#24

Jaden Keller

Senior linebacker for Virginia Tech. 2025: 50 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #24

6′3″ · 235 lb · Bristol, TN

CFB Index 35 · #420 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Virginia Tech for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 79th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

2.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 7 tackles, 1 TFL, vs Wake Forest

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Virginia Tech. 2025: 50 tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2021.

His career, year by year

Jaden Keller

LB · Virginia Tech · Sr · #24

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. He has spent four seasons in the Virginia Tech linebacker corps. The receipt on tape: 7 tackles, 1 TFL against Wake Forest, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Brent Pry — 19-30 over that span.

2022Virginia Tech3-8HC: Brent Pry · Balanced

2023Virginia Tech7-6HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2024Virginia Tech6-7HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

2025Virginia Tech3-9HC: Brent Pry · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #420 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Tackles#600 / 2975 · 79th pct

Solo tackles#902 / 2975 · 69th pct

Tackles for loss#1222 / 2975 · 56th pct

2.5

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd 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 · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Road4g	5.2	0.4	0.1	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

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #420 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #420 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-ACC

Based on 2025: #59 of 74 ACC LBs

How the All-ACC estimate is computed

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.

Career stats

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	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2025

W 23–21

at NC State

6 TOT · 5 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With T. Stewart — 174 rush yds (15 car) · N. Veltsistas — 44 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 52 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-24@ 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 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 Miami	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 7-27@ Virginia	6	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		50	22	2.5	0.5	—	1