Player Dossier

2022-2025

UCF

Tayven Jackson

QB • 6'4" • 212 lbs • Greenwood, IN, USA

Balanced quarterback profileVolume operator

Tayven Jackson is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Usage / Role

63%

Regular offensive contributor

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Impact Production

37

Developing production for a quarterback

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Reliability

40

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

50

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF

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Snapshot

Career Teams
3
Unique Seasons
4
Program Path
Tennessee • Indiana • UCF
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Player Story

Tayven Jackson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 2, spending time with Indiana, Tennessee, and UCF. The clearest part of Tayven Jackson's career was his...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2022 · Rating 0.9221

Center Grove · Greenwood, IN

Committed To
Tennessee
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2022

Tayven Jackson, QB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Regular Season · UCF. Tayven Jackson is a balanced quarterback profile with 16.2 usage in the latest tracked season.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Total offense
3,598
Passing yards
3,451
Rushing yards
147
Touchdowns
25

Quick Answers

Tayven Jackson quick answers

Latest team and position
UCF · QB
Career Total Offense
3,598
Tracked sample
4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2025 Regular Season · UCF
Top game
North Carolina
Recruit profile
4-star · Center Grove · Tennessee
High school pipeline
Center Grove · 31 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 2 · Junior
2025 Total offense rank
2,236 total offense · QB 91st (top 22%) · Big 12 12th (top 6%) · National 91st (top 6%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTotal OffensePass YdsRush YdsTDOverall
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee3473710129.3
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana6893914-21344.7
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana542234973743
2025 Regular SeasonUCF112,2362,151851466.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026UCF to North TexasP4 to G5/FCS85.4Jan 12, 2026
2025Indiana to UCFP4 to P485.4Jan 3, 2025
2023Tennessee to IndianaP4 to P491.2Jan 13, 2023

Tayven Jackson played QB for Tennessee, Indiana, and UCF. Across 4 tracked seasons, Tayven Jackson recorded 3,451 passing yards, 147 rushing yards, and 4 receiving yards. His top tracked season came in 2025 with UCF.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Regular Season

UCF paired 2,236 primary output with 56.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

pass-led usage with 56.9 efficiency.

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Career value is trending up

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

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Tennessee, Indiana, UCF.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: North Carolina

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

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2025 Regular Season · UCF

Games

11

Primary Metric / G

203.3

Efficiency

56.9

Usage

16.2

Consistency

74.2

Best Game by takeover score

North Carolina

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Jacksonville State: 287. North Carolina A&T: 190. North Carolina: 289. Kansas State: 118. Kansas: 87. West Virginia: 277. Baylor: 158. Houston: 148. Texas Tech: 172. Oklahoma State: 289. BYU: 221

Volume vs Efficiency

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Jacksonville State: 31 by 69. North Carolina A&T: 24 by 58.9. North Carolina: 42 by 75.5. Kansas State: 31 by 44.4. Kansas: 24 by 49. West Virginia: 35 by 55.9. Baylor: 38 by 45.6. Houston: 31 by 59.3. Texas Tech: 40 by 53.7. Oklahoma State: 32 by 62. BYU: 41 by 52.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins266.4 · Games = 5 · +115.7 vs Losses
Losses150.7 · Games = 6 · -115.7 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Total Offense

Top game by takeover score

North Carolina

Best efficiency game

75.5 vs North Carolina

Result
Sat 11/29@ BYUL 21-41213723256.82052.34-11-2.8003
Sat 11/22vs Oklahoma StateW 17-14162527164.022627182.60012
Sat 11/15@ Texas TechL 9-48273317881.81153.77-6-0.9006
Sat 11/8vs HoustonL 27-30152913651.70159.3212607
Sat 11/1@ BaylorL 3-30183315154.50245.6571.4009
Sat 10/18vs West VirginiaW 45-13233427767.62155.910000
Sat 10/4vs KansasL 20-2714239760.900491-10-1000
Sat 9/27@ Kansas StateL 20-34122411550.00144.4730.40011
Sat 9/20vs North CarolinaDual-threatW 34-9253222378.11075.510666.60125
Sat 9/6vs North Carolina A&TW 68-7122118957.10058.9310.3024
Thu 8/28vs Jacksonville StateW 17-10172428270.82069750.70015

Player Story

Tayven Jackson story

Tayven Jackson built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a quarterback from Greenwood, IN wearing No. 2, spending time with Indiana, Tennessee, and UCF. The clearest part of Tayven Jackson's career was his passing role: 3,451 passing yards, 16 touchdown passes, 484 attempts, and 147 rushing yards across 25 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2025 with UCF. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Quarterback careers are usually judged first by volume, efficiency, and scoring chances. His career also includes 147 rushing yards, 4 receiving yards, and 1 tackle, giving the story more than a single-category snapshot. With 25 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Indiana, Tennessee, and UCF.

The arc is straightforward: Tayven Jackson 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

    Tennessee

    2022

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Indiana

    2023-2024

    Peak year stop

  3. 3

    UCF

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2022202320242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2022 Regular SeasonTennessee4745.22.8
2023 Regular SeasonIndiana89351.214.1846
2024 Regular SeasonIndiana42271.46.8-471
2025 Regular SeasonUCF2,23656.916.21,814

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 91 North Carolina

Week 4 · W 34-9

Win with balanced pass-rush production and strong creator value.

289

Total Offense

80.3 takeover

289 total offense with 75.5 efficiency.

#2

vs Louisville

Week 3 · L 14-21

310

Total Offense

75.8 takeover

Loss with 310 yards of offense and 61.5 efficiency.

310 total offense with 61.5 efficiency.

#3

vs No. 92 Jacksonville State

Week 1 · W 17-10

287

Total Offense

70.5 takeover

Win with 287 yards of offense and 69 efficiency.

287 total offense with 69 efficiency.

#4

vs No. 121 Oklahoma State

Week 13 · W 17-14 · Conference game

289

Total Offense

68.4 takeover

Win shaped by high passing volume and turnover pressure.

289 total offense with 62 efficiency.

#5

vs Western Illinois

Week 2 · W 77-3

123

Total Offense

65.2 takeover

Win with 123 yards of offense and 98.8 efficiency.

123 total offense with 98.8 efficiency.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Regular Season · UCF

2,236 primary output · 56.9 efficiency · 16.2 usage

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#2

2023 Regular Season · Indiana

44.7

893 primary · 51.2 efficiency · 14.1 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Indiana

43

422 primary · 71.4 efficiency · 6.8 usage

Milestones

4

250+ passing yards

1

300+ total offense

0

3+ TD games

9

Above avg efficiency