Jaden Keller is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Virginia Tech.
Keller is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Four seasons in the Virginia Tech linebacker corps to date. On tape: 7 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Wake Forest, Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Virginia Tech | 50 | 22 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 83 | 35 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 22 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 24 | 13 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 179 | 77 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 11-24vs No. 13 South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-44vs Vanderbilt | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 26-45vs Old Dominion | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-6vs Wofford | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-21@ NC State | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 23-30vs Wake Forest | 7 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 42-34vs California | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 16-28vs No. 16 Louisville | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-34@ Florida State | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 17-34vs No. 14 Miami | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 7-27@ No. 17 Virginia | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | 22 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
50tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
1%0 sacksPD rate
2%1 pass breakups50 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 6.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 4.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
42.0%
319 pass / 441 run
Plays / game
63.3
12 games
Team sack rate
8.0%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
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 #420 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #59 of 74 ACC 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%).
A stat line in 40 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, Brent Pry, and Philip Montgomery. Multi-era developmental context.
