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

75%

Major defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a linebacker

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Reliability

93

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

87

Elite ceiling indicators

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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

2024 Regular Season role shape

impact-led usage with 48.2 efficiency.

Supporting note

Career value stayed steady

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

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Multi-stop career journey

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

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: UL Monroe

Win with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.

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2024 Regular Season · Marshall

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

1.2

Efficiency

48.2

Usage

9.2

Consistency

62.1

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. Stony Brook: 2. Virginia Tech: 0.5. Ohio State: 0. Western Michigan: 2.5. App State: 1.5. Georgia Southern: 1. Georgia State: 1. UL Monroe: 2.5. Southern Miss: 1.5. Coastal Carolina: 1.5. Old Dominion: 0. James Madison: 1. Louisiana: 0.5

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 versus efficiency scatter chart. Stony Brook: 9 by 57.5. Virginia Tech: 10 by 46.7. Ohio State: 7 by 29.2. Western Michigan: 10 by 66.7. App State: 12 by 65. Georgia Southern: 7 by 39.2. Georgia State: 9 by 47.5. UL Monroe: 10 by 66.7. Southern Miss: 6 by 40. Coastal Carolina: 6 by 40. Old Dominion: 13 by 50. James Madison: 9 by 47.5. Louisiana: 6 by 30

Split Comparison

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

Wins1.4 · Games = 10 · +0.9 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 3 · -0.9 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

66.7 vs UL Monroe

Result
Sun 12/8@ LouisianaW 31-3640.5000
Sun 12/1@ James MadisonW 35-3391000
Sun 11/24@ Old Dominion10+ tacklesW 42-35135000
Sat 11/16vs Coastal CarolinaW 31-19610.5000
Sat 11/9@ Southern MissW 37-3611.5000
Sat 11/2vs UL Monroe10+ tackles · Splash gameW 28-2310110.500
Thu 10/17vs Georgia StateW 35-2093100
Sun 10/13@ Georgia SouthernL 23-2475100
Sat 10/5vs App State10+ tacklesW 52-371240.5000
Sat 9/28vs Western Michigan10+ tackles · Splash gameW 27-201020.5001
Sat 9/21@ Ohio StateL 14-4972000
Sat 9/7@ Virginia Tech10+ tacklesL 14-311020.5000
Sat 8/31vs Stony BrookSplash gameW 45-392001

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

71.7

#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