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Jaxson Campbell

Senior linebacker for Navy. 2025: 44 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

LB · Navy · Sr. · #14

6′0″ · 202 lb · Thompsons Station, TN

CFB Index 35 · #422 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Navy for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

QB hurries: 88th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

tackles · 2025

2 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU

Best game: 5 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, vs VMI

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Navy. 2025: 44 tackles, 2 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Navy in 2021.

His career, year by year

Jaxson Campbell

LB · Navy · Sr · #14

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Third year in the Navy linebacker corps, same address the whole way. His first career honor landed in 2024: AAC Defensive Player of the Week. The receipt: 6 tackles against Notre Dame — Week 11, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
seasons on the roster
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Brian Newberry — 26-12 over that span.

2023Navy5-7HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2024Navy10-3HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2025Navy11-2HC: Brian Newberry · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

35Below cohort / limited sample #422 of 583?

High confidenceFading7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (88th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

QB hurries#288 / 2975 · 88th pct

Tackles#756 / 2975 · 74th pct

Solo tackles#959 / 2975 · 67th pct

Sacks#1367 / 2975 · 51st pct

0.5

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles for loss#1424 / 2975 · 47th pct

2.0

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

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	3.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Road6g	3.8	0.1	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	3.6	0.3	0.1	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Newberry

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

35 · #422 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #422 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #40 of 61 American Athletic LBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Navy	44	21	2.0	0.5	1	--	--
2024	Navy	58	34	5.0	2.5	4	1	--
2023	Navy	1	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		103	55	7.0	3.0	5	1	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 12 · 2025

W 41–38

vs South Florida

3 SOLO · 5 TOT

Edged out South Florida at home in a shootout.

With B. Woodson — 39 yds · 0 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.9 · 103 rush yds (9 car) · 2 TD · E. Heidenreich — 39 rush yds (6 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 52-7vs VMI	5	2	0.5	0.5	—	0
Wk 2	W 38-24vs UAB	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-23@ Tulsa	5	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 21-13vs Rice	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 34-31vs Air Force	3	2	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	W 32-31@ Temple	5	3	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	W 42-32vs Florida Atlantic	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	L 17-31@ North Texas	2	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 10-49@ Notre Dame	6	3	0.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 12	W 41-38vs South Florida	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 14	W 28-17@ Memphis	4	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 16	W 17-16vs Army	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	W 35-13@ Cincinnati	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		44	21	2.0	0.5	—	1

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

44Tackles

21Solo

2TFL

0.5Sacks

1Pass def.

0INT

44 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 TFL.

Week 10.5 sacks
Week 61 PD

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.

2026 Outlook

Navy

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Navy

Returning around him

2 Navy players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: -3 net (0 in / 3 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Navy · Last season: 11-2 (AP #22) · Talent rank #138 · 2026 recruiting class #137

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Benz Josue’s 2021 season.

Benz Josue

80%match

Georgia Southern · 2021

Isaiah Pryor

Notre Dame · 2021

79%

Omar Fortt

UConn · 2021

72%

Canaan Williams

Kent State · 2025

71%

Kolbe Cage

Southern Miss · 2024

71%

Matches Benz on

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Weight

Differs from Benz on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Chance Keith's junior season at Army (2024).

Chance Keith

83%match

Army · 2024

Malik Dixon

UConn · 2023

80%

Clayton Bush

Illinois · 2023

79%

DJ Brown

Notre Dame · 2022

79%

Max DiDomenico

Army · 2023

All-AAC

79%

Matches Chance on

Solo tackle rate

Sack rate

Height

Differs from Chance on

Hurry rate (higher)

PD rate (lower)

Player DNA

Players who play like Jaxson Campbell

Canaan Williams

Kent State · 2025

71%

Josiah Robinson

Georgia State · 2024

65%

Dylan Dixson

Missouri State · 2025

47%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology