.7. Kansas State: 1 by 4.2. Memphis: 1 by 4.2. Vanderbilt: 3 by 22.5. Kentucky: 0 by 10. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 2 by 28.3. Arkansas: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.7 · Games = 10 · +0.7 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 1 · -0.7 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Florida
Best efficiency game
36.7 vs Middle Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11/24 | @ Arkansas | W 48-14 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/19 | vs FloridaSplash game | W 33-31 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | vs Tennessee | W 36-7 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Georgia | L 21-30 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | vs South Carolina | W 34-12 | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | @ Kentucky | W 38-21 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | @ Vanderbilt | W 38-21 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/23 | vs Memphis | W 34-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | vs Kansas State | W 30-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 23-19 | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 9/1 | vs South Dakota | W 35-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jayden Jernigan story
Jayden Jernigan built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Allen, TX, spending time with Missouri and Oklahoma State. The clearest part of Jayden Jernigan's career was his defensive production: 66 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 13 receiving yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jayden Jernigan'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.
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Oklahoma State
2019-2021
Opening stop
- 2
Missouri
2022-2023
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 8 | 14.9 | 4.5 | — |
| 2019 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 8 | 14.9 | 4.5 | 0 |
| 2020 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 0 | — | — | -8 |
| 2021 Postseason | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20.2 | 5 | 11 |
| 2021 Regular Season | Oklahoma State | 11 | 20.2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2022 Regular Season | Missouri | 3.5 | 11.2 | 2.8 | -7.5 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 7 | 13.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Boise State
Week 3 · W 21-20
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
85 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.
#2
vs Florida
Week 12 · W 33-31 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
72.2 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Baylor
Week 8 · L 27-45 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
70.8 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 70.8 takeover score.
#4
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 2 · W 23-19
2
Havoc Plays
67.8 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.8 takeover score.
#5
vs Louisiana Tech
Week 1 · W 52-24
2
Havoc Plays
66.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2021 Postseason · Oklahoma State
11 primary output · 20.2 efficiency · 5 usage
53.4
#2
2021 Regular Season · Oklahoma State
53.4
11 primary · 20.2 efficiency · 5 usage
#3
2019 Postseason · Oklahoma State
44.5
8 primary · 14.9 efficiency · 4.5 usage
Milestones
6
Impact games
10
Splash games
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10+ tackle games
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