Player Dossier

2024-2025

Pittsburgh

Jahsear Whittington

DL • 6'0" • 270 lbs • Philadelphia, PA, USA

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Jahsear Whittington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

33%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

54

Solid production for a defensive lineman

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Reliability

70

Reliable weekly contributor

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Star Power

44

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

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Snapshot

Career Teams
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Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Pittsburgh
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Boston College

Player Story

Jahsear Whittington built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 25, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Jahsear Whittington's career was...

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Jahsear Whittington, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh. Jahsear Whittington shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 9.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
16
TFL
4
Sacks
1
QB hurries
1

Quick Answers

Jahsear Whittington quick answers

Latest team and position
Pittsburgh · DL
Career Tackles
16
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 14 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh
Top game
Boston College
High school pipeline
Imhotep Institute · 28 FBS recruits · 3 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 25 · Freshman
2025 Tackles rank
12 tackles · DL 579th (top 54%) · ACC 348th (top 44%) · National 2,712th (top 44%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh340.50--09.5
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh11210--036.7
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh11102.511-036.7

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Pittsburgh to NebraskaP4 to P481.4Jan 12, 2026

Jahsear Whittington played DL for Pittsburgh. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jahsear Whittington recorded 16 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Pittsburgh.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Pittsburgh paired 5.5 primary output with 9.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 9.6 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: Boston College

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

Analysis workspace

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2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.5

Efficiency

9.6

Usage

2.6

Consistency

15.2

Best Game by takeover score

Boston College

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. East Carolina: 1. Duquesne: 0.5. West Virginia: 0. Boston College: 2. Florida State: 0. Syracuse: 0. NC State: 1. Stanford: 0. Notre Dame: 1. Georgia Tech: 0. Miami: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. East Carolina: 2 by 18.3. Duquesne: 1 by 9.2. West Virginia: 1 by 4.2. Boston College: 1 by 24.2. Syracuse: 1 by 4.2. NC State: 0 by 10. Stanford: 1 by 4.2. Notre Dame: 3 by 22.5. Georgia Tech: 1 by 4.2. Miami: 1 by 4.2

Split Comparison

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Wins0.5 · Games = 7 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Boston College

Best efficiency game

24.2 vs Boston College

Result
Sat 12/27@ East CarolinaL 17-2321100
Sat 11/29vs MiamiL 7-3810000
Sun 11/23@ Georgia TechW 42-2811000
Sat 11/15vs Notre DameL 15-3733100
Sat 11/1@ StanfordW 35-2010000
Sat 10/25vs NC StateW 53-3400000
Sat 10/18@ SyracuseW 30-1311000
Sat 10/11@ Florida StateW 34-31
Sat 10/4vs Boston CollegeSplash gameW 48-711110
Sat 9/13@ West VirginiaL 24-3110000
Sat 8/30vs DuquesneW 61-9100.5000

Player Story

Jahsear Whittington story

Jahsear Whittington built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a defensive lineman from Philadelphia, PA wearing No. 25, spending time with Pittsburgh. The clearest part of Jahsear Whittington's career was his defensive production: 16 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, and 1 sack across 14 career games in the available record. That gives Jahsear Whittington's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Pittsburgh

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonPittsburgh0.57.21.3
2025 PostseasonPittsburgh5.59.62.65
2025 Regular SeasonPittsburgh5.59.62.60

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 97 Boston College

Week 6 · W 48-7 · Conference game

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

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Havoc Plays

62.8 takeover

2 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 5 Notre Dame

Week 12 · L 15-37 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

42.8 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 38 East Carolina

Week 1 · L 17-23 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

34.7 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 34.7 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 55 NC State

Week 9 · W 53-34 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

32.5 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 32.5 takeover score.

#5

vs Kent State

Week 1 · W 55-24

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Havoc Plays

24.7 takeover

Win with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 24.7 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Pittsburgh

5.5 primary output · 9.6 efficiency · 2.6 usage

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#2

2025 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

36.7

5.5 primary · 9.6 efficiency · 2.6 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Pittsburgh

9.5

0.5 primary · 7.2 efficiency · 1.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games