Player Dossier

2021-2025

Southern Miss

Jabari Ishmael

DL • 6'6" • 270 lbs • Miami, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jabari Ishmael shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Usage / Role

21%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

52

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

62

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

56

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Miami • Marshall • Southern Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Coastal Carolina

Player Story

Jabari Ishmael built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Marshall, Miami, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jabari Ishmael's career...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.912

Columbus · Miami, FL

Committed To
Miami
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jabari Ishmael, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Jabari Ishmael shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 21.8 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
52
TFL
5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
8
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jabari Ishmael quick answers

Latest team and position
Southern Miss · DL
Career Tackles
52
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 21 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Top game
Coastal Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Columbus · Miami
High school pipeline
Columbus · 54 FBS recruits · 4 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 9 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
21 tackles · DL 332nd (top 31%) · Sun Belt 223rd (top 35%) · National 1,962nd (top 32%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonMiami10-01-038.6
2022 Regular SeasonMiami00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonMarshall52-0--039.2
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall57-0--039.2
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall82231.551050.2
2025 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss72120.522051.6

Related Context

Jabari Ishmael played DL for Miami, Marshall, and Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jabari Ishmael recorded 52 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Southern Miss paired 6.5 primary output with 21.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 21.8 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, Marshall, Southern Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Mississippi State

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss

Games

7

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

21.8

Usage

5.1

Consistency

80.3

Best Game by takeover score

Mississippi State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Mississippi State: 1.5. Jackson State: 0. App State: 1. Georgia Southern: 1. Louisiana: 1. UL Monroe: 1. Troy: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Mississippi State: 5 by 35.8. Jackson State: 3 by 12.5. App State: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Southern: 5 by 30.8. Louisiana: 3 by 22.5. UL Monroe: 1 by 14.2. Troy: 1 by 14.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.8 · Games = 5 · -0.4 vs Losses
Losses1.3 · Games = 2 · +0.4 vs Wins

Game Log

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

7 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Mississippi State

Best efficiency game

35.8 vs Mississippi State

Result
Sat 11/29vs TroyL 18-28100.500.500
Sat 10/25vs UL MonroeW 49-2110000
Sat 10/18@ LouisianaW 22-1032100
Fri 10/10@ Georgia SouthernW 38-3552000
Sat 9/13vs App StateW 38-2231001
Sat 9/6vs Jackson StateW 38-2030000
Sat 8/30vs Mississippi StateL 17-34510.5001

Player Story

Jabari Ishmael story

Jabari Ishmael built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Miami, FL wearing No. 9, spending time with Marshall, Miami, and Southern Miss. The clearest part of Jabari Ishmael's career was his defensive production: 52 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 3 passes defended across 21 career games in the available record. That gives Jabari Ishmael'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

    Miami

    2021-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Marshall

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    Southern Miss

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonMiami1104.2
2022 Regular SeasonMiami0-1
2023 PostseasonMarshall07.51.20
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall07.51.20
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall10.524.64.610.5
2025 Regular SeasonSouthern Miss6.521.85.1-4

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Coastal Carolina

Week 12 · W 31-19 · Conference game

Win with 5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

86.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 86.1 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 58 Mississippi State

Week 1 · L 17-34

1.5

Havoc Plays

66.1 takeover

Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 66.1 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 103 Georgia Southern

Week 7 · W 38-35 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

51.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 51.4 takeover score.

#4

vs Central Connecticut

Week 4 · W 69-0

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Havoc Plays

48.3 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 48.3 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 87 Troy

Week 14 · L 18-28 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

46.1 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 46.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Southern Miss

6.5 primary output · 21.8 efficiency · 5.1 usage

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#2

2024 Regular Season · Marshall

50.2

10.5 primary · 24.6 efficiency · 4.6 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Marshall

39.2

0 primary · 7.5 efficiency · 1.2 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

2

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games