Jarrett Jerrels: LB · Florida Atlantic · #44.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jarrett Jerrels
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches at Florida Atlantic: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman and Chad Lunsford. On tape: 7 tackles against South Florida, Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 1 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.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 25 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 33 | 19 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 43 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 10-16@ Michigan State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-24vs Army | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 38-20vs Florida International | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-10vs Wagner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | L 37-41vs North Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 24-38@ UTSA | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-44vs South Florida | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Wk 12 | L 15-18@ Temple | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-39vs Charlotte | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 63-16@ Tulsa | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 16 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksPD rate
4%1 pass breakups25 tackles · 1 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chad Lunsford
Pass share
43.4%
349 pass / 455 run
Plays / game
67.0
12 games
Team sack rate
7.5%
372 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 73 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Willie Taggart → Tom Herman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
