Player Dossier

2024-2025

Kennesaw State

Jaiden Grimes

DL • 6'2" • 285 lbs • Marietta, GA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jaiden Grimes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Usage Score

2.5

Efficiency

12.7

Consistency

9.1

Season Value

10.4

Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State

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Snapshot

Career Teams
1
Seasons Tracked
3
Program Path
Kennesaw State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: New Mexico State

Scouting Read

Best season and peak-game context are pinned here so the rest of the page can stay analytical without losing the headline story.

Jaiden Grimes, DL. Best season Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State. Jaiden Grimes shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 12.7 disruption score.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2025 Postseason

Kennesaw State paired 4 primary output with 12.7 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 12.7 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: New Mexico State

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

Analysis workspace

Season Workbench

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2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State

Games

11

Havoc Plays / G

0.4

Efficiency

12.7

Usage

2.5

Consistency

9.1

Best Game by takeover score

Western Michigan

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0. Unknown: 0. Arkansas State: 0. Middle Tennessee: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. Florida International: 1. New Mexico State: 2. Jacksonville State: 0. Missouri State: 0. Liberty: 0. Jacksonville State: 1

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. Western Michigan: 2 by 8.3. Unknown: 1 by 4.2. Arkansas State: 2 by 8.3. Middle Tennessee: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 4 by 16.7. Florida International: 3 by 22.5. New Mexico State: 3 by 32.5. Jacksonville State: 3 by 12.5. Missouri State: 1 by 4.2. Liberty: 2 by 8.3. Jacksonville State: 2 by 18.3

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.5 · Games = 8 · +0.5 vs Losses
Losses0 · Games = 2 · -0.5 vs Wins
First Half0.2 · Games = 6 · -0.4 vs Second Half
Second Half0.6 · Games = 5 · +0.4 vs First Half

Game Log

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

11 games

Featured metric

Havoc Plays

Top game by takeover score

New Mexico State

Best efficiency game

32.5 vs New Mexico State

Result
Fri 12/19@ Western MichiganL 6-4121000
Sat 12/6@ Jacksonville StateW 19-1522100
Sat 11/29@ LibertyW 48-4221000
Sat 11/22vs Missouri StateW 41-3410000
Sun 11/16@ Jacksonville StateL 26-3530000
Sat 11/8@ New Mexico StateW 24-2132110
Tue 10/21@ Florida InternationalW 45-2631001
Thu 10/9vs Louisiana TechW 35-740000
Sat 9/27vs Middle TennesseeW 24-1611000
Sat 9/20vs Arkansas StateW 28-2120000
Sat 9/13vs Unknown11000

Career Arc

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    Kennesaw State

    2024-2025

    Opening stop

Season Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonKennesaw State210.73.8
2025 PostseasonKennesaw State412.72.52
2025 Regular SeasonKennesaw State412.72.50

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

New Mexico State

Win with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2

Primary metric

2 disruption/tackle impact with 46.6 takeover score.

#2

Louisiana Tech

1

Primary metric

Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.9 takeover score.

#3

Florida International

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 43.6 takeover score.

#4

Jacksonville State

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 25.1 takeover score.

#5

Florida International

1

Primary metric

Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

1 disruption/tackle impact with 24.9 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by value score

2025 Postseason · Kennesaw State

4 primary output · 12.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage

10.4

#2

2025 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

10.4

4 primary · 12.7 efficiency · 2.5 usage

#3

2024 Regular Season · Kennesaw State

9.1

2 primary · 10.7 efficiency · 3.8 usage

Milestones

0

Impact games

0

Splash games

0

10+ tackle games

Bio, Recruit, and Data Context

Recruit Profile

3★

Class 2024 · Rating 0.82

Pope · Marietta, GA

Committed To
Kennesaw State
Commit Date
Jan 1, 2024

Career Facts

1

Career teams

3

Seasons tracked

32

Career Tackles

Data Context

Coverage spans 3 tracked seasons, 16 games, and SP opponent-strength context when available. Derived metrics fall back to raw production when share or rating context is missing.

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Recruiting profile

3-star recruit

Position
DL
Teams played for
1
Seasons tracked
3
Career tackles
32