Player Dossier

2025-2025

App State

Jaelin Willis

LB • 6'0" • 220 lbs • Fort Myers, FL, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaelin Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

58%

Regular defensive contributor

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Impact Production

61

Solid production for a linebacker

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

48

Limited ceiling signals so far

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · App State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Unique Seasons
1
Program Path
App State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: Marshall

Player Story

Jaelin Willis built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Fort Myers, FL, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Jaelin Willis' career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 1 tackle for...

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Jaelin Willis, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2025 Postseason · App State. Jaelin Willis shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 16.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
39
TFL
1
QB hurries
2
Passes defended
1

Quick Answers

Jaelin Willis quick answers

Latest team and position
App State · LB
Career Tackles
39
Tracked sample
1 unique seasons · 2 entries · 12 games
Best season
2025 Postseason · App State
Top game
Marshall
Latest roster
No. 0 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
39 tackles · LB 377th (top 30%) · Sun Belt 113th (top 18%) · National 955th (top 16%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2025 PostseasonApp State12310--037.4
2025 Regular SeasonApp State1236-021037.4

Related Context

Jaelin Willis played LB for App State. Across 1 tracked season, Jaelin Willis recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2025 with App State.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

App State paired 4 primary output with 16.9 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 16.9 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: Marshall

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 · App State

Games

12

Havoc Plays / G

0.3

Efficiency

16.9

Usage

3.3

Consistency

5.6

Best Game by takeover score

Marshall

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Georgia Southern: 1. Charlotte: 0. Lindenwood: 0. Southern Miss: 0. Boise State: 0. Oregon State: 0. Georgia State: 0. Coastal Carolina: 0. Old Dominion: 0. James Madison: 0. Marshall: 3. Arkansas State: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Georgia Southern: 3 by 22.5. Charlotte: 1 by 4.2. Lindenwood: 1 by 4.2. Southern Miss: 2 by 8.3. Boise State: 10 by 41.7. Oregon State: 1 by 4.2. Georgia State: 2 by 8.3. Coastal Carolina: 6 by 25. Old Dominion: 3 by 12.5. James Madison: 4 by 16.7. Marshall: 2 by 38.3. Arkansas State: 4 by 16.7

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0.1 · Games = 7 · -0.5 vs Wins

Game Log

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12 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

Marshall

Best efficiency game

41.7 vs Boise State

Result
Mon 12/29vs Georgia SouthernL 10-2932100
Sat 11/29vs Arkansas StateL 29-3043000
Sat 11/22vs MarshallSplash gameW 26-2420001
Sat 11/15@ James MadisonL 10-5842000
Sat 10/25@ Old DominionL 21-2431000
Sat 10/18vs Coastal CarolinaL 37-4562000
Sat 10/11@ Georgia StateW 41-2020000
Sat 10/4vs Oregon StateW 27-2310000
Sat 9/27@ Boise State10+ tacklesL 14-47105000
Sat 9/13@ Southern MissL 22-3820000
Sat 9/6vs LindenwoodW 20-1310000
Fri 8/29@ CharlotteW 34-1111000

Player Story

Jaelin Willis story

Jaelin Willis built his college career in 2025 as a linebacker from Fort Myers, FL, spending time with App State. The clearest part of Jaelin Willis' career was his defensive production: 39 tackles, 1 tackle for loss, and 1 pass defended across 12 career games in the available record. That gives Jaelin Willis' career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.

Career Arc

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    App State

    2025

    Opening stop

Season Value Progression

20252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2025 PostseasonApp State416.93.3
2025 Regular SeasonApp State416.93.30

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs No. 86 Marshall

Week 13 · W 26-24 · Conference game

Win with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

69.2 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 69.2 takeover score.

#2

vs No. 103 Georgia Southern

Week 1 · L 10-29 · Postseason · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

42.2 takeover

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.2 takeover score.

#3

@ No. 64 Boise State

Week 5 · L 14-47

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Havoc Plays

31.4 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 31.4 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 121 Coastal Carolina

Week 8 · L 37-45 · Conference game

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Havoc Plays

20.3 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 20.3 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 100 Arkansas State

Week 14 · L 29-30 · Conference game

0

Havoc Plays

12.5 takeover

Loss with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

0 disruption/tackle impact with 12.5 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2025 Postseason · App State

4 primary output · 16.9 efficiency · 3.3 usage

37.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · App State

37.4

4 primary · 16.9 efficiency · 3.3 usage

Milestones

1

Impact games

1

Splash games

1

10+ tackle games