#53

Colton Jumper

Linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 55 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

LB · Tennessee · #53

6′2″ · 229 lb · Lookout Mountain, TN

Tennessee 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

2★

ILB recruit

No. 2144 nationally · Signed with Navy

Statement game18 tackles · 0.5 TFLvs Georgia Tech (FBS) · W 42-41

Top 0.1% tackles game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 linebacker for Tennessee. 2017: 55 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Navy in 2013.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Two seasons at Tennessee, 116 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

2013

Signed with Navy2-star out of Baylor School

2014

Signed with Tennessee2-star out of Hun School

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2144 national

CFB

College

Tennessee

2016–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Butch Jones — 13-12 over that span.

2016Tennessee9-4HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning

2017Tennessee4-8HC: Butch Jones · Run-leaning, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Strength: sacks (93rd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles for loss#162 / 2682 · 93rd pct

10.0

Sacks#172 / 2682 · 93rd pct

4.5

QB hurries#188 / 2682 · 91st pct

Tackles#560 / 2682 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#885 / 2682 · 66th pct

Passes defended#1090 / 2682 · 49th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2017 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.3	1.2	0.5	0.0
Road5g	5.0	0.3	0.2	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.8	1.2	0.8	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	3.3	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Josh Heupel

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	Tennessee	55	25	10.0	4.5	1	--	--
2016	Tennessee	61	37	4.0	0.0	1	1	--
Career		116	62	14.0	4.5	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 42–41

at Georgia Tech

18 TOT · 3 SOLO · 0 TFL

Edged out Georgia Tech on the road in a shootout.

With T. Daniel — 47 AVG · 70 LONG · 6 NO · Q. Dormady — 221 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 66.3 · 13 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week