Jayden Jernigan: DL · Missouri.
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Jayden Jernigan
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. The four seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Mike Gundy and Eli Drinkwitz. One game to point at: 13 receiving yards and 4 tackles against Middle Tennessee — Week 2, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2.5 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.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Missouri | 18 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | -- |
| 2022 | Missouri | 13 | 7 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Oklahoma State | 22 | 15 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Oklahoma State | 13 | 8 | 4.0 | 2.0 | -- |
| Career | 66 | 38 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 35-10vs South Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 23-19vs Middle Tennessee | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 30-27vs No. 15 Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 34-27vs Memphis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 38-21@ Vanderbilt | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-21@ No. 24 Kentucky | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 34-12vs South Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 21-30@ No. 1 Georgia | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 36-7vs No. 14 Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 33-31vs Florida | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 48-14@ Arkansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Week 12 · 2023
W 33-31
vs Florida
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
Edged out Florida at home in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%2 TFLSack rate
8%2 sacksHurry rate
17%3 hurries18 tackles · 2.5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Eli Drinkwitz
Pass share
43.8%
374 pass / 480 run
Plays / game
65.7
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
396 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #297 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Oklahoma State and Missouri, 6 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 37 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Mike Gundy and Eli Drinkwitz.
