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Major defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025California
Jayden Wayne
LB • 6'5" • 255 lbs • Tacoma, WA, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jayden Wayne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Impact Production
32
Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
35
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · California
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 3
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Miami • Washington • California
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Player Story
Jayden Wayne built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 10, spending time with California, Miami, and Washington. The clearest part of Jayden Wayne's career was his...
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- Committed To
- Miami
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jayden Wayne, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · California. Jayden Wayne shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 19.5 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 45
- TFL
- 5
- Sacks
- 3.5
- QB hurries
- 5
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jayden Wayne quick answers
- Latest team and position
- California · LB
- Career Tackles
- 45
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 24 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · California
- Top game
- Duke
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · IMG Academy · Miami
- High school pipeline
- IMG Academy · 130 FBS recruits · 13 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 10 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 26 tackles · LB 521st (top 41%) · ACC 225th (top 29%) · National 1,652nd (top 27%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Miami | 6 | 3 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 6 | 10 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | - | 0 | 10.8 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington | 6 | 6 | - | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 6.5 |
| 2025 Postseason | California | 12 | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 60.2 |
| 2025 Regular Season | California | 12 | 25 | 4.5 | 3 | 4 | - | 0 | 60.2 |
Related Context
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Jayden Wayne played LB for Miami, Washington, and California. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jayden Wayne recorded 45 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with California.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
California paired 12.5 primary output with 19.5 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 19.5 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 3 team stops, with role shifts visible across Miami, Washington, California.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Duke
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2025 Postseason · California
Games
12
Havoc Plays / G
1.0
Efficiency
19.5
Usage
7.5
Consistency
58.7
Best Game by takeover score
Duke
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Hawai'i: 1. Oregon State: 2.5. Texas Southern: 1. San Diego State: 0. Boston College: 0. Duke: 2.5. North Carolina: 1. Virginia Tech: 2. Virginia: 1.5. Louisville: 1. Stanford: 0. SMU: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Hawai'i: 1 by 14.2. Oregon State: 2 by 33.3. Texas Southern: 1 by 14.2. San Diego State: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 4.2. Duke: 3 by 37.5. North Carolina: 4 by 26.7. Virginia Tech: 3 by 32.5. Virginia: 3 by 27.5. Louisville: 3 by 22.5. Stanford: 4 by 16.7
Split Comparison
Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.
Wins0.9 · Games = 6 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses1.2 · Games = 6 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
12 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Duke
Best efficiency game
37.5 vs Duke
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12/25 | @ Hawai'i | L 31-35 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs SMU | W 38-35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sun 11/23 | @ Stanford | L 10-31 | 4 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/9 | @ Louisville | W 29-26 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Virginia | L 21-31 | 3 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Fri 10/24 | @ Virginia TechSplash game | L 34-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/18 | vs North Carolina | W 21-18 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 10/5 | vs DukeSplash game | L 21-45 | 3 | 1 | — | 1.50 | 1 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | @ Boston College | W 28-24 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/21 | @ San Diego State | L 0-34 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/6 | vs Texas Southern | W 35-3 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 8/31 | @ Oregon StateSplash game | W 34-15 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0.50 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jayden Wayne story
Jayden Wayne built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Tacoma, WA wearing No. 10, spending time with California, Miami, and Washington. The clearest part of Jayden Wayne's career was his defensive production: 45 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and 1 pass defended across 24 career games in the available record. That gives Jayden Wayne'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
Miami
2023
Opening stop
- 2
Washington
2024
Peak year stop
- 3
California
2025
Final stop
Season Value Progression
20232023202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Postseason | Miami | 1 | 10.7 | 2.3 | — |
| 2023 Regular Season | Miami | 1 | 10.7 | 2.3 | 0 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Washington | 1 | 5.9 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | California | 12.5 | 19.5 | 7.5 | 11.5 |
| 2025 Regular Season | California | 12.5 | 19.5 | 7.5 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs No. 44 Duke
Week 6 · L 21-45 · Conference game
Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5
Havoc Plays
79.2 takeover
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.
#2
@ No. 126 Oregon State
Week 1 · W 34-15
2.5
Havoc Plays
73.6 takeover
Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 73.6 takeover score.
#3
@ No. 105 Virginia Tech
Week 9 · L 34-42 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
69.7 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 69.7 takeover score.
#4
vs No. 31 Virginia
Week 10 · L 21-31 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
60.3 takeover
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 60.3 takeover score.
#5
vs Virginia
Week 9 · W 29-26 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.8 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · California
12.5 primary output · 19.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
60.2
#2
2025 Regular Season · California
60.2
12.5 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 7.5 usage
#3
2023 Postseason · Miami
10.8
1 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 2.3 usage
Milestones
4
Impact games
3
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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