Player Dossier

2023-2025

Ole Miss

Jaden Yates

LB • 6'1" • 215 lbs • Columbus, OH, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaden Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Usage / Role

13%

Rotational defensive role

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Impact Production

14

Developing production for a linebacker

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Reliability

4

Sporadic game-to-game production

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Star Power

23

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Marshall

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
3
Program Path
Marshall • Ole Miss
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Player Story

Jaden Yates built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Marshall and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Jaden Yates' career was his defensive...

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Recruit Profile

Class 2023 · Rating 0.8458

Gahanna Lincoln · Columbus, OH

Committed To
Marshall
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2023

Jaden Yates, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Marshall. Jaden Yates shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.6 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
175
TFL
8.5
Sacks
1
QB hurries
7
Passes defended
2

Quick Answers

Jaden Yates quick answers

Latest team and position
Ole Miss · LB
Career Tackles
175
Tracked sample
3 unique seasons · 4 entries · 32 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Marshall
Top game
UL Monroe
Recruit profile
3-star · Gahanna Lincoln · Marshall
High school pipeline
Gahanna Lincoln · 18 FBS recruits · 2 drafted players
Latest roster
No. 30 · Junior
2025 Tackles rank
55 tackles · LB 244th (top 20%) · SEC 63rd (top 9%) · National 489th (top 8%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall46-01-09.3
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall1311470.562071.7
2025 PostseasonOle Miss156-0--016.2
2025 Regular SeasonOle Miss15491.50.5--016.2

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2026Ole Miss to HoustonP4 to P479.8Jan 10, 2026
2025Marshall to Ole MissG5/FCS to P479.1Dec 19, 2024

Jaden Yates played LB for Marshall and Ole Miss. Across 3 tracked seasons, Jaden Yates recorded 175 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Marshall.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Marshall paired 15.5 primary output with 48.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.6 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

2025 Regular Season tracked close to the prior stop by season value score.

Supporting note

Multi-stop career journey

Production spans 2 team stops, with role shifts visible across Marshall, Ole Miss.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Oklahoma

Win with 1 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 · Ole Miss

Games

15

Havoc Plays / G

0.1

Efficiency

16.6

Usage

3.4

Consistency

6.7

Best Game by takeover score

Oklahoma

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Miami: 0. Georgia: 0. Tulane: 0. Georgia State: 0. Kentucky: 0. Arkansas: 0. Tulane: 0.5. LSU: 0. Washington State: 0. Georgia: 0. Oklahoma: 1. South Carolina: 0. The Citadel: 0. Florida: 0.5. Mississippi State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

Each dot is a game. Farther right means the player carried more of the workload, and higher means they were more efficient with those chances.

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

Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Miami: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 1 by 4.2. Tulane: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 8 by 33.3. Kentucky: 6 by 25. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Tulane: 11 by 50.8. LSU: 3 by 12.5. Washington State: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 2 by 8.3. Oklahoma: 5 by 30.8. South Carolina: 2 by 8.3. The Citadel: 1 by 4.2. Florida: 1 by 9.2. Mississippi State: 2 by 8.3

Split Comparison

Compare how this player performed across different situations. "Games" shows how many matchups are included in each split.

Wins0.2 · Games = 13 · +0.2 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.2 vs Wins

Game Log

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

15 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Oklahoma

Best efficiency game

50.8 vs Tulane

Result
Fri 1/9vs MiamiL 27-3142000
Fri 1/2@ GeorgiaW 39-3410000
Sat 12/20vs TulaneW 41-1010000
Fri 11/28@ Mississippi StateW 38-1920000
Sun 11/16vs FloridaW 34-24100.5000
Sat 11/8vs The CitadelW 49-010000
Sat 11/1vs South CarolinaW 30-1420000
Sat 10/25@ OklahomaW 34-26500.500.500
Sat 10/18@ GeorgiaL 35-4321000
Sat 10/11vs Washington StateW 24-2142000
Sat 9/27vs LSUW 24-1931000
Sat 9/20vs Tulane10+ tacklesW 45-101140.5000
Sat 9/13vs ArkansasW 41-3542000
Sat 9/6@ KentuckyW 30-2362000
Sat 8/30vs Georgia StateW 63-782000

Player Story

Jaden Yates story

Jaden Yates built his college career from 2023 through 2025 as a linebacker from Columbus, OH wearing No. 30, spending time with Marshall and Ole Miss. The clearest part of Jaden Yates' career was his defensive production: 175 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack, and 2 passes defended across 32 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Marshall. Those numbers show where he fit, how often the ball or action found him, and how his role developed over time.

Defensive careers can be hard to read from one number, but Jaden Yates' production has multiple signals. With 32 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Marshall and Ole Miss.

The arc is straightforward: Jaden Yates moved through the depth chart, found a larger role, and turned that opportunity into production that can be understood through standard football numbers.

Career Arc

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

  1. 1

    Marshall

    2023-2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Ole Miss

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

2023202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2023 Regular SeasonMarshall18.81.6
2024 Regular SeasonMarshall15.548.29.214.5
2025 PostseasonOle Miss216.63.4-13.5
2025 Regular SeasonOle Miss216.63.40

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs UL Monroe

Week 10 · W 28-23 · Conference game

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5

Havoc Plays

88.9 takeover

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 88.9 takeover score.

#2

vs Western Michigan

Week 5 · W 27-20

2.5

Havoc Plays

85 takeover

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 85 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 14 Oklahoma

Week 9 · W 34-26 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

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Havoc Plays

70 takeover

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 70 takeover score.

#4

vs App State

Week 6 · W 52-37 · Conference game

1.5

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#5

vs Stony Brook

Week 1 · W 45-3

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Havoc Plays

66.4 takeover

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 66.4 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Marshall

15.5 primary output · 48.2 efficiency · 9.2 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Ole Miss

16.2

2 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 3.4 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Ole Miss

16.2

2 primary · 16.6 efficiency · 3.4 usage

Milestones

5

Impact games

3

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games