Jamien Sherwood: DB · Auburn · #20.
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Jamien Sherwood
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Auburn: Gus Malzahn and Kevin Steele. On tape: 14 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Georgia, Week 5, 2020.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
65 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 3 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
Yahoo Sports Oct 26
USA Today Oct 18
On3 Oct 17Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 4 | W 29-13vs No. 23 Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-27@ No. 4 Georgia | 14 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 6 | W 30-28vs Arkansas | 8 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 22-30@ South Carolina | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 35-28@ Ole Miss | 11 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 48-11vs LSU | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 30-17vs Tennessee | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 13-42@ No. 1 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 20-31vs No. 5 Texas A&M | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 15 | W 24-10@ Mississippi State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 65 | 40 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 3 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
4%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL75 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups.
3 seasons under Gus Malzahn — 23-14 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 5.8 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road5g | 7.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 7.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kevin Steele
Pass share
48.4%
360 pass / 384 run
Plays / game
74.4
10 games
Team sack rate
5.3%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2020
75 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Three seasons at Auburn, 141 tackles — drafted at #146 overall by the New York Jets.
A stat line in 34 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Gus Malzahn.
Next stop · NFL
New York JetsEntering 6th NFL season
New York JetsEntering 6th NFL season
