Jarrod Hewitt: DL · Virginia Tech · #5.
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Jarrod Hewitt
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Four seasons in the Virginia Tech defensive front to date. The first one came in 2020: All-ACC. A game that shows it: 5 tackles and 2.5 sacks against Miami — Week 11, 2020.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 7.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 31 | 13 | 7.5 | 5.5 | -- |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 33 | 15 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 1 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 15 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2017 | Virginia Tech | 13 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| Career | 92 | 42 | 16.5 | 9.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2020 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 5 | W 38-31@ Duke | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 45-56@ No. 8 North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 40-14vs Boston College | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 16-23@ Wake Forest | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 35-38vs No. 25 Liberty | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 24-25vs No. 9 Miami | 5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 12 | L 14-47@ Pittsburgh | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 10-45vs No. 4 Clemson | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 33-15vs Virginia | 4 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 31 | 13 | 7.5 | 5.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
24%8 TFLSack rate
18%6 sacksHurry rate
3%1 hurry31 tackles · 7.5 for loss · 5.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Justin Fuente — 28-22 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2020 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-73g | 2.7 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Justin Fuente
Pass share
34.8%
250 pass / 469 run
Plays / game
65.4
11 games
Team sack rate
7.8%
282 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2020
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
How it ended
Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 10 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 39 games over four seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-ACC
All-ACC mention (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2020
1 coachPlayed every college season under Justin Fuente.
