Former linebacker at Purdue. 2022: 48 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
6′3″ · 220 lb · Detroit, MI
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
ATH recruit
No. 837 nationally · Signed with Cass Technical
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former linebacker at Purdue. 2022: 48 tackles, 5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.
Jalen Graham
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. This is his fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Purdue. In 2021 the league put his name on paper for the first time: Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 9 tackles, 1 TFL against Maryland — Week 6, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Purdue, 162 tackles — drafted at #255 overall by San Francisco.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Jeff Brohm.
Where He Ended Up · NFL
San FranciscoEntering 4th NFL season
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 23-22 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (86th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 |
| Road4g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 5.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Barry Odom
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
our read surprisingly productive for a linebacker with no award recognition yet — top-1% passes broken up, top-5% solo-tackle rate.2022 profile
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #237 at the position.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 31-35vs Penn State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | W 31-29@ Maryland | 9 | 9 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 43-37vs Nebraska | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-35@ Wisconsin | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 3-24vs Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | W 31-24@ Illinois | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 17-9vs Northwestern | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 30-16@ Indiana | 8 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 48 | 34 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 5 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
48 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 5 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.
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Jalen Graham’s 2021 season.
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As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Ryan Watts's senior season at Texas (2022).
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Player DNA