Player Dossier

2019-2024

South Florida

Jamie Pettway

LB • 6'2" • 237 lbs • Albany, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jamie Pettway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

6%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

7

Developing production for a linebacker

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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: 2024 Postseason · South Florida

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
6
Program Path
Missouri • Florida Atlantic • South Florida
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Player Story

Jamie Pettway built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Albany, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Missouri, and South Florida. The clearest part of Jamie Pettway's...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2025 · Rating 0.8848

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Commit Date
Jan 1, 2025

Jamie Pettway, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · South Florida. Jamie Pettway shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 27.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
136
TFL
14
Sacks
4
QB hurries
5
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jamie Pettway quick answers

Latest team and position
South Florida · LB
Career Tackles
136
Tracked sample
6 unique seasons · 8 entries · 38 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · South Florida
Top game
Memphis
Recruit profile
3-star · Central
High school pipeline
Central · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 6 · Senior
2024 Tackles rank
56 tackles · LB 249th (top 21%) · American Athletic 43rd (top 7%) · National 469th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri00-0--0-
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri2210--021.7
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri41120--031.5
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic10482131045.7
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida92-0--019.2
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida9172.51--019.2
2024 PostseasonSouth Florida131-0--054.6
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Florida13556.5222054.6

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2022Missouri to Florida AtlanticP4 to G5/FCS76.3Oct 25, 2021

Jamie Pettway played LB for Missouri, Florida Atlantic, and South Florida. Across 6 tracked seasons, Jamie Pettway recorded 136 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with South Florida.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

South Florida paired 12.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2024 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 27.6 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, Florida Atlantic, South Florida.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Memphis

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Postseason · South Florida

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.0

Efficiency

27.6

Usage

6.9

Consistency

33.8

Best Game by takeover score

Memphis

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. San José State: 0. Bethune-Cookman: 0. Alabama: 2. Southern Miss: 0.5. Miami: 0.5. Tulane: 1. Memphis: 2.5. UAB: 0.5. Florida Atlantic: 2.5. Navy: 0. Charlotte: 2. Tulsa: 1. Rice: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. San José State: 1 by 4.2. Bethune-Cookman: 4 by 16.7. Alabama: 6 by 45. Southern Miss: 5 by 25.8. Miami: 6 by 30. Tulane: 2 by 18.3. Memphis: 6 by 50. UAB: 7 by 34.2. Florida Atlantic: 7 by 54.2. Navy: 3 by 12.5. Charlotte: 2 by 28.3. Tulsa: 6 by 35. Rice: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.9 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Losses
Losses1 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Memphis

Best efficiency game

54.2 vs Florida Atlantic

Result
Wed 12/25@ San José StateW 41-3910000
Sat 11/30@ RiceL 28-3511000
Sat 11/23vs TulsaW 63-3065100
Sat 11/16@ CharlotteSplash gameW 59-2422110
Sat 11/9vs NavyL 7-2831000
Fri 11/1@ Florida AtlanticSplash gameW 44-21731.5001
Sat 10/19vs UABW 35-25710.5000
Sat 10/12vs MemphisSplash gameL 3-21631.5010
Sat 9/28@ TulaneL 10-4521001
Sat 9/21vs MiamiL 15-50620.5000
Sat 9/14@ Southern MissW 49-24530.5000
Sat 9/7@ AlabamaSplash gameL 16-4262000
Sat 8/31vs Bethune-CookmanW 48-341000

Player Story

Jamie Pettway story

Jamie Pettway built his college career from 2019 through 2024 as a linebacker from Albany, GA wearing No. 6, spending time with Florida Atlantic, Missouri, and South Florida. The clearest part of Jamie Pettway's career was his defensive production: 136 tackles, 14 tackles for loss, 4 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 38 career games in the available record. His career also includes 24 return yards, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. That gives Jamie Pettway'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. 1

    Missouri

    2019-2021

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Florida Atlantic

    2022

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    South Florida

    2023-2024

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20192020202120222023202320242024
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonMissouri0
2020 Regular SeasonMissouri19.22.41
2021 Regular SeasonMissouri216.55.21
2022 Regular SeasonFlorida Atlantic7277.15
2023 PostseasonSouth Florida3.512.73.5-3.5
2023 Regular SeasonSouth Florida3.512.73.50
2024 PostseasonSouth Florida12.527.66.99
2024 Regular SeasonSouth Florida12.527.66.90

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Memphis

Week 7 · L 3-21 · Conference game

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

83.3 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 83.3 takeover score.

#2

vs UAB

Week 9 · W 24-17 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Rice

Week 7 · W 17-14 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#4

vs Charlotte

Week 13 · W 48-14 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

81.9 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.9 takeover score.

#5

@ Alabama

Week 2 · L 16-42

2

Havoc Plays

75 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · South Florida

12.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 6.9 usage

54.6

#2

2024 Regular Season · South Florida

54.6

12.5 primary · 27.6 efficiency · 6.9 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Florida Atlantic

45.7

7 primary · 27 efficiency · 7.1 usage

Milestones

9

Impact games

7

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games