Jalen Smith is a linebacker who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Hawai'i.
Smith is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Hawai'i. One game to point at: 8 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Colorado State — Week 8, 2025.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 23-20vs Stanford | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 6-40@ Arizona | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 37-20vs Sam Houston | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 23-3vs Portland State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 21-23vs Fresno State | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 44-35@ Air Force | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 44-26vs Utah State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 31-19@ Colorado State | 8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 8 tackles |
| Wk 10 | L 38-45@ San José State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 10-38@ UNLV | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-7vs Wyoming | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 35-31vs California | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 54 | 23 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%2 TFLSack rate
2%1 sackPD rate
4%2 pass breakups54 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1 sack.
3 seasons under Timmy Chang — 19-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 4.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-78g | 4.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 5.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Timmy Chang
Pass share
60.2%
540 pass / 357 run
Plays / game
69.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #24 of 45 Mountain West LBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Timmy Chang.
