Jarrod Hewitt

Senior defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

DL · Virginia Tech · Sr. · #5

6′1″ · 280 lb · Venice, FL

All-ConferenceVirginia Tech 2020 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

DT recruit

No. 1249 nationally · Signed with Virginia Tech

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Virginia Tech. 2020: 5.5 sacks, 7.5 tackles for loss, 31 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Virginia Tech in 2016.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Virginia Tech, 10 sacks — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

2016

Signed with Virginia Tech3-star out of Venice

20209 games

All-ACCthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1249 national

CFB

College

Virginia Tech

2017–2020

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🎖

ALL-ACC

All-ACC mention (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2017–2020

1 coach

2017–2020

Justin Fuente

Virginia Tech

Played his entire career under Justin Fuente.

2020 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Justin Fuente — 28-22 over that span.

2017Virginia Tech9-4HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2018Virginia Tech6-7HC: Justin Fuente · Run-leaning

2019Virginia Tech8-5HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

2020Virginia Tech5-6HC: Justin Fuente · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: sacks (98th percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: passes defended (21st percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#42 / 2211 · 98th pct

5.5

Tackles for loss#147 / 2211 · 93rd pct

7.5

QB hurries#468 / 2211 · 69th pct

Tackles#745 / 2211 · 66th pct

Solo tackles#1148 / 2211 · 46th pct

Passes defended#1276 / 2211 · 21st 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

2020 season · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

James Franklin

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

Awards

Player standing · 2020

All-Conference

Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Game log · Week-by-week