Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 0-34@ Air Force | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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Jamari Buddin
Sophomore linebacker for New Mexico State. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Ypsilanti, MI
Penn State 2022 alumnus
Recruiting
4★
LB recruit
No. 372 nationally · Signed with Penn State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for New Mexico State. 2026: 1 game with a box-score line.
- Signed as a 4-star recruit to Penn State in 2021.
Jamari Buddin
Second year in the New Mexico State linebacker corps, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 1 tackles against Air Force — Week 1, 2026.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- seasons on the roster
- game log
How it ended
Two seasons at Penn State, 12 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
2021
- Signed with Penn State4-star out of Belleville
2023
- Entered the portal
2024
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★★
CFB
College
Penn State
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2021–2022
2 coaches2021
New Mexico State
Coaching transition mid-career: Doug Martin → Jerry Kill. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under James Franklin — 18-8 over that span.
2021Penn State7-6HC: James Franklin · Balanced
2022Penn State11-2HC: James Franklin · Run-leaning
Splits & context
Splits
Per-game splits
Through 1 game: 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
Tony Sanchez
Pass share
52.3%
101 pass / 92 run
Plays / game
64.3
3 games
Team sack rate
3.7%
107 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Penn State | 8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 12 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology