Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2022-2025Michigan
Jimmy Rolder
LB • 6'2" • 240 lbs • Orland Park, IL, USA
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Jimmy Rolder shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.2 disruption score.
Impact Production
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Developing production for a linebacker
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
36
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 4
- Program Path
- Michigan
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Michigan State
Player Story
Jimmy Rolder built his college career from 2022 through 2025 as a linebacker from Orland Park, IL wearing No. 30, spending time with Michigan. The clearest part of Jimmy Rolder's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Michigan
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2022
NFL Draft
- Draft Year
- 2026
- Selection
- Round 4 · Pick 18
- Overall
- No. 118
- NFL Team
- Detroit Lions
Jimmy Rolder, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Michigan. Jimmy Rolder shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 36.2 disruption score.
Quick Answers
Jimmy Rolder quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Michigan · LB
- Career Tackles
- 117
- Tracked sample
- 4 unique seasons · 7 entries · 34 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Michigan
- Top game
- Michigan State
- Recruit profile
- 4-star · Marist · Michigan
- High school pipeline
- Marist · 20 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- NFL Draft
- 2026 · Round 4 · Pick 18 · Detroit Lions
- Latest roster
- No. 30 · Senior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 73 tackles · LB 149th (top 12%) · Big Ten 30th (top 4%) · National 234th (top 4%)
Jimmy Rolder played LB for Michigan. Across 4 tracked seasons, Jimmy Rolder recorded 117 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Michigan.
Recognition
Honors
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Coaches · conference_coachessecond
- 20252025 All-Big Ten Media · conference_mediasecond
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