Player Dossier

2023-2025

Texas Tech

Jayden Cofield

DL • 6'2" • 315 lbs • Austin, TX, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jayden Cofield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Usage Score

5.8

Efficiency

18.8

Consistency

11.1

Season Value

15.2

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
4
Program Path
Texas Tech
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jayden Cofield, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech. Jayden Cofield shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.8 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2023 Regular Season

Texas Tech paired 0 primary output with 4.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 18.8 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value cooled off

2025 Regular Season fell back from the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: West Virginia

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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Season Explorer

Understand the selected season before dropping into the full game log.

2025 Regular Season · Texas Tech

Games

9

Havoc Plays / G

0.7

Efficiency

18.8

Usage

5.8

Consistency

11.1

Best Game by takeover score

BYU

Hover a point or expand a game row to keep the active game context visible here.

Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Unknown: 0. Kent State: 2. Oregon State: 0. Houston: 0. Kansas: 0. Oklahoma State: 0.5. UCF: 2. West Virginia: 2. BYU: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Low volume / high quality

High volume / high quality

Low volume / lower quality

High volume / lower quality

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Unknown: 3 by 12.5. Kent State: 2 by 28.3. Oregon State: 3 by 12.5. Houston: 1 by 4.2. Kansas: 3 by 12.5. Oklahoma State: 5 by 25.8. UCF: 3 by 32.5. West Virginia: 4 by 36.7. BYU: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

Wins0.8 · n=8
First Half0.4 · n=5 · -0.7 vs Second Half
Second Half1.1 · n=4 · +0.7 vs First Half
All Games0.7 · n=9

Game Log

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

9 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

West Virginia

Best efficiency game

36.7 vs West Virginia

Result
Sat 12/6vs BYUW 34-710000
Sat 11/29@ West VirginiaW 49-042110
Sat 11/15vs UCFW 48-9321.500.500
Sat 10/25vs Oklahoma StateW 42-0500.5000
Sat 10/11vs KansasW 42-1731000
Sat 10/4@ HoustonW 35-1110000
Sat 9/13vs Oregon StateW 45-1432000
Sat 9/6vs Kent StateSplash gameW 62-1422200
Sat 8/30vs Unknown31000

Career Arc

Track team changes, role shifts, and season-to-season movement.

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    Texas Tech

    2023-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

2023202420242025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonTexas Tech04.20.8
2024 PostseasonTexas Tech7.518.56.47.5
2024 Regular SeasonTexas Tech7.518.56.40
2025 Regular SeasonTexas Tech6.518.85.8-1

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

West Virginia

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 49.5 takeover score.

#2

Arkansas

2

Primary metric

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48.4 takeover score.

#3

Cincinnati

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 48 takeover score.

#4

UCF

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.7 takeover score.

#5

Kent State

2

Primary metric

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 47.1 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2023 Regular Season · Texas Tech

0 primary output · 4.2 efficiency · 0.8 usage

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#2

2024 Postseason · Texas Tech

22.1

7.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Texas Tech

22.1

7.5 primary · 18.5 efficiency · 6.4 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8711

Manor · Manor, TX

Committed To
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Career Facts

1

Career teams

4

Seasons tracked

48

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 4 tracked seasons, 19 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

Quick Answers

Jayden Cofield quick answers

Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
4
Career tackles
48