Jaden Harrell is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Iowa.
Harrell is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Iowa linebacker corps. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Rutgers — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 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 No. 11 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@ No. 17 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
41tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
0%0 pass breakups41 tackles · 2 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Kirk Ferentz — 27-13 over that span.
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
Pass share
36.6%
286 pass / 495 run
Plays / game
60.1
13 games
Team sack rate
6.2%
288 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist 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
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Kirk Ferentz.
