Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025SMU
Jahkai Lang
DE • 6'3" • 255 lbs • Troy, MO, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jahkai Lang shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for an edge defender
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
30
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 2
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Missouri • SMU
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Player Story
Jahkai Lang built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Troy, MO wearing No. 52, spending time with Missouri and SMU. The clearest part of Jahkai Lang's career was his defensive...
Read the storyJahkai Lang, DE. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · SMU. Jahkai Lang shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 15.3 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 37
- TFL
- 3.5
- Sacks
- 2
- QB hurries
- 8
Quick Answers
Jahkai Lang quick answers
- Latest team and position
- SMU · DE
- Career Tackles
- 37
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 20 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · SMU
- Top game
- Wake Forest
- High school pipeline
- Troy Buchanan · 0 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 52 · Sophomore
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 25 tackles · DE 83rd (top 30%) · ACC 231st (top 30%) · National 1,696th (top 28%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2024 Postseason | Missouri | 7 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Missouri | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 23.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 13 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 40.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 13 | 24 | 1.5 | 0 | 7 | - | 0 | 40.5 |
Related Context
Keep exploring Jahkai Lang
Jahkai Lang played DE for Missouri and SMU. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jahkai Lang recorded 37 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with SMU.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
SMU paired 9.5 primary output with 15.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 15.3 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Multi-stop career journey
Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Missouri, SMU.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Wake Forest
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · SMU
Games
13
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
15.3
Usage
4.1
Consistency
12.8
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. Arizona: 1. East Texas A&M: 1. Baylor: 0. Missouri State: 2. TCU: 0. Syracuse: 0. Stanford: 0. Clemson: 0. Wake Forest: 3. Miami: 0.5. Boston College: 2. Louisville: 0. California: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Arizona: 1 by 14.2. East Texas A&M: 1 by 14.2. Baylor: 3 by 12.5. Missouri State: 2 by 28.3. TCU: 2 by 8.3. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Clemson: 1 by 4.2. Wake Forest: 5 by 50.8. Miami: 6 by 30. Boston College: 0 by 20. Louisville: 1 by 4.2. California: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.7 · Games = 9 · -0.0 vs Losses
Losses0.8 · Games = 4 · +0.0 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
13 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Wake Forest
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Wake Forest
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 1/3 | vs Arizona | W 24-19 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | @ California | L 35-38 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/22 | vs Louisville | W 38-6 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/8 | @ Boston CollegeSplash game | W 45-13 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Miami | W 26-20 | 6 | 2 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Wake ForestSplash game | L 12-13 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | @ Clemson | W 35-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Stanford | W 34-10 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | vs Syracuse | W 31-18 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/20 | @ TCU | L 24-35 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/13 | @ Missouri StateSplash game | W 28-10 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Baylor | L 45-48 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | vs East Texas A&M | W 42-13 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jahkai Lang story
Jahkai Lang built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive end from Troy, MO wearing No. 52, spending time with Missouri and SMU. The clearest part of Jahkai Lang's career was his defensive production: 37 tackles, 3.5 tackles for loss, and 2 sacks across 20 career games in the available record. That gives Jahkai Lang's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.
- 1
Missouri
2023-2024
Opening stop
- 2
SMU
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Missouri | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Missouri | 4 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 4 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Missouri | 4 | 12.9 | 3.6 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | SMU | 9.5 | 15.3 | 4.1 | 5.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | SMU | 9.5 | 15.3 | 4.1 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ No. 52 Wake Forest
Week 9 · L 12-13 · Conference game
Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3
Havoc Plays
83.6 takeover
3 disruption/tackle impact with 83.6 takeover score.
#2
vs Buffalo
Week 2 · W 38-0
2
Havoc Plays
73.1 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.1 takeover score.
#3
vs Auburn
Week 8 · W 21-17 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
66.4 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 108 Missouri State
Week 3 · W 28-10
2
Havoc Plays
51.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 51.7 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 9 Miami
Week 10 · W 26-20 · Conference game · Ranked opponent
0.5
Havoc Plays
42.5 takeover
Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 42.5 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · SMU
9.5 primary output · 15.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage
40.5
#2
2025 Regular Season · SMU
40.5
9.5 primary · 15.3 efficiency · 4.1 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Missouri
23.5
4 primary · 12.9 efficiency · 3.6 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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