Player Dossier

2024-2025

Mississippi State

Jahron Manning

S • 5'10" • 195 lbs • New Orleans, LA, USA

Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile

Jahron Manning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.9 disruption score.

Usage / Role

100%

Featured defensive role

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Impact Production

100

Top-tier box-score impact for a safety

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Reliability

100

Regular contributor with several takeover games

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Star Power

77

High-upside career profile

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Career Arc

Value trend by season

Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

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Snapshot

Career Teams
2
Unique Seasons
2
Program Path
Old Dominion • Mississippi State
Peak Game
Peak game by takeover score: East Carolina

Player Story

Jahron Manning built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 13, spending time with Mississippi State and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jahron Manning's career was...

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Jahron Manning, S. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion. Jahron Manning shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 35.9 disruption score.

Stat Footprint

Career production snapshot

Tackles
176
TFL
9.5
Sacks
0.5
Passes defended
8

Quick Answers

Jahron Manning quick answers

Latest team and position
Mississippi State · S
Career Tackles
176
Tracked sample
2 unique seasons · 3 entries · 24 games
Best season
2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion
Top game
East Carolina
Latest roster
No. 13 · Senior
2025 Tackles rank
91 tackles · S 8th (top 2%) · SEC 2nd (top 1%) · National 82nd (top 2%)

Season Ledger

Crawlable season-by-season stats

SeasonTeamGamesTacklesTFLSacksQB HurPDTDOverall
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion11855.50.5-3068
2025 PostseasonMississippi State13610-1046.9
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State138530-4046.9

Related Context

Transfer Portal History

Matched portal movement

SeasonPathMovementValueDate
2025Old Dominion to Mississippi StateG5/FCS to P478Dec 11, 2024

Jahron Manning played S for Old Dominion and Mississippi State. Across 2 tracked seasons, Jahron Manning recorded 176 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2024 with Old Dominion.

Player insights

Lead takeaway

Best season by value score: 2024 Regular Season

Old Dominion paired 12 primary output with 42.4 efficiency.

Supporting note

2025 Postseason role shape

impact-led usage with 35.9 efficiency.

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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 Old Dominion, Mississippi State.

Supporting note

Peak game by takeover score: Tennessee

Loss with 4 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 · Mississippi State

Games

13

Havoc Plays / G

0.8

Efficiency

35.9

Usage

6.7

Consistency

12.8

Best Game by takeover score

Tennessee

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Game-by-Game Trend

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Chronological game order.

Game by game trend chart. Wake Forest: 2. Southern Miss: 0. Arizona State: 1. Alcorn State: 0. Northern Illinois: 0. Tennessee: 4. Texas A&M: 0. Florida: 0. Texas: 2. Arkansas: 0. Georgia: 1. Missouri: 0. Ole Miss: 0

Volume vs Efficiency

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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Wake Forest: 6 by 45. Southern Miss: 4 by 16.7. Arizona State: 9 by 47.5. Alcorn State: 1 by 4.2. Northern Illinois: 7 by 29.2. Tennessee: 6 by 65. Texas A&M: 13 by 50. Florida: 6 by 25. Texas: 14 by 70. Arkansas: 4 by 16.7. Georgia: 6 by 35. Missouri: 6 by 25. Ole Miss: 9 by 37.5

Split Comparison

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

Wins0.2 · Games = 5 · -0.9 vs Losses
Losses1.1 · Games = 8 · +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

Tennessee

Best efficiency game

70 vs Texas

Result
Sat 1/3vs Wake ForestSplash gameL 29-4363101
Fri 11/28vs Ole MissL 19-3893000
Sun 11/16@ MissouriL 27-4962000
Sat 11/8vs GeorgiaL 21-4165100
Sat 11/1@ ArkansasW 38-3543000
Sat 10/25vs Texas10+ tackles · Splash gameL 38-45148200
Sat 10/18@ FloridaL 21-2363000
Sat 10/4@ Texas A&M10+ tacklesL 9-31136000
Sat 9/27vs TennesseeSplash gameL 34-41610013
Sat 9/20vs Northern IllinoisW 38-1072000
Sat 9/13vs Alcorn StateW 63-010000
Sat 9/6vs Arizona StateW 24-2090001
Sat 8/30@ Southern MissW 34-1740000

Player Story

Jahron Manning story

Jahron Manning built his college career from 2024 through 2025 as a safety from New Orleans, LA wearing No. 13, spending time with Mississippi State and Old Dominion. The clearest part of Jahron Manning's career was his defensive production: 176 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, and 4 interceptions across 24 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2024 with Old Dominion. 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 Jahron Manning's production has multiple signals. With 24 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Mississippi State and Old Dominion.

The arc is straightforward: Jahron Manning 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

    Old Dominion

    2024

    Opening stop

  2. 2

    Mississippi State

    2025

    Final stop

Season Value Progression

202420252025
SeasonTeamPrimaryEfficiencyUsageDelta
2024 Regular SeasonOld Dominion1242.48.2
2025 PostseasonMississippi State1035.96.7-2
2025 Regular SeasonMississippi State1035.96.70

Signature Performances

Top Games

#1 Featured game

vs East Carolina

Week 2 · L 14-20

Loss with 3 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

3

Havoc Plays

90.6 takeover

3 disruption/tackle impact with 90.6 takeover score.

#2

@ Coastal Carolina

Week 6 · L 37-45 · Conference game

2.5

Havoc Plays

79.2 takeover

Loss with 2.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2.5 disruption/tackle impact with 79.2 takeover score.

#3

vs No. 19 Tennessee

Week 5 · L 34-41 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

4

Havoc Plays

77.2 takeover

Loss with 4 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

4 disruption/tackle impact with 77.2 takeover score.

#4

vs No. 17 Texas

Week 9 · L 38-45 · Conference game · Ranked opponent

2

Havoc Plays

73.3 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 73.3 takeover score.

#5

vs No. 52 Wake Forest

Week 1 · L 29-43 · Postseason

2

Havoc Plays

65 takeover

Loss with 2 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.

2 disruption/tackle impact with 65 takeover score.

Top Seasons

#1 Season by Season Value

2024 Regular Season · Old Dominion

12 primary output · 42.4 efficiency · 8.2 usage

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#2

2025 Postseason · Mississippi State

46.9

10 primary · 35.9 efficiency · 6.7 usage

#3

2025 Regular Season · Mississippi State

46.9

10 primary · 35.9 efficiency · 6.7 usage

Milestones

6

Impact games

5

Splash games

6

10+ tackle games