Senior defensive lineman for Baylor. 2022: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
6′0″ · 299 lb · Waco, TX
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
Recruiting
DT recruit
No. 1263 nationally · Signed with Tulsa
Statement game12 tackles · 4.5 TFL · 2 sacksat Navy (FBS) · W 19-6
Top 0.1% tackles for loss game since 2021.
It’s so nice to know that our defense is still legit without its best playerr/CFB game thread · ▲ 3His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for Baylor. 2022: 0.5 sacks, 4 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.
Jaxon Player
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Across five seasons and two programs, two head coaches: Philip Montgomery and Dave Aranda. All-AAC in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. The receipt: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Oklahoma State — Week 5, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Baylor, 8 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.
His career
Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.
Career arc
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AAC · 2ND TEAM
All-AAC 2nd team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (21st 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 · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
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.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #360 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2022
W 38–35
at Oklahoma
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out Oklahoma on the road in a shootout.
With C. Williams — 192 rush yds (25 car) · 2 TD · I. Power — 42 AVG · 46 LONG · 4 NO
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 69-10vs UAlbany | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-26@ BYU | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 42-7vs Texas State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 25-36vs Oklahoma State | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 40-43@ West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 38-35@ Oklahoma | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 3-31vs Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 28-29vs TCU | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 27-38@ Texas | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 8 | 4.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Caleb Thomas’s 2022 season.
Matches Caleb on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Cameron Bariteau's graduate season at Colorado State (2023).
Matches Cameron on
Player DNA