Jahdae Barron: DB · Texas · #7.
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Jahdae Barron
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Texas. Another came in 2024: All-America (Consensus). A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Arizona State — Bowl, 2024.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
67 tackles. 10 passes defended. 5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 31
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Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 16 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 52-0vs Colorado State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 31-12@ No. 10 Michigan | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 56-7vs UTSA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 51-3vs UL Monroe | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs Mississippi State | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-3vs No. 18 Oklahoma | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 15-30vs No. 5 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ No. 25 Vanderbilt | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-17vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10@ Arkansas | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-14vs Kentucky | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 17-7@ No. 20 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | L 19-22vs No. 5 Georgia | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bowl | W 38-24vs No. 13 Clemson | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
 Bowl | W 39-31vs No. 10 Arizona State | 11 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 14-28vs No. 6 Ohio State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 67 | 46 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
15%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
67tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%2 TFL67 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack · 10 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 16 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home8g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Road4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-79g | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 3.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Steve Sarkisian
Pass share
48.7%
541 pass / 570 run
Plays / game
69.4
16 games
Team sack rate
6.0%
584 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2024
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #5 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2024
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Five seasons at Texas, 210 tackles, the Jim Thorpe Award (2024) — drafted at #20 overall by the Denver Broncos.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2024)
8 first-team selectors
National awards
Thorpe
2024 season
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2022)
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Tom Herman → Steve Sarkisian. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Denver BroncosEntering 2nd NFL season
Denver BroncosEntering 2nd NFL season
