Player Dossier

2024-2025

Louisiana

Jaden Dugger

LB • 6'5" • 239 lbs • Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaden Dugger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

89

Elite ceiling indicators

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Louisiana
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Jaden Dugger built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Jaden Dugger's career was his defensive production:...

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NFL Draft

Draft Year
2026
Selection
Round 5 · Pick 14
Overall
No. 154
NFL Team
San Francisco 49ers

Jaden Dugger, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · Louisiana. Jaden Dugger shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 53.7 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
161
TFL
17
Sacks
5
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
5

Quick Answers

Jaden Dugger quick answers

Latest team and position
Louisiana · LB
Career Tackles
161
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 4 entries · 25 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · Louisiana
Top game
UL Monroe
NFL Draft
2026 · Round 5 · Pick 14 · San Francisco 49ers
Latest roster
No. 3 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
124 tackles · LB 11th (top 1%) · Sun Belt 2nd (top 1%) · National 12th (top 1%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 PostseasonLouisiana1230.50-1038.5
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana12343.5111038.5
2025 PostseasonLouisiana13721--077.7
2025 Regular SeasonLouisiana1311711313077.7

Related Context

Jaden Dugger played LB for Louisiana. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jaden Dugger recorded 161 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with Louisiana.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Louisiana paired 22 primary output with 53.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 53.7 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: UL Monroe

Win with backfield disruption leading the way. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2025 Postseason · Louisiana

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.7

Efficiency

53.7

Usage

16.2

Consistency

56.9

Best Game by takeover score

UL Monroe

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Delaware: 3. Rice: 0.5. McNeese: 0. Missouri: 3. Eastern Michigan: 1.5. Marshall: 1.5. James Madison: 2. Southern Miss: 1.5. Troy: 0. South Alabama: 2. Texas State: 0. Arkansas State: 1.5. UL Monroe: 5.5

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Delaware: 7 by 59.2. Rice: 10 by 46.7. McNeese: 3 by 12.5. Missouri: 11 by 75.8. Eastern Michigan: 7 by 44.2. Marshall: 8 by 48.3. James Madison: 12 by 70. Southern Miss: 16 by 65. Troy: 5 by 20.8. South Alabama: 11 by 65.8. Texas State: 9 by 37.5. Arkansas State: 9 by 52.5. UL Monroe: 16 by 100

Split Comparison

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Wins1.8 · Games = 6 · +0.1 vs Losses
Losses1.6 · Games = 7 · -0.1 vs Wins

Game Log

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

13 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

UL Monroe

Best efficiency game

100 vs UL Monroe

Result
Thu 12/18@ DelawareSplash gameL 13-2075210
Sat 11/29vs UL Monroe10+ tackles · 2+ sacksW 30-2716103.5020
Fri 11/21@ Arkansas StateW 34-30940.5001
Sat 11/8vs Texas StateW 42-3995000
Sat 11/1@ South Alabama10+ tackles · Splash gameW 31-221141010
Sat 10/25@ TroyL 23-3552000
Sat 10/18vs Southern Miss10+ tacklesL 10-2216101.5000
Sat 10/11@ James Madison10+ tackles · Splash gameL 14-24124002
Sun 9/28vs MarshallW 54-51850.5000
Sat 9/20@ Eastern MichiganL 31-34721.5000
Sat 9/13@ Missouri10+ tackles · Splash gameL 10-52113210
Sun 9/7vs McNeeseW 34-1032000
Sun 8/31vs Rice10+ tacklesL 12-141080.5000

Player Story

Jaden Dugger story

Jaden Dugger built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a linebacker from Pittsburgh, PA wearing No. 3, spending time with Louisiana. The clearest part of Jaden Dugger's career was his defensive production: 161 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, 5 sacks, and 1 interception across 25 career games in the available record. That gives Jaden Dugger's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    Louisiana

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

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SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 PostseasonLouisiana819.55.7
2024 Regular SeasonLouisiana819.55.70
2025 PostseasonLouisiana2253.716.214
2025 Regular SeasonLouisiana2253.716.20

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 131 UL Monroe

Week 14 · W 30-27 · Conference game

Win with backfield disruption leading the way.

5.5

Havoc Plays

100 takeover

5.5 disruption/tackle impact with 100 takeover score.

#2

@ Texas State

Week 10 · W 23-17 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

80.3 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 80.3 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 21 Missouri

Week 3 · L 10-52 · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

76.8 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 76.8 takeover score.

#4

@ No. 109 Delaware

Week 1 · L 13-20 · Postseason

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Havoc Plays

71.2 takeover

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3 disruption/tackle impact with 71.2 takeover score.

#5

@ No. 114 South Alabama

Week 10 · W 31-22 · Conference game

2

Havoc Plays

67.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 67.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · Louisiana

22 primary output · 53.7 efficiency · 16.2 usage

77.7

#2

2025 Regular Season · Louisiana

77.7

22 primary · 53.7 efficiency · 16.2 usage

#3

2024 Postseason · Louisiana

38.5

8 primary · 19.5 efficiency · 5.7 usage

Milestones

7

Impact games

6

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games