Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-21vs Ohio | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 2 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 56-7vs Bowling Green | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 |
#44
Jahsear Whittington
Sophomore defensive tackle for Nebraska. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′0″ · 270 lb · Philadelphia, PA · Imhotep Institute / Pitt
Transferred Pittsburgh → Nebraska for 2026
The numbers
0.5
sacks · 2026
0.5 TFL · 4 tackles · 3 hurries
2 games into 2026 so far -- Best game: 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 2 tackles, vs Ohio
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 defensive tackle for Nebraska. 2026: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Pittsburgh in 2024.
- Transferred from Pittsburgh to Nebraska in 2026.
Jahsear Whittington
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across three seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Pat Narduzzi and Matt Rhule. The receipt: 2 tackles against Bowling Green — Week 2, 2026.
4 TACKLES · 0.5 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with Pittsburgh3-star out of Imhotep Institute
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
1 coach2024–2026
Nebraska
Played his entire career under Matt Rhule.
Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to Nebraska
2025Pittsburgh
2026Nebraska
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Pittsburgh7-6HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2025Pittsburgh8-5HC: Pat Narduzzi · Balanced
2026Nebraska2-0HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: qb hurries (99th percentile). Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 2.0 TKL/g, 0.2 TFL/g, 0.2 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Matt Rhule
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nebraska | 4 | -- | 0.5 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2025 | Pittsburgh | 12 | 7 | 3.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 20 | 9 | 4.5 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 56–7
2 TOT · 2 QB HUR
Dominant 49-point win at home against Bowling Green.
With A. Colandrea — 222 yds · 4 TD · 1 INT · QBR 52.8 · 33 rush yds (4 car) · J. Barney Jr. — 8 rec · 115 yds · 2 TD
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
IDL
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Darian Blachewicz’s 2025 season.
68%match
Matches Darian on
Class year
Sack rate
TFL rate
Differs from Darian on
Height (lower)
Hurry rate (higher)
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Roosevelt Andrews III's sophomore season at Miami (OH) (2025).
64%match
Matches Roosevelt on
Sack rate
Hurry rate
Differs from Roosevelt on
Class year (lower)
Height (lower)
TFL rate (higher)
The defensive line · Nebraska
- #93Kade Pietrzak6 tackles for loss · 2025
- #96Williams Nwaneri5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #44Jahsear Whittington3.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #5Riley Van Poppel2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
- #11Cameron Lenhardt2.5 tackles for loss · 2025
16 more on the roster · Nebraska team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology