Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2025Western Kentucky
Jayden Gray
DL • 6'2" • 276 lbs • Fort Worth, TX, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jayden Gray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
47
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
26
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
68
Useful peak profile
limitedstar
Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Iowa State • Louisiana Tech • Western Kentucky
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Middle Tennessee
Player Story
Jayden Gray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Iowa State, Louisiana Tech, and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jayden...
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- Committed To
- Iowa State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jayden Gray, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky. Jayden Gray shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 17.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 51
- TFL
- 11
- Sacks
- 3
- QB hurries
- 6
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jayden Gray quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Western Kentucky · DL
- Career Tackles
- 51
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 28 games
- Best season
- 2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
- Top game
- Middle Tennessee
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Eaton · Iowa State
- High school pipeline
- Eaton · 7 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 15 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 17 tackles · DL 429th (top 40%) · Conference USA 218th (top 40%) · National 2,275th (top 37%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 9 | 18 | 3.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 27.2 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 9 | 17 | 3.5 | 1 | 4 | - | 0 | 58.6 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jayden Gray
Jayden Gray played DL for Iowa State, Louisiana Tech, and Western Kentucky. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayden Gray recorded 51 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Louisiana Tech.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season
Western Kentucky paired 8.5 primary output with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 17.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Iowa State, Louisiana Tech, Western Kentucky.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Sam Houston
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
Analysis workspace
Season Workbench
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
Games
9
Havoc Plays / G
0.9
Efficiency
17.3
Usage
7.8
Consistency
51.9
Best Game by takeover score
Sam Houston
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. North Alabama: 1. Sam Houston: 3. Toledo: 1. Nevada: 0. Missouri State: 0. Florida International: 1. Middle Tennessee: 2. LSU: 0.5. Jacksonville State: 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 on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. North Alabama: 1 by 14.2. Sam Houston: 3 by 42.5. Toledo: 3 by 22.5. Nevada: 2 by 8.3. Missouri State: 2 by 8.3. Florida International: 0 by 10. Middle Tennessee: 2 by 28.3. LSU: 2 by 13.3. Jacksonville State: 2 by 8.3
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins1.2 · Games = 5 · +0.6 vs Losses
Losses0.6 · Games = 4 · -0.6 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
9 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Sam Houston
Best efficiency game
42.5 vs Sam Houston
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/29 | @ Jacksonville State | L 34-37 | 2 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ LSU | L 10-13 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs Middle TennesseeSplash game | W 42-26 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Wed 10/15 | vs Florida International | L 6-25 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Missouri State | W 27-22 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | vs Nevada | W 31-16 | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | @ Toledo | L 21-45 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/30 | vs North Alabama | W 55-6 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 8/23 | vs Sam HoustonSplash game | W 41-24 | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jayden Gray story
Jayden Gray built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Fort Worth, TX wearing No. 15, spending time with Iowa State, Louisiana Tech, and Western Kentucky. The clearest part of Jayden Gray's career was his defensive production: 51 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 3 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 28 career games in the available record. That gives Jayden Gray'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
Iowa State
2021-2022
Opening stop
- 2
Louisiana Tech
2023-2024
Peak year stop
- 3
Western Kentucky
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Iowa State | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Iowa State | 1 | 9.2 | 2.7 | 1 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 4.5 | 13.4 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Louisiana Tech | 7 | 16.1 | 7.5 | 2.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Western Kentucky | 8.5 | 17.3 | 7.8 | 1.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · W 48-21 · Conference game
Win with backfield disruption leading the way.
4
Havoc Plays
84.2 takeover
4 disruption/tackle impact with 84.2 takeover score.
#2
vs No. 135 Sam Houston
Week 1 · W 41-24 · 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
@ UTEP
Week 5 · W 24-10 · Conference game
2
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
vs No. 127 Middle Tennessee
Week 12 · W 42-26 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
65 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.
#5
@ Middle Tennessee
Week 7 · L 23-31 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
57.2 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Regular Season · Western Kentucky
8.5 primary output · 17.3 efficiency · 7.8 usage
58.6
#2
2024 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
49.2
7 primary · 16.1 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2023 Regular Season · Louisiana Tech
27.2
4.5 primary · 13.4 efficiency · 3.8 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
4
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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