Player Dossier

2022-2025

Michigan

Jaishawn Barham

LB • 6'3" • 243 lbs • District Heights, MD, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaishawn Barham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Usage / Role

65%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

71

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

96

Blue-chip, NFL-level ceiling

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Maryland • Michigan
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Player Story

Jaishawn Barham built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from District Heights, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Maryland and Michigan. The clearest part of Jaishawn Barham's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9519

St. Frances Academy · District Heights, MD

Committed To
Maryland
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 3 · Pick 28
Overall
No. 92
NFL Team
Dallas Cowboys

Jaishawn Barham, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Michigan. Jaishawn Barham shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
189
TFL
23
Sacks
12
QB hurries
15
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Jaishawn Barham quick answers

Latest team and position
Michigan · LB
Career Tackles
189
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 5 entries · 46 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Michigan
Top game
Central Michigan
Recruit profile
4-star · St. Frances Academy · Maryland
High school pipeline
St. Frances Academy · 1 FBS recruit · 1 drafted player
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 3 · Pick 28 · Dallas Cowboys
Latest roster
No. 1 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
32 tackles · LB 458th (top 36%) · Big Ten 153rd (top 20%) · National 1,279th (top 21%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland11546.5421056.3
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland11373331038.8
2024 PostseasonMichigan131-0--048.8
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan13653.5152048.8
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan113210454072.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2024Maryland to MichiganP4 to P486.3Dec 4, 2023

Jaishawn Barham played LB for Maryland and Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jaishawn Barham recorded 189 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Michigan.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Michigan paired 23 primary output with 33 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 33 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

2025 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.

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Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Maryland, Michigan.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Central Michigan

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Michigan

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

2.1

Efficiency

33

Usage

11.3

Consistency

61.2

Best Game by takeover score

Central Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. New Mexico: 1. Oklahoma: 0.5. Central Michigan: 4. Nebraska: 4. Wisconsin: 1.5. USC: 2. Washington: 2. Michigan State: 1. Northwestern: 4. Maryland: 3. Ohio State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. New Mexico: 0 by 10. Oklahoma: 6 by 30. Central Michigan: 6 by 65. Nebraska: 4 by 56.7. Wisconsin: 3 by 27.5. USC: 4 by 36.7. Washington: 1 by 24.2. Michigan State: 1 by 14.2. Northwestern: 2 by 48.3. Maryland: 4 by 46.7. Ohio State: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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

Wins2.6 · Games = 8 · +1.7 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 3 · -1.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Central Michigan

Best efficiency game

65 vs Central Michigan

Result
Sat 11/29vs Ohio StateL 9-2710000
Sat 11/22@ MarylandSplash gameW 45-2043210
Sat 11/15@ NorthwesternSplash gameW 24-2221102
Sat 10/25@ Michigan StateW 31-2010001
Sat 10/18vs WashingtonSplash gameW 24-711100
Sat 10/11@ USCSplash gameL 13-3144100
Sat 10/4vs WisconsinW 24-10310.5001
Sat 9/20@ NebraskaSplash gameW 30-2742210
Sat 9/13vs Central Michigan2+ sacks · Splash gameW 63-366220
Sat 9/6@ OklahomaL 13-24630.5000
Sat 8/30vs New MexicoW 34-1700000

Player Story

Jaishawn Barham story

Jaishawn Barham built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from District Heights, MD wearing No. 1, spending time with Maryland and Michigan. The clearest part of Jaishawn Barham's career was his defensive production: 189 tackles, 23 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and 1 interception across 46 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2022 with Maryland. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jaishawn Barham's production has multiple signals. With 46 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Maryland and Michigan.

The arc is straightforward: Jaishawn Barham moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Maryland

    2022-2023

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Michigan

    2024-2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

20222023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonMaryland13.532.310.7
2023 Regular SeasonMaryland11248.2-2.5
2024 PostseasonMichigan11.5307.70.5
2024 Regular SeasonMichigan11.5307.70
2025 Regular SeasonMichigan233311.311.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 100 Central Michigan

Week 3 · W 63-3

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4

Havoc Plays

88.3 takeover

4 disruption/tackle impact with 88.3 takeover score.

#2

vs Purdue

Week 6 · L 29-31 · Conference game

4

Havoc Plays

86.9 takeover

Loss with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 86.9 takeover score.

#3

vs Charlotte

Week 2 · W 38-20

4

Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 46 Nebraska

Week 4 · W 30-27 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85.6 takeover

Win with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 85.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Indiana

Week 11 · L 15-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Michigan

23 primary output · 33 efficiency · 11.3 usage

72.2

#2

2022 Regular Season · Maryland

56.3

13.5 primary · 32.3 efficiency · 10.7 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Michigan

48.8

11.5 primary · 30 efficiency · 7.7 usage

Milestones

13

Impact games

16

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games