Jared Dawson is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Notre Dame.
Dawson disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. On tape: 4 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Syracuse, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
20 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 20 | 10 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Louisville | 19 | 11 | 6.5 | 4.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Louisville | 13 | 7 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2022 | Louisville | 15 | 9 | 3.0 | 2.5 | -- |
| 2021 | Louisville | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 69 | 38 | 17.0 | 9.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-27@ No. 10 Miami | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 40-41vs No. 16 Texas A&M | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7vs Boise State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 36-7vs NC State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-24vs No. 20 USC | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-10@ Boston College | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-10vs Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 37-15@ No. 23 Pittsburgh | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 70-7vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 49-20@ Stanford | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 20 | 10 | 3.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
18%4 TFLSack rate
2%0 sacksHurry rate
20%4 hurries20 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 0.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Pass share
44.0%
321 pass / 409 run
Plays / game
60.8
12 games
Team sack rate
3.4%
349 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #354 at the position.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Scott Satterfield, Jeff Brohm and Marcus Freeman.
