Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Bowling Green
Justin Eklund
LB • 6'2" • 235 lbs • Rocklin, CA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Justin Eklund shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.8 disruption score.
Impact Production
14
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
4
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
25
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San José State
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- San José State • Bowling Green
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
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- Committed To
- San José State
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
Justin Eklund, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2023 Regular Season · San José State. Justin Eklund shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 6.8 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 29
- TFL
- 0.5
Quick Answers
Justin Eklund quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Bowling Green · LB
- Career Tackles
- 29
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 4 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2023 Regular Season · San José State
- Top game
- Cincinnati
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Folsom · San José State
- High school pipeline
- Folsom · 38 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 24 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 7 tackles · LB 840th (top 66%) · Mid-American 307th (top 53%) · National 3,313th (top 54%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.4 |
| 2023 Regular Season | San José State | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 44.4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 8 | 15 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 39.8 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 20.1 |
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Transfer Portal History
Matched portal movement
| Season | Path | Movement | Value | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Bowling Green to Unlisted | G5/FCS to Unlisted | 19.6 | Jan 10, 2026 |
| 2024 | San José State to Bowling Green | G5/FCS to G5/FCS | 77.7 | Jan 17, 2024 |
Justin Eklund played LB for San José State and Bowling Green. Across 4 tracked seasons, Justin Eklund recorded 29 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Bowling Green.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season
San José State paired 0 primary output with 12.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 6.8 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value cooled off
2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across San José State, Bowling Green.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Cincinnati
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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Season Explorer
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2025 Regular Season · Bowling Green
Games
5
Havoc Plays / G
0.1
Efficiency
6.8
Usage
2
Consistency
6.7
Best Game by takeover score
Cincinnati
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Lafayette: 0. Cincinnati: 0.5. Liberty: 0. Louisville: 0. Massachusetts: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume on the x-axis, quality on the y-axis.
Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Lafayette: 2 by 8.3. Cincinnati: 2 by 13.3. Liberty: 1 by 4.2. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. Massachusetts: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0 · Games = 3 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.3 · Games = 2 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
5 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Cincinnati
Best efficiency game
13.3 vs Cincinnati
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
San José State
2022-2023
Opening stop
- 2
Bowling Green
2024-2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | 8.4 | 1.2 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | San José State | 0 | 12.5 | 2.5 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0 | 7.8 | 1.4 | 0 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Bowling Green | 0.5 | 6.8 | 2 | 0.5 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 56 Cincinnati
Week 2 · L 20-34
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
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Havoc Plays
38 takeover
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 38 takeover score.
#2
vs Cal Poly
Week 2 · W 59-3
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Havoc Plays
11.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 11.1 takeover score.
#3
@ Central Michigan
Week 11 · W 23-13 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
10.6 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 10.6 takeover score.
#4
vs Western Michigan
Week 4 · W 34-6
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Havoc Plays
9.4 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.4 takeover score.
#5
vs Northern Illinois
Week 7 · L 7-17 · Conference game
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Havoc Plays
9.2 takeover
Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 9.2 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2023 Regular Season · San José State
0 primary output · 12.5 efficiency · 2.5 usage
44.4
#2
2024 Regular Season · Bowling Green
39.8
0 primary · 7.8 efficiency · 1.4 usage
#3
2022 Regular Season · San José State
39.4
0 primary · 8.4 efficiency · 1.2 usage
Milestones
0
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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