Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 44-20@ Virginia Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17vs Kentucky | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#14
Jailen Ruth
Junior linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Hawthorne, FL · Hawthorne
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Vanderbilt)
Recruiting
3★
LB recruit
No. 1062 nationally · Signed with Vanderbilt
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 linebacker for Vanderbilt. 2025: 2 games with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Vanderbilt in 2023.
Jailen Ruth
Second year in the Vanderbilt linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Kentucky — Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Vanderbilt3-star out of Hawthorne
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Vanderbilt
NFL
NFL Draft
—
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Vanderbilt
DestinationTBD
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under Clark Lea — 17-9 over that span.
2024Vanderbilt7-6HC: Clark Lea · Run-heavy, slow tempo
2025Vanderbilt10-3HC: Clark Lea · Balanced, slow tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (7)
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: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Clark Lea
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
The secondary · Vanderbilt
- #8C.J. Heard71 tackles · 2025
- #7Ricardo Jones39 tackles · 2025
- #4Martel Hight35 tackles · 2025
- #1Dontae Carter33 tackles · 2025
- #14Jailen Ruth2 tackles · 2025
18 more on the roster · Vanderbilt team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology