Senior linebacker for Iowa. 2025: 41 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′2″ · 237 lb · Urbandale, IA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.
QB hurries: 72nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
2 TFL · 1 sacks
Best game: 4 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Indiana
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 linebacker for Iowa. 2025: 41 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Jaden Harrell
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Iowa linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Rutgers — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Kirk Ferentz.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 27-13 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (18th 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 6.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kirk Ferentz
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #426 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #57 of 72 Big Ten LBs
15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs UAlbany | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-16@ Iowa State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 47-7vs Massachusetts | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-28@ Rutgers | 9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 15-20vs Indiana | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 25-24vs Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-26@ USC | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 20-17vs Michigan State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 40-16@ Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 41 | 21 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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.
2026 Outlook
Iowa
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Iowa
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Iowa · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #44 · 2026 recruiting class #26
Player DNA
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Devyn Curtis’s 2023 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Jay Higgins's junior season at Iowa (2022).
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Player DNA