Defensive lineman for Mississippi State. 2016: 4 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
6′3″ · Summit, MS
Recruiting
SDE recruit
No. 372 nationally · Signed with Mississippi State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2016 defensive lineman for Mississippi State. 2016: 4 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss, 30 tackles.
A.J. Jefferson
The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 4 TFL against South Alabama, Week 1, 2016.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Mississippi State, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles for loss (94th percentile). Strength: sacks (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (19th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2016 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.3 | 1.7 | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2016
Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Mississippi State | 30 | 9 | 10.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 30 | 9 | 10.5 | 4.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2016 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 20-21vs South Alabama | 7 | 5 | 4.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 27-14vs South Carolina | 5 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 20-23@ LSU | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 47-35@ Massachusetts | 4 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 6 | L 14-38vs Auburn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 21-28@ BYU | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 35-28vs Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-51@ Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 42-58vs Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | 9 | 10.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
30 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10.5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
Player DNA