Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2023-2025Illinois
Jaheim Clarke
DB • 6'1" • 175 lbs • Fort Myers, FL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaheim Clarke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
7
Developing production for a defensive back
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Reliability
15
Sporadic game-to-game production
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Star Power
17
Limited ceiling signals so far
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 3
- Program Path
- Illinois
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Player Story
Jaheim Clarke built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jaheim Clarke's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Illinois
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2023
Jaheim Clarke, DB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Illinois. Jaheim Clarke shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 25.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 69
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 12
Quick Answers
Jaheim Clarke quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Illinois · DB
- Career Tackles
- 69
- Tracked sample
- 3 unique seasons · 5 entries · 19 games
- Best season
- 2025 Postseason · Illinois
- Top game
- Northwestern
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Riverdale · Illinois
- High school pipeline
- Riverdale · 4 FBS recruits · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 6 · Junior
- 2025 Tackles rank
- 30 tackles · DB 310th (top 32%) · Big Ten 164th (top 21%) · National 1,388th (top 23%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 3 | 5 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 38.8 |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 8 | 2 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 46.3 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 8 | 1 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | 53.1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 29 | 1 | 0 | - | 7 | 0 | 53.1 |
Related Context
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Jaheim Clarke played DB for Illinois. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaheim Clarke recorded 69 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Illinois.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason
Illinois paired 8 primary output with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2025 Postseason role shape
impact-led usage with 25.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value stayed steady
2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Northwestern
Win 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 · Illinois
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
1
Efficiency
25.6
Usage
3.9
Consistency
54.2
Best Game by takeover score
Northwestern
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Tennessee: 0. USC: 1. Purdue: 1. Ohio State: 0. Washington: 0. Rutgers: 1. Maryland: 2. Northwestern: 3
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. USC: 3 by 22.5. Purdue: 7 by 39.2. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5. Washington: 3 by 12.5. Rutgers: 4 by 26.7. Maryland: 4 by 36.7. Northwestern: 5 by 50.8
Split Comparison
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Wins1.3 · Games = 6 · +1.3 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -1.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Northwestern
Best efficiency game
50.8 vs Northwestern
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 12/30 | vs Tennessee | W 30-28 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 11/30 | vs NorthwesternSplash game | W 20-13 | 5 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Sat 11/15 | vs MarylandSplash game | W 24-6 | 4 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Sat 11/1 | vs Rutgers | W 35-13 | 4 | 4 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 10/25 | @ Washington | L 25-42 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/11 | vs Ohio State | L 16-34 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/4 | @ Purdue | W 43-27 | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/27 | vs USC | W 34-32 | 3 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaheim Clarke story
Jaheim Clarke built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a defensive back from Fort Myers, FL wearing No. 6, spending time with Illinois. The clearest part of Jaheim Clarke's career was his defensive production: 69 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 12 passes defended across 19 career games in the available record. That gives Jaheim Clarke's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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- 1
Illinois
2023-2025
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20232024202420252025
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Regular Season | Illinois | 0 | 7 | 1.1 | — |
| 2024 Postseason | Illinois | 7 | 26.5 | 4.3 | 7 |
| 2024 Regular Season | Illinois | 7 | 26.5 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2025 Postseason | Illinois | 8 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 1 |
| 2025 Regular Season | Illinois | 8 | 25.6 | 3.9 | 0 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
@ Northwestern
Week 14 · W 38-28 · Conference game
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2
Havoc Plays
89.4 takeover
2 disruption/tackle impact with 89.4 takeover score.
#2
vs Minnesota
Week 10 · L 17-25 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
73.9 takeover
Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.9 takeover score.
#3
vs No. 51 Northwestern
Week 14 · W 20-13 · Conference game
3
Havoc Plays
61.4 takeover
Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
3 disruption/tackle impact with 61.4 takeover score.
#4
@ No. 90 Purdue
Week 6 · W 43-27 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
56.4 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 56.4 takeover score.
#5
vs No. 75 Maryland
Week 12 · W 24-6 · Conference game
2
Havoc Plays
46.7 takeover
Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.7 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2025 Postseason · Illinois
8 primary output · 25.6 efficiency · 3.9 usage
53.1
#2
2025 Regular Season · Illinois
53.1
8 primary · 25.6 efficiency · 3.9 usage
#3
2024 Postseason · Illinois
46.3
7 primary · 26.5 efficiency · 4.3 usage
Milestones
3
Impact games
5
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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