Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2012-2016Northwestern
Jaylen Prater
LB • 6'0" • Hamden, OH, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Jaylen Prater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Impact Production
70
High-end production for a linebacker
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Reliability
70
Reliable weekly contributor
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Star Power
76
High-upside career profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Northwestern
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Player Story
Jaylen Prater built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Hamden, OH wearing No. 51, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Jaylen Prater's career was his defensive production:...
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- Committed To
- Northwestern
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2012
Jaylen Prater, LB. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern. Jaylen Prater shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 33.6 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 61
- TFL
- 2
- QB hurries
- 1
- Passes defended
- 1
Quick Answers
Jaylen Prater quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Northwestern · LB
- Career Tackles
- 61
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 8 games
- Best season
- 2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
- Top game
- Nebraska
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Wellston · Northwestern
- High school pipeline
- Wellston · 1 FBS recruit · 0 drafted players
- Latest roster
- No. 51 · Class 2016
- 2016 Tackles rank
- 61 tackles · LB 225th (top 22%) · Big Ten 53rd (top 9%) · National 474th (top 9%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 8 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 56.4 |
Related Context
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Jaylen Prater played LB for Northwestern. Across 5 tracked seasons, Jaylen Prater recorded 61 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2016 with Northwestern.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2016 Regular Season
Northwestern paired 4 primary output with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
2016 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 33.6 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2016 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Nebraska
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
Games
8
Havoc Plays / G
0.5
Efficiency
33.6
Usage
7
Consistency
33.3
Best Game by takeover score
Nebraska
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Western Michigan: 0.5. Illinois State: 0. Duke: 1. Nebraska: 1.5. Iowa: 0. Michigan State: 1. Indiana: 0. Ohio State: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Western Michigan: 18 by 55. Illinois State: 7 by 29.2. Duke: 5 by 30.8. Nebraska: 8 by 48.3. Iowa: 8 by 33.3. Michigan State: 5 by 30.8. Indiana: 7 by 29.2. Ohio State: 3 by 12.5
Split Comparison
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Wins0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Losses
Losses0.5 · Games = 4 · +0 vs Wins
Game Log
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8 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Nebraska
Best efficiency game
55 vs Western Michigan
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 10/29 | @ Ohio State | L 20-24 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/22 | vs Indiana | W 24-14 | 7 | 6 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/15 | @ Michigan State | W 54-40 | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/1 | @ Iowa | W 38-31 | 8 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/24 | vs Nebraska | L 13-24 | 8 | 1 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sun 9/18 | vs Duke | W 24-13 | 5 | 3 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Sat 9/10 | vs Illinois State | L 7-9 | 7 | 5 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/3 | vs Western Michigan10+ tackles | L 21-22 | 18 | 9 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Jaylen Prater story
Jaylen Prater built his college career from 2012 through 2016 as a linebacker from Hamden, OH wearing No. 51, spending time with Northwestern. The clearest part of Jaylen Prater's career was his defensive production: 61 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, and 1 pass defended across 8 career games in the available record. His largest box-score season came in 2016 with Northwestern. 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 Jaylen Prater's production has multiple signals. With 8 career games in the available record, his career has enough shape to show both opportunity and production across Northwestern.
The arc is straightforward: Jaylen Prater 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
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Northwestern
2012-2016
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
20122013201420152016
| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2013 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2014 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Northwestern | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Northwestern | 4 | 33.6 | 7 | 4 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Nebraska
Week 4 · L 13-24 · Conference game
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
82.8 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 82.8 takeover score.
#2
vs Western Michigan
Week 1 · L 21-22
0.5
Havoc Plays
62.8 takeover
Loss with 0.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0.5 disruption/tackle impact with 62.8 takeover score.
#3
@ Michigan State
Week 7 · W 54-40 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
52.5 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 52.5 takeover score.
#4
vs Duke
Week 3 · W 24-13
1
Havoc Plays
42.8 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 42.8 takeover score.
#5
@ Iowa
Week 5 · W 38-31 · Conference game
0
Havoc Plays
26.1 takeover
Win with 0 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
0 disruption/tackle impact with 26.1 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2016 Regular Season · Northwestern
4 primary output · 33.6 efficiency · 7 usage
56.4
#2
2012 Regular Season · Northwestern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Northwestern
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
1
10+ tackle games
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