#13

Jahron Manning

Senior safety for Mississippi State. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 91 tackles.

S · Mississippi State · Sr. · #13

5′10″ · 195 lb · New Orleans, LA

CFB Index 74 · #77 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to Mississippi State for 2026

How he plays

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.

Tackles: 97th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interception · 2025

5 PBU · 91 tackles · 4 TFL

Best game: 1 INT, 3 PBU, 6 tackles, vs Tennessee

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Mississippi State. 2025: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 91 tackles.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Old Dominion in 2024.
Transferred from Old Dominion to Mississippi State in 2025.

His career, year by year

Jahron Manning

S · Mississippi State · Sr · #13

Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Across two seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Ricky Rahne and Jeff Lebby. 2024 brought the first one: All-Sun Belt. The receipt on tape: 14 tackles, 2 TFL against Texas, Week 9, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2024Old Dominion5-7HC: Ricky Rahne · Run-leaning

2025Mississippi State5-8HC: Jeff Lebby · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

74Quality starter #77 of 544?

Medium confidence7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (97th percentile). Strength: passes defended (91st percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#81 / 2975 · 97th pct

Passes defended#218 / 2975 · 91st pct

Solo tackles#322 / 2975 · 89th pct

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home8g	7.2	0.5	0.0	0.6
Road5g	6.6	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	6.6	0.1	0.0	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	7.5	0.5	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

74 · #77 of 544 safeties

Two-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-SEC

Based on 2025: #4 of 28 SEC Ss

How the All-SEC 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	Mississippi State	91	36	4.0	0.0	5	1	--
2024	Old Dominion	85	34	5.5	0.5	3	3	--
Career		176	70	9.5	0.5	8	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2025

W 38–35

at Arkansas

4 TOT · 3 SOLO

Edged out Arkansas on the road in a shootout.

With B. Shapen — 242 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 72.2 · 16 rush yds (10 car) · A. Evans III — 16 rush yds (1 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-17@ Southern Miss	4	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 24-20vs Arizona State	9	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	W 63-0vs Alcorn State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 38-10vs Northern Illinois	7	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 34-41vs Tennessee	6	1	0.0	1	3
Wk 6	L 9-31@ Texas A&M	13	6	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 21-23@ Florida	6	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 38-45vs Texas	14	8	2.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 10	W 38-35@ Arkansas	4	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 21-41vs Georgia	6	5	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 27-49@ Missouri	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	L 19-38vs Ole Miss	9	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 29-43vs Wake Forest	6	3	1.0	—	1
Total		91	36	4.0	1	5

How he plays

Play style

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

91Tackles

36Solo

4TFL

0Sacks

5Pass def.

1INT

91 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 11 PD
Week 21 PD
Week 53 PD · 1 INT

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

Mississippi State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Safety · Mississippi State

Returning around him

2 Mississippi State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -12 net (28 in / 40 out)

2026 Award watch

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

Mississippi State · Last season: 5-8 · Talent rank #20 · 2026 recruiting class #23

DNA match

Player DNA

Box Safety

Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Christian Izien’s 2022 season.

Christian Izien

86%match

Rutgers · 2022

Shawn Asbury II

Old Dominion · 2023

84%

Anthony Wilson

Georgia Southern · 2022

81%

AG McGhee

Arkansas State · 2025

79%

Rod Heard II

Northwestern · 2023

79%

Matches Christian on

Tackle volume

Height

Weight

Differs from Christian on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Tanner Ingle's sophomore season at NC State (2021).

Tanner Ingle

85%match

NC State · 2021

All-ACC

Jordan Lee

Nevada · 2021

84%

Rashad Wisdom

UTSA · 2021

All-AAC

83%

Tywan Francis

Colorado State · 2021

82%

Angelo Grose

Michigan State · 2021

81%

Matches Tanner on

Class year

TFL rate

PD rate

Player DNA

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Will Jones II

North Texas · 2025

81%

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

Jahron Manning

202411 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Box Safety

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