Jaishawn Barham: LB · Michigan · #1.
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Jaishawn Barham
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Mike Locksley, Sherrone Moore and Biff Poggi. On tape: 6 tackles and 2 sacks against Central Michigan, Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
32 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 10 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-17vs New Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-24@ No. 18 Oklahoma | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 63-3vs Central Michigan | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | 0 | 2 sacks |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ Nebraska | 4 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-31@ USC | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-7vs Washington | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20@ Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-22vs Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-20@ Maryland | 4 | 3 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-27vs No. 1 Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 32 | 21 | 10.0 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Week 4 · 2025
W 30-27
at Nebraska
1 sack · 2 tackles for loss · 4 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
32tackles this seasonTFL rate
31%10 TFLSack rate
12%4 sacksPD rate
12%4 pass breakups32 tackles · 10 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Biff Poggi
Pass share
40.9%
340 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
64.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-1% tackles behind the line, top-1% passes broken up.2025 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #120 at the position.
One of 52 players who were elite at two different things in 2025. See the others ›
How it ended
Four seasons, at Maryland and Michigan, 189 tackles — drafted at #92 overall by the Dallas Cowboys.
A stat line in 46 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Locksley and Sherrone Moore.
Next stop · NFL
Dallas Cowboys2026 NFL rookie season
Dallas Cowboys2026 NFL rookie season
