Player Dossier

2021-2025

Kansas

Jayson Gilliom

LB • 6'2" • 225 lbs • Suwanee, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jayson Gilliom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.

Usage / Role

7%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

19

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

21

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

28

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Kansas
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UCF

Player Story

Jayson Gilliom built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Jayson Gilliom's career was his defensive production: 60...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2021 · Rating 0.8437

North Gwinnett · Suwanee, GA

Committed To
Kansas
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2021

Jayson Gilliom, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · Kansas. Jayson Gilliom shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 11.5 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
60
TFL
1.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1
Passes defended
3

Quick Answers

Jayson Gilliom quick answers

Latest team and position
Kansas · LB
Career Tackles
60
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 6 entries · 31 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · Kansas
Top game
UCF
Recruit profile
3-star · North Gwinnett · Kansas
High school pipeline
North Gwinnett · 45 FBS recruits · 7 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 10 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
11 tackles · LB 730th (top 58%) · Big 12 336th (top 46%) · National 2,820th (top 46%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonKansas1018-0-1014.3
2022 Regular SeasonKansas00-0--0-
2023 PostseasonKansas111-0-1033.6
2023 Regular SeasonKansas111711--033.6
2024 Regular SeasonKansas6130.5011039.4
2025 Regular SeasonKansas411-0--042.2

Related Context

Jayson Gilliom played LB for Kansas. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jayson Gilliom recorded 60 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2021 with Kansas.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

Kansas paired 0 primary output with 11.5 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 11.5 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: Missouri

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Regular Season · Kansas

Games

4

Havoc Plays / G

0

Efficiency

11.5

Usage

1.8

Consistency

100

Best Game by takeover score

Missouri

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Missouri: 0. West Virginia: 0. Texas Tech: 0. Kansas State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Missouri: 5 by 20.8. West Virginia: 3 by 12.5. Texas Tech: 1 by 4.2. Kansas 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.

Wins0 · Games = 1 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 3 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

4 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Missouri

Best efficiency game

20.8 vs Missouri

Result
Sat 10/25vs Kansas StateL 17-4222000
Sat 10/11@ Texas TechL 17-4210000
Sat 9/20vs West VirginiaW 41-1032000
Sat 9/6@ MissouriL 31-4250000

Player Story

Jayson Gilliom story

Jayson Gilliom built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Suwanee, GA wearing No. 10, spending time with Kansas. The clearest part of Jayson Gilliom's career was his defensive production: 60 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 3 passes defended across 31 career games in the available record. That gives Jayson Gilliom's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Kansas

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202120222023202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonKansas18.51.4
2022 Regular SeasonKansas0-1
2023 PostseasonKansas39.62.23
2023 Regular SeasonKansas39.62.20
2024 Regular SeasonKansas2.513.22.9-0.5
2025 Regular SeasonKansas011.51.8-2.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UCF

Week 6 · W 51-22 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Havoc Plays

71.4 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 71.4 takeover score.

#2

@ Kansas State

Week 9 · L 27-29 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

56.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.7 takeover score.

#3

vs West Virginia

Week 13 · L 28-34 · Conference game

1

Havoc Plays

53.6 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.6 takeover score.

#4

@ Illinois

Week 2 · L 17-23

1

Havoc Plays

53 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 53 takeover score.

#5

vs Iowa State

Week 11 · W 45-36 · Conference game

0.5

Havoc Plays

31.9 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 31.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · Kansas

0 primary output · 11.5 efficiency · 1.8 usage

42.2

#2

2024 Regular Season · Kansas

39.4

2.5 primary · 13.2 efficiency · 2.9 usage

#3

2023 Postseason · Kansas

33.6

3 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 2.2 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games