Jahkeem Stewart

Sophomore defensive end for USC. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

DE · USC · So. · #4

6′5″ · 295 lb · Reserve, LA · Edna Karr HS

CFB Index 53 · #194 of 420 edge rushersMedium confidenceReturning to USC for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat RutgersSHI StadiumUSC by 24.5

How he plays

Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack.

Tackles for loss: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

1.5

sacks · 2025

7.5 TFL · 18 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Northwestern

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2 defensive end for USC. 2025: 1.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 18 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to USC in 2025.
DL Jahkeem Stewart out with foot injury (Aug 22) Reported

The full story, with sources

Jahkeem Stewart

DE · USC · So · #4

Bull-rushes through contact at the point of attack. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Oregon — Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025USC9-4HC: Lincoln Riley · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #194 of 420?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#234 / 2975 · 91st pct

7.5

Sacks#707 / 2975 · 74th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Solo tackles#1855 / 2975 · 35th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Tackles#2161 / 2975 · 26th pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th 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
Home6g	1.5	0.9	0.2	0.0
Road5g	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	1.6	1.0	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+6g	1.7	0.4	0.2	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Lincoln Riley

Pass share

46.0%

97 pass / 114 run

Plays / game

70.3

3 games

Team sack rate

2.0%

102 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Run-leaning.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #194 of 420 edge rushers

Former four-star. Now #194 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Big Ten

Based on 2025: #6 of 11 Big Ten DEs

How the All-Big Ten estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	USC	18	11	7.5	1.5	--	1	--
Career		18	11	7.5	1.5	--	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 26–21

vs Iowa

4 YDS · 1 INT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 at home.

With J. Maiava — 254 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 88.7 · 11 rush yds (5 car) · M. Lemon — 1 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 2	W 59-20vs Georgia Southern	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 33-17@ Purdue	2	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-31vs Michigan State	3	2	2.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 3 tackles
Wk 5	L 32-34@ Illinois	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 31-13vs Michigan	1	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 24-34@ Notre Dame	2	1	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 21-17@ Nebraska	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 38-17vs Northwestern	2	2	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 26-21vs Iowa	—	—	—	—	1	—
Wk 13	L 27-42@ Oregon	3	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 29-10vs UCLA	2	1	0.5	0.5	—	0
Total		18	11	7.5	1.5	1	0

How he plays

Play style

Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

18Tackles

11Solo

7.5TFL

1.5Sacks

0Pass def.

1INT

18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 7.5 TFL.

Week 111 sack
Week 121 INT
Week 140.5 sacks

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

USC

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · USC

Returning around him

3 USC players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -13 net (9 in / 22 out)

2026 Award watch

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

USC · Last season: 9-4 (AP #16) · Talent rank #9 · 2026 recruiting class #1

DNA match

Player DNA

Power Rusher

Bull-rushes through contact, winning with size and length at the point of attack.

EDGE

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Tyler Lacy’s 2021 season.

Tyler Lacy

61%match

Oklahoma State · 2021

NFL Rd 4

Xavier Ross

Oklahoma State · 2023

61%

Bralen Trice

Washington · 2021

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 10

54%

Chase Bond

NC State · 2025

49%

Matches Tyler on

Sack rate

Height

TFL rate

Differs from Tyler on

Class year (lower)

Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Leonard Taylor's freshman season at Miami (2021).

Leonard Taylor

67%match

Miami · 2021

Kade Pietrzak

Nebraska · 2025

61%

Yvan Kemajou

Penn State · 2025

56%

Dakyus Brinkley

Kansas · 2025

48%

London Merritt

Colorado · 2025

46%

Matches Leonard on

Sack rate

Weight

TFL rate

Differs from Leonard on

Height (higher)

Class year (lower)

Background

2026: Stewart, a Freshman All-American, looks to build on an impressive foundation and return to the field, healthy and ready to compete on the defensive line in 2026. 2025: Stewart, who enrolled at USC in the spring of 2025 after reclassifying and forgoing his senior year of high school, had a s...

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The defensive line · USC

#1Kameryn FountainDE · Jr.10.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#4Jahkeem StewartDT · So.7.5 tackles for loss · 2025
#10Braylan ShelbyDE · Sr.6 tackles for loss · 2025
#97Jide AbasiriDT · Jr.4 tackles for loss · 2025
#18Zuriah FisherDE · Sr.3.5 tackles for loss · 2025

16 more on the roster · USC team page

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

Jahkeem Stewart

Country hotter than the fans

202511 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Power Rusher

Background

The defensive line · USC