#90

Jalen Hunt

Senior defensive lineman for Cincinnati. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

DL · Cincinnati · Sr. · #90

6′2″ · 315 lb · Belleville, MI

CFB Index 52 · #201 of 420 edge rushersLow confidenceReturning to Cincinnati for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 91st percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

3.5

sacks · 2025

6 TFL · 26 tackles

Best game: 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 6 tackles, vs Iowa State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Cincinnati. 2025: 3.5 sacks, 6 tackles for loss, 26 tackles.

Transferred from Michigan State to Houston in 2023.

His career, year by year

Jalen Hunt

DL · Cincinnati · Sr · #90

Wins his gap play after play. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Mel Tucker and Scott Satterfield. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles, 2 sacks against Iowa State, Week 6, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020Michigan State2-5HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2021Michigan State11-2HC: Mel Tucker · Run-leaning

2022Michigan State5-7HC: Mel Tucker · Balanced

2023Cincinnati3-9HC: Scott Satterfield · Run-leaning

2025Cincinnati7-6HC: Scott Satterfield · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

52Rotational starter #201 of 420?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (85th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#233 / 2975 · 91st pct

3.5

Tackles for loss#406 / 2975 · 85th pct

6.0

Tackles#1609 / 2975 · 45th pct

Solo tackles#1996 / 2975 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Passes defended#1916 / 2975 · 18th pct

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

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.7	0.6	0.5	0.0
Road4g	1.8	0.4	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	2.7	0.4	0.3	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.0	0.7	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scott Satterfield

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

52 · #201 of 420 edge rushers

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #14 of 35 Big 12 DLs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Cincinnati	26	10	6.0	3.5	--	--	--
2023	Cincinnati	3	1	0.5	0.0	--	--	--
2022	Michigan State	9	5	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2021	Michigan State	5	3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2020	Michigan State	3	3	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		46	22	8.5	3.5	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 6 · 2025

W 38–30

vs Iowa State

6 TOT · 3 SOLO · 2 SACKS

Edged out Iowa State at home in a shootout.

With B. Sorsby — 214 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 86.0 · 64 rush yds (9 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 41 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 60 LONG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 17-20vs Nebraska	3	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 2	W 34-20vs Bowling Green	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	W 37-34@ Kansas	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 38-30vs Iowa State	6	3	2.0	2.0	—	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 7	W 20-11vs UCF	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	W 49-17@ Oklahoma State	1	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 9	W 41-20vs Baylor	3	1	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 10	L 14-45@ Utah	2	0	0.5	0.0	—
Wk 12	L 24-30vs Arizona	2	1	1.5	1.0	—
Wk 14	L 23-45@ TCU	2	0	0.0	0.0	—
Bowl	L 13-35vs Navy	2	2	0.0	0.0	—
Total		26	10	6.0	3.5	—

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jalen Hunt

20233 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Two-Gap Base