Player Dossier

2022-2025

Western Illinois

Jalen Riven

DL • 6'2" • 285 lbs • Toledo, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Riven shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

Role sample still building

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Impact Production

12

Developing production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

72

Reliable weekly contributor

lowhigh

Star Power

58

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois

222325

Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Toledo • Western Illinois
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
3★

Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8285

Central Catholic · Toledo, OH

Committed To
Toledo
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jalen Riven, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois. Jalen Riven shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
2

Quick Answers

Jalen Riven quick answers

Latest team and position
Western Illinois · DL
Career Tackles
2
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 3 entries · 7 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois
Top game
Northwestern
Recruit profile
3-star · Central Catholic · Toledo
High school pipeline
Central Catholic · 26 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 5 · Senior

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonToledo10-0--033.3
2023 Regular SeasonToledo22-0--036.7
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Illinois20-0--061.3

Related Context

Jalen Riven played DL for Toledo and Western Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jalen Riven recorded 2 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Toledo.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Western Illinois paired 1.5 primary output with 11.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.7 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 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Toledo, Western Illinois.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern

Game with 1 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 Illinois

Games

2

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

11.7

Usage

Consistency

72.2

Best Game by takeover score

Northwestern

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Game-by-Game Trend

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12

Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Illinois: 0.5. Northwestern: 1

Volume vs Efficiency

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Split Comparison

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First Half0.5 · Games = 1 · -0.5 vs Second Half
Second Half1 · Games = 1 · +0.5 vs First Half

Game Log

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

2 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Northwestern

Best efficiency game

14.2 vs Northwestern

Result
Fri 9/5@ Northwestern11100
Fri 8/29@ Illinois100.5000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

  1. 1

    Toledo

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Western Illinois

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202220232025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonToledo000
2023 Regular SeasonToledo04.20.70
2025 Regular SeasonWestern Illinois1.511.71.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 51 Northwestern

Week 2

Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1

Havoc Plays

57.1 takeover

1 disruption/tackle impact with 57.1 takeover score.

#2

@ No. 24 Illinois

Week 1 · Ranked opponent

0.5

Havoc Plays

29.6 takeover

Game with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 29.6 takeover score.

#3

@ Northern Illinois

Week 1

0

Havoc Plays

8.4 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.4 takeover score.

#4

@ Indiana

Week 2

0

Havoc Plays

4.2 takeover

Game with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 4.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Eastern Michigan

Week 11 · W 49-23 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

3.6 takeover

Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.6 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Western Illinois

1.5 primary output · 11.7 efficiency · usage

61.3

#2

2023 Regular Season · Toledo

36.7

0 primary · 4.2 efficiency · 0.7 usage

#3

2022 Regular Season · Toledo

33.3

0 primary · 0 efficiency · 0 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games