Senior linebacker for Stanford. 2022: 18 tackles.
6′3″ · 225 lb · Ham Lake, MN
The story
4 linebacker for Stanford. 2022: 18 tackles.
The record fills in as he plays.
His career, year by yearJason Kaul
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Second year in the Stanford linebacker corps, same address the whole way. The receipt: 7 tackles against BYU — Week 13, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Two seasons at Stanford, 19 tackles — his college career is complete.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
2 seasons under David Shaw — 6-18 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (4th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2022 season · 6 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home3g | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Road3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tavita Pritchard
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 6 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-10vs Colgate | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-45@ Oregon | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-38@ UCLA | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-52vs Washington State | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-42@ Utah | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 26-35vs BYU | 7 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 7 tackles |
| Total | 18 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Justin Abraham’s 2021 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Jeff Utzinger's sophomore season at Indiana (2025).
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Player DNA