Player Dossier

2019-2023

LSU

Jordan Jefferson

DT • 6'4" • 317 lbs • Navarre, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jordan Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

57%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

83

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
West Virginia • LSU
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Towson

Player Story

Jordan Jefferson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Navarre, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with LSU and West Virginia. The clearest part of Jordan Jefferson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2019 · Rating 0.83

Navarre · Navarre, FL

Committed To
West Virginia
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2019

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2024
Selection
Round 4 · Pick 16
Overall
No. 116
NFL Team
Jacksonville Jaguars

Jordan Jefferson, DT. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2022 Regular Season · West Virginia. Jordan Jefferson shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
91
TFL
21.5
Sacks
6
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Jordan Jefferson quick answers

Latest team and position
LSU · DT
Career Tackles
91
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
Best season
2022 Regular Season · West Virginia
Top game
Towson
Recruit profile
3-star · Navarre · West Virginia
High school pipeline
Navarre · 10 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
NFL Draft
2024 · Round 4 · Pick 16 · Jacksonville Jaguars
Latest roster
No. 99 · Senior
2023 Tackles rank
37 tackles · DT 16th (top 8%) · SEC 113th (top 19%) · National 1,007th (top 17%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia5510-1011.9
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia11-0--036.7
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia101-0--033.2
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia101640.511033.2
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia11319.53-5058.5
2023 PostseasonLSU13211--046.2
2023 Regular SeasonLSU133561.5-1046.2

Related Context

Jordan Jefferson played DT for West Virginia and LSU. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jordan Jefferson recorded 91 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with LSU.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2022 Regular Season

West Virginia paired 17.5 primary output with 27.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2023 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 19.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across West Virginia, LSU.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Grambling

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2023 Postseason · LSU

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

19.9

Usage

5.4

Consistency

59.7

Best Game by takeover score

Grambling

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wisconsin: 2. Florida State: 1. Grambling: 2. Mississippi State: 0. Arkansas: 0.5. Ole Miss: 0. Missouri: 1. Auburn: 1. Army: 1. Alabama: 0. Florida: 1. Georgia State: 1. Texas A&M: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wisconsin: 2 by 28.3. Florida State: 2 by 18.3. Grambling: 3 by 32.5. Mississippi State: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas: 3 by 17.5. Ole Miss: 1 by 4.2. Missouri: 1 by 14.2. Auburn: 4 by 26.7. Army: 6 by 35. Alabama: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 6 by 35. Georgia State: 5 by 30.8. Texas A&M: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.9 · Games = 10 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.6 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

Grambling

Best efficiency game

35 vs Florida

Result
Mon 1/1vs WisconsinSplash gameW 35-3122110
Sat 11/25vs Texas A&MW 42-3020000
Sun 11/19vs Georgia StateW 56-1452100
Sun 11/12vs FloridaW 52-35630.500.500
Sat 11/4@ AlabamaL 28-4210000
Sat 10/21vs ArmyW 62-063100
Sat 10/14vs AuburnW 48-1840001
Sat 10/7@ MissouriW 49-3911100
Sat 9/30@ Ole MissL 49-5510000
Sat 9/23vs ArkansasW 34-31300.5000
Sat 9/16@ Mississippi StateW 41-1410000
Sat 9/9vs GramblingSplash gameW 72-1031110
Sun 9/3@ Florida StateL 24-4521100

Player Story

Jordan Jefferson story

Jordan Jefferson built his college career from 2019 through 2023 as a defensive tackle from Navarre, FL wearing No. 99, spending time with LSU and West Virginia. The clearest part of Jordan Jefferson's career was his defensive production: 91 tackles, 21.5 tackles for loss, 6 sacks, and 8 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Jordan Jefferson'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

    West Virginia

    2019-2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    LSU

    2023

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2019202020212021202220232023
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2019 Regular SeasonWest Virginia28.21.8
2020 Regular SeasonWest Virginia04.20.7-2
2021 PostseasonWest Virginia6.513.64.86.5
2021 Regular SeasonWest Virginia6.513.64.80
2022 Regular SeasonWest Virginia17.527.67.811
2023 PostseasonLSU10.519.95.4-7
2023 Regular SeasonLSU10.519.95.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs Towson

Week 3 · W 65-7

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

82.8 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.

#2

vs Kansas State

Week 12 · L 31-48 · Conference game

3.5

Havoc Plays

81.1 takeover

Loss with 3.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3.5 disruption/tackle impact with 81.1 takeover score.

#3

vs Grambling

Week 2 · W 72-10

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Havoc Plays

77.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 77.5 takeover score.

#4

@ Kansas State

Week 11 · L 17-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

75.6 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 75.6 takeover score.

#5

vs Wisconsin

Week 1 · W 35-31 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2022 Regular Season · West Virginia

17.5 primary output · 27.6 efficiency · 7.8 usage

58.5

#2

2023 Postseason · LSU

46.2

10.5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · LSU

46.2

10.5 primary · 19.9 efficiency · 5.4 usage

Milestones

8

Impact games

8

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games