Player Dossier

2021-2025

Houston

Jalen Garner

LB • 6'1" • 225 lbs • Norcross, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jalen Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.2 disruption score.

Usage / Role

20%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

15

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

19

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Houston
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

Player Story

Jalen Garner built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 36, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Jalen Garner's career was his defensive production: 108...

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Jalen Garner, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Houston. Jalen Garner shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.2 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
108
TFL
4.5
Sacks
2
QB hurries
6
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jalen Garner quick answers

Latest team and position
Houston · LB
Career Tackles
108
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 30 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Houston
Top game
Oklahoma State
High school pipeline
Central York · 9 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 36 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
76 tackles · LB 134th (top 11%) · Big 12 25th (top 4%) · National 197th (top 4%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonHouston00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonHouston34-0--038.3
2023 Regular SeasonHouston511-0--040.8
2024 Regular SeasonHouston917102-022.5
2025 PostseasonHouston132-0--060.8
2025 Regular SeasonHouston13743.5242060.8

Related Context

Jalen Garner played LB for Houston. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jalen Garner recorded 108 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Houston.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Houston paired 11.5 primary output with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 33.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Houston

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.9

Efficiency

33.2

Usage

9.1

Consistency

34.2

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma State

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. LSU: 0. Stephen F. Austin: 0.5. Rice: 0. Colorado: 1. Oregon State: 1. Texas Tech: 0. Oklahoma State: 5. Arizona: 0. Arizona State: 1. West Virginia: 0. UCF: 2. TCU: 0. Baylor: 1

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. LSU: 2 by 8.3. Stephen F. Austin: 6 by 30. Rice: 7 by 29.2. Colorado: 7 by 39.2. Oregon State: 8 by 43.3. Texas Tech: 7 by 29.2. Oklahoma State: 7 by 79.2. Arizona: 6 by 25. Arizona State: 5 by 30.8. West Virginia: 5 by 20.8. UCF: 4 by 36.7. TCU: 9 by 37.5. Baylor: 3 by 22.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.1 · Games = 10 · +1.1 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · -1.1 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

Oklahoma State

Best efficiency game

79.2 vs Oklahoma State

Result
Sun 12/28vs LSUW 38-3522000
Sat 11/29@ BaylorW 31-2433001
Sat 11/22vs TCUL 14-1794000
Sat 11/8@ UCFSplash gameW 30-2743100
Sat 11/1vs West VirginiaL 35-4553000
Sun 10/26@ Arizona StateW 24-1654000
Sat 10/18vs ArizonaW 31-2863000
Sat 10/11@ Oklahoma State2+ sacks · Splash gameW 39-1774221
Sat 10/4vs Texas TechL 11-3574000
Sat 9/27@ Oregon StateW 27-2481000
Fri 9/12vs ColoradoW 36-2073000
Sat 9/6@ RiceW 35-971000
Fri 8/29vs Stephen F. AustinW 27-0650.5000

Player Story

Jalen Garner story

Jalen Garner built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Norcross, GA wearing No. 36, spending time with Houston. The clearest part of Jalen Garner's career was his defensive production: 108 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and 1 interception across 30 career games in the available record. That gives Jalen Garner's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Houston

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonHouston0
2022 Regular SeasonHouston05.61.10
2023 Regular SeasonHouston09.21.60
2024 Regular SeasonHouston412.33.84
2025 PostseasonHouston11.533.29.17.5
2025 Regular SeasonHouston11.533.29.10

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

@ No. 121 Oklahoma State

Week 7 · W 39-17 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5

Havoc Plays

93.1 takeover

5 disruption/tackle impact with 93.1 takeover score.

#2

vs Rice

Week 3 · W 33-7

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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.

#3

@ No. 76 UCF

Week 11 · W 30-27 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

58.9 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 58.9 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 126 Oregon State

Week 5 · W 27-24

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Havoc Plays

54.4 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 54.4 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 5 · L 0-20 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

49.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 49.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Houston

11.5 primary output · 33.2 efficiency · 9.1 usage

60.8

#2

2025 Regular Season · Houston

60.8

11.5 primary · 33.2 efficiency · 9.1 usage

#3

2023 Regular Season · Houston

40.8

0 primary · 9.2 efficiency · 1.6 usage

Milestones

2

Impact games

3

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games