Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-14vs Rhode Island | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 9-27vs Penn State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
#17
Jaeden Gould
Senior safety on Temple's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 210 lb · Somerset, NJ · Bergen Catholic
CFB Index 24 · #477 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceTransferred UCF → Temple for 2026
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.
Recruiting
4★
CB recruit
No. 261 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety on Temple's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Nebraska in 2022.
- Transferred from UCF to Temple in 2026.
Jaeden Gould
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and three programs, four head coaches: Nunzio Campanile, Fran Brown, Scott Frost and K.C. Keeler. The receipt on tape: 3 tackles against Rhode Island, Week 1, 2026.
5 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
6 programs, one constant: he played.
2022
- Signed with Nebraska4-star out of Bergen Catholic
202310 games
- Entered the portal
20255 games
The snaps went the other way.
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
3 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Stan Drayton, Everett Withers, and K.C. Keeler. Multi-era developmental context.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Temple
2025UCF
2026Temple
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy
2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025UCF5-7HC: Scott Frost · Balanced
2026Temple1-1HC: K.C. Keeler · Run-heavy, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Medium confidence
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.5 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
K.C. Keeler
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2023
Rotational
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Production · CFB Index Score
24 · #477 of 538 safeties
Former four-star. Now #477 at the position.
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 38–14
vs Rhode Island
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 PD
Dominant 24-point win at home against Rhode Island.
With K. Mason — 158 rush yds (20 car) · 2 TD · J. Bermudez — 15 rush yds (1 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Hybrid Nickel
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
S
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Naquan Renalds’s 2020 season.
Matches Naquan on
TFL rate
PD rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Naquan Renalds's freshman season at Marshall (2020).
Matches Naquan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Player DNA
Players who play like Jaeden Gould
Background
Jaeden Gould's game-by-game stats 2026 (Redshirt Senior, Temple): Transferred to Temple in January. 2025 (Redshirt Junior, UCF): Appeared in all 12 games for the Knights, tallying five tackles, three of which were solo … blocked a punt and had season-high two tackles against NC A&T. 2024 (Redshir...
The secondary · Temple
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- #16Pooh Lawton23 tackles · 2025
- #24Saboor Karriem21 tackles · 2025
- #13Denzel Chavis10 tackles · 2025
- #17Jaeden Gould4 tackles · 2025
19 more on the roster · Temple team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology