#93

Jaelen Crider

Senior defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

DL · Louisiana · Sr. · #93

6′3″ · 310 lb · Stow, OH

CFB Index 59 · #159 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Louisiana for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 8 pm ETvs UABCajun FieldLouisiana by 7.5

The numbers

2.5

sacks · 2025

3.5 TFL · 25 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 6 tackles, at Arkansas State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Louisiana. 2025: 2.5 sacks, 3.5 tackles for loss, 25 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Toledo in 2020.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 85th percentile.

The full scouting read

Jaelen Crider

DL · Louisiana · Sr · #93

Wins his gap play after play. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Jason Candle and Michael Desormeaux. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1 sacks against Arkansas State — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021Toledo7-6HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning

2025Louisiana6-7HC: Michael Desormeaux · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

59Quality starter #159 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (85th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#389 / 2975 · 85th pct

2.5

Tackles for loss#866 / 2975 · 69th pct

3.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Solo tackles#1622 / 2975 · 44th pct

Tackles#1667 / 2975 · 43rd 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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0
Road7g	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.1

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	1.7	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	2.2	0.3	0.2	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Michael Desormeaux

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

59 · #159 of 420 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #159 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #15 of 48 Sun Belt DLs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. 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	Louisiana	25	13	3.5	2.5	1	--	--
2021	Toledo	2	1	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		27	14	3.5	2.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 34–10

vs McNeese

1 SOLO · 1 TOT

Dominant 24-point win at home against McNeese.

With B. Davis — 132 rush yds (19 car) · 2 TD · R. Williams — 2 rec · 18 yds

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 12-14vs Rice	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 34-10vs McNeese	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 10-52@ Missouri	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan	5	0	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 5	W 54-51vs Marshall	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 14-24@ James Madison	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 10-22vs Southern Miss	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 23-35@ Troy	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 31-22@ South Alabama	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 42-39vs Texas State	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 34-30@ Arkansas State	6	2	1.0	1.0	—	1	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	W 30-27vs UL Monroe	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 13-20@ Delaware	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	13	3.5	2.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

25Tackles

13Solo

3.5TFL

2.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

25 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 40.5 sacks
Week 131 sack · 1 PD

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

Louisiana

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive line · Louisiana

Returning around him

1 Louisiana player drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (5 in / 8 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Louisiana · Last season: 6-7 · Talent rank #99 · 2026 recruiting class #91

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Coziah Izzard’s 2021 season.

Coziah Izzard

91%match

Penn State · 2021

Terry Webb

SMU · 2025

90%

Kurott Garland

Tennessee · 2023

90%

Tommy Dunn

Kansas · 2025

89%

Iman Oates

Oklahoma State · 2024

88%

Matches Coziah on

TFL rate

Height

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Mason Narcisse's graduate season at Louisiana (2024).

Mason Narcisse

86%match

Louisiana · 2024

Anthony Hawkins

Bowling Green · 2024

All-MAC

80%

Darius Alexander

Toledo · 2024

All-MACNFL Rd 3 · Pk 1

78%

Keyon Ware-Hudson

Oregon · 2024

78%

Alex Huntley

South Carolina · 2024

78%

Matches Mason on

TFL rate

Sack rate

Hurry rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Jaelen Crider

Terry Webb

SMU · 2025

90%

Tommy Dunn

Kansas · 2025

89%

Sawyer Goram-Welch

Coastal Carolina · 2025

84%

The defensive line · Louisiana

Jordan LawsonDE · Sr.14.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#93Jaelen CriderDL · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#90Kadarius MillerDL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#68Fitzgerald West Jr.DL · Sr.2 tackles for loss · 2025
#95Maxie Baudoin IVDL · Sr.1 tackle for loss · 2025

13 more on the roster · Louisiana team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

2020

2022

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base

Players who play like Jaelen Crider

The defensive line · Louisiana