Player Dossier

2021-2025

Virginia Tech

Jaden Keller

LB • 6'3" • 235 lbs • Bristol, TN, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaden Keller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

39%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

46

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

43

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

60

Useful peak profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
5
Program Path
Virginia Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Player Story

Jaden Keller built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bristol, TN wearing No. 24, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jaden Keller's career was his defensive production:...

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Jaden Keller, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech. Jaden Keller shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 22.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
179
TFL
7.5
Sacks
1.5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jaden Keller quick answers

Latest team and position
Virginia Tech · LB
Career Tackles
179
Tracked sample
5 unique seasons · 7 entries · 40 games
Best season
2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech
Top game
Wake Forest
High school pipeline
Avon · 17 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 24 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
50 tackles · LB 291st (top 23%) · ACC 69th (top 9%) · National 611th (top 10%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech00-0--0-
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech7241.51--029.7
2023 PostseasonVirginia Tech91-0--023.8
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech92120--023.8
2024 PostseasonVirginia Tech137-0--047.1
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech13761.5021047.1
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech11502.50.5-1040.4

Related Context

Jaden Keller played LB for Virginia Tech. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaden Keller recorded 179 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Virginia Tech.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Postseason

Virginia Tech paired 4.5 primary output with 30.1 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 22.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

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2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

22.6

Usage

4.9

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Wake Forest

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. South Carolina: 1. Vanderbilt: 0. Old Dominion: 0. Wofford: 0. NC State: 1. Wake Forest: 2. California: 0. Louisville: 0. Florida State: 0. Miami: 0. Virginia: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. South Carolina: 3 by 22.5. Vanderbilt: 3 by 12.5. Old Dominion: 4 by 16.7. Wofford: 5 by 20.8. NC State: 6 by 35. Wake Forest: 7 by 49.2. California: 4 by 16.7. Louisville: 3 by 12.5. Florida State: 6 by 25. Miami: 3 by 12.5. Virginia: 6 by 25

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.3 · Games = 3 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.4 · Games = 8 · +0.0 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

Wake Forest

Best efficiency game

49.2 vs Wake Forest

Result
Sun 11/30@ VirginiaL 7-2764000
Sat 11/22vs MiamiL 17-3430000
Sun 11/16@ Florida StateL 14-3461000
Sat 11/1vs LouisvilleL 16-2830000
Fri 10/24vs CaliforniaW 42-3442000
Sat 10/4vs Wake ForestSplash gameL 23-3073101
Sat 9/27@ NC StateW 23-2165100
Sat 9/20vs WoffordW 38-652000
Sat 9/13vs Old DominionL 26-4543000
Sat 9/6vs VanderbiltL 20-4431000
Sun 8/31@ South CarolinaL 11-24310.500.500

Player Story

Jaden Keller story

Jaden Keller built his college career from 2021 through 2025 as a linebacker from Bristol, TN wearing No. 24, spending time with Virginia Tech. The clearest part of Jaden Keller's career was his defensive production: 179 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks, and 2 passes defended across 40 career games in the available record. That gives Jaden Keller's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Virginia Tech

    2021-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2021 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech0
2022 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech2.517.94.32.5
2023 PostseasonVirginia Tech212.43.3-0.5
2023 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech212.43.30
2024 PostseasonVirginia Tech4.530.15.52.5
2024 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech4.530.15.50
2025 Regular SeasonVirginia Tech422.64.9-0.5

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 52 Wake Forest

Week 6 · L 23-30 · Conference game

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

83.1 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 83.1 takeover score.

#2

@ Old Dominion

Week 1 · L 17-20

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Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#3

@ Old Dominion

Week 3 · W 37-17

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Havoc Plays

72.5 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 72.5 takeover score.

#4

vs Old Dominion

Week 1 · W 36-17

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Havoc Plays

63.6 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 63.6 takeover score.

#5

@ Rutgers

Week 3 · L 16-35

0.5

Havoc Plays

57.2 takeover

Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 57.2 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Postseason · Virginia Tech

4.5 primary output · 30.1 efficiency · 5.5 usage

47.1

#2

2024 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

47.1

4.5 primary · 30.1 efficiency · 5.5 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Virginia Tech

40.4

4 primary · 22.6 efficiency · 4.9 usage

Milestones

4

Impact games

3

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games