#98

Jamel Fils-Aime

Senior defensive tackle for Troy. 2025: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

DT · Troy · Sr. · #98

6′3″ · 345 lb · Enterprise, AL

CFB Index 71 · #68 of 330 interior linemenLow confidenceReturning to Troy for 2026

How he plays

Wins his gap play after play.

Sacks: 89th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

sacks · 2025

4 TFL · 24 tackles · 1 hurries

Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 1 tackles, at James Madison

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive tackle for Troy. 2025: 3 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 24 tackles.

His career, year by year

Jamel Fils-Aime

DT · Troy · Sr · #98

Wins his gap play after play. He has spent two seasons in the Troy defensive front. The receipt: 4 tackles against Arkansas State — Week 10, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2 seasons under Gerad Parker — 12-14 over that span.

2024Troy4-8HC: Gerad Parker · Run-leaning

2025Troy8-6HC: Gerad Parker · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

71Quality starter #68 of 330?

Low confidenceBreakout6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: passes defended (18th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#291 / 2975 · 89th pct

3.0

Tackles for loss#736 / 2975 · 73rd pct

4.0

QB hurries#1007 / 2975 · 55th pct

Tackles#1737 / 2975 · 40th pct

Solo tackles#2127 / 2975 · 26th 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 · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home5g	2.8	0.4	0.4	0.0
Road5g	2.0	0.4	0.2	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.4	0.4	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	2.4	0.4	0.4	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Gerad Parker

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

71 · #68 of 330 interior linemen

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #7 of 15 Sun Belt DTs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. 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	Troy	24	9	4.0	3.0	--	--	--
2024	Troy	18	8	3.5	0.0	--	--	--
Career		42	17	7.5	3.0	--	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	L 16-27@ Clemson	3	3	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 3	L 7-28vs Memphis	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 4	W 21-17@ Buffalo	2	1	1.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	W 31-24vs South Alabama	3	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 9	W 35-23vs Louisiana	3	1	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	L 10-23vs Arkansas State	4	1	0.0	0.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 12	L 0-33@ Old Dominion	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 13	W 31-19vs Georgia State	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 15	L 14-31@ James Madison	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Bowl	L 13-17@ Jacksonville State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		24	9	4.0	3.0	—

How he plays

Play style

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

10 games

24Tackles

9Solo

4TFL

3Sacks

0Pass def.

0INT

24 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 TFL.

Week 61 sack
Week 131 sack
Week 151 sack

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.

2026 Outlook

Troy

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive tackle · Troy

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -13 net (14 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Troy · Last season: 8-6 · Talent rank #96 · 2026 recruiting class #76

DNA match

Player DNA

Two-Gap Base

Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.

IDL

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Keondre Coburn’s 2022 season.

Keondre Coburn

81%match

Texas · 2022

NFL Rd 6

Adonis Friloux

Tulane · 2024

77%

Gary Smith III

UCLA · 2023

75%

Joseph Evans

UTSA · 2023

74%

Matches Keondre on

Weight

TFL rate

Sack rate

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Darrell Jackson's sophomore season at Miami (2022).

Darrell Jackson

77%match

Miami · 2022

NFL Rd 3 · Pk 18

Dion Novil

North Texas · 2021

All-Conference USA

75%

Justin Rogers

Kentucky · 2021

74%

Dontay Corleone

Cincinnati · 2023

All-Big 12

71%

Quientrail Jamison-Travis

Auburn · 2024

71%

Matches Darrell on

Class year

Weight

Sack rate

Differs from Darrell on

Height (lower)

Hurry rate (higher)

Player DNA

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