Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2021-2023Eastern Michigan
Jaden Gaines
DL • 6'4" • 242 lbs • Alpharetta, GA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaden Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
56
Solid production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
32
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
57
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Eastern Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Toledo
Player Story
Jaden Gaines built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Alpharetta, GA wearing No. 49, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Jaden Gaines' career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Eastern Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2021
Jaden Gaines, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan. Jaden Gaines shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 14.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 7
- TFL
- 1
- Sacks
- 1
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaden Gaines quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Eastern Michigan · DL
- Career Tackles
- 7
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 5 games
- Best season
- 2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
- Top game
- Toledo
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Chattahoochee · Eastern Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Chattahoochee · 16 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 49 · Sophomore
- 2023 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · DL 665th (top 67%) · Mid-American 281st (top 54%) · National 3,115th (top 52%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 49.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 0 | 49.4 |
Related Context
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Jaden Gaines played DL for Eastern Michigan. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaden Gaines recorded 7 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2023 with Eastern Michigan.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Postseason
Eastern Michigan paired 3 primary output with 14.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
2023 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 14.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2023 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
Games
4
Havoc Plays / G
0.8
Efficiency
14.8
Usage
5.3
Consistency
38.9
Best Game by takeover score
Tennessee
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Game Log
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1 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Tennessee
Best efficiency game
22.5 vs Tennessee
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 8/31 | @ Tennessee | — | 3 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaden Gaines story
Jaden Gaines built his college career from 2021 through 2023 as a defensive lineman from Alpharetta, GA wearing No. 49, spending time with Eastern Michigan. The clearest part of Jaden Gaines' career was his defensive production: 7 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 sack across 5 career games in the available record. That gives Jaden Gaines' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Eastern Michigan
2021-2023
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2022 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2023 Postseason | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 14.8 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Eastern Michigan | 3 | 14.8 | 5.3 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Toledo
Week 11 · L 23-49 · Conference game
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
76.1 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 76.1 takeover score.
#2
@ Tennessee
Week 1
1
Havoc Plays
61.3 takeover
Game with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 61.3 takeover score.
#3
vs Kent State
Week 7 · W 28-14 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
29.2 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 29.2 takeover score.
#4
vs Akron
Week 12 · W 30-27 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
8.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 8.6 takeover score.
#5
vs South Alabama
Week 1 · L 10-59 · Postseason
0
Havoc Plays
3.9 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 3.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Postseason · Eastern Michigan
3 primary output · 14.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage
49.4
#2
2023 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
49.4
3 primary · 14.8 efficiency · 5.3 usage
#3
2021 Regular Season · Eastern Michigan
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
1
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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