Jahron Manning is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Mississippi State.
Manning plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Ricky Rahne and Jeff Lebby. The first one came in 2024: All-Sun Belt. On tape: 14 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Texas, Week 9, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
91 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 4 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17@ Southern Miss | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 24-20vs No. 12 Arizona State | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-0vs Alcorn State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 38-10vs Northern Illinois | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 34-41vs No. 15 Tennessee | 6 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | |
| Wk 6 | L 9-31@ No. 6 Texas A&M | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 21-23@ Florida | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 38-45vs No. 22 Texas | 14 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35@ Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 21-41vs No. 5 Georgia | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 27-49@ Missouri | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-38vs No. 6 Ole Miss | 9 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 29-43vs Wake Forest | 6 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 91 | 36 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
5%5 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
91tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%4 TFL91 tackles · 4 for loss · 5 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.4 | 0.4 | 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
Head Coach
Jeff Lebby
Pass share
41.8%
390 pass / 543 run
Plays / game
71.8
13 games
Team sack rate
9.4%
413 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
91 tackles in 13 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.
2026 outlook
In the mix for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #4 of 28 SEC Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 35% of returning players who ranked #4–10 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 31–38%).
Honored in a first season.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SUN BELT
All-Sun Belt mention (2024)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2024)
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Ricky Rahne and Jeff Lebby.
