#44

Jack Pyburn

Senior defensive end for LSU. 2025: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

DE · LSU · Sr. · #44

6′4″ · 264 lb · Jacksonville, FL

CFB Index 56 · #174 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to LSU for 2026

How he plays

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

6 TFL · 51 tackles · 4 hurries

Best game: 1 TFL, 5 tackles, at Ole Miss

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive end for LSU. 2025: 2 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 51 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Florida in 2022.
Transferred from Florida to LSU in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jack Pyburn

DE · LSU · Sr · #44

Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Jack Pyburn has played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Oklahoma, Week 14, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Florida6-7HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning

2023Florida5-7HC: Billy Napier · Balanced

2024Florida8-5HC: Billy Napier · Run-leaning, slow tempo

2025LSU7-6HC: Frank Wilson · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

56Quality starter #174 of 420?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#579 / 2975 · 80th pct

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Solo tackles#1252 / 2975 · 56th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th 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

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.5	0.3	0.1
Road5g	4.4	0.5	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.0	0.5	0.2	0.2
Weeks 8+6g	4.5	0.5	0.1	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lane Kiffin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

56 · #174 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #174 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #9 of 16 SEC DEs

How the All-SEC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	LSU	51	17	6.0	2.0	2	--	--
2024	Florida	60	20	4.0	1.0	--	1	--
2023	Florida	17	6	1.0	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Florida	2	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		130	45	11.0	3.0	2	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025

W 17–10

at Clemson

1 PD · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 on the road.

With G. Chadwick — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 52 LONG · G. Nussmeier — 232 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR -1.0 · 2 rush yds (4 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 17-10@ Clemson	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 23-7vs Louisiana Tech	4	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 3	W 20-10vs Florida	5	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 56-10vs SE Louisiana	2	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	L 19-24@ Ole Miss	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 20-10vs South Carolina	6	2	0.5	0.5	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 8	L 24-31@ Vanderbilt	4	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 25-49vs Texas A&M	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 9-20@ Alabama	5	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 23-22vs Arkansas	6	3	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 13-10vs Western Kentucky	1	0	0.5	0.5	—	1
Wk 14	L 13-17@ Oklahoma	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		51	17	6.0	2.0	—	2

How he plays

Play style

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

12 games

51Tackles

17Solo

6TFL

2Sacks

2Pass def.

0INT

51 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 20.5 sacks
Week 40.5 sacks
Week 70.5 sacks
Week 130.5 sacks · 1 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

LSU

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive end · LSU

Returning around him

7 LSU players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (44 in / 41 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

LSU · Last season: 7-6 (AP #20) · Talent rank #8 · 2026 recruiting class #11

DNA match

Player DNA

Versatile End

No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Sekai Asoau-Afoa’s 2023 season.

Sekai Asoau-Afoa

87%match

Washington · 2023

Caden Curry

Ohio State · 2022

NFL Rd 6

85%

Pierce Oppong

Northern Illinois · 2024

84%

Dylan Wudke

Kansas · 2024

82%

Kristin Booth

Southern Miss · 2022

82%

Matches Sekai on

TFL rate

Weight

Height

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Kechaun Bennett's senior season at UCLA (2025).

Kechaun Bennett

93%match

UCLA · 2025

Jahfari Harvey

Miami · 2023

91%

Kameron Olds

Kentucky · 2025

86%

Matt Harmon

Kent State · 2024

86%

Thomas Witte

Nevada · 2025

86%

Matches Kechaun on

Class year

Height

Sack rate

Player DNA

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Florida · 2024

92%

Cade Denhoff

Clemson · 2025

84%

Keyron Crawford

Auburn · 2024

83%

Cameron Brandt

Michigan · 2025

82%

Brady Nassar

San Diego State · 2025

82%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2022

202512 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Versatile End

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