Jayden Loving is a defensive lineman who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Wake Forest.
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Played for two head coaches at two programs in three seasons: Tyson Helton and Jake Dickert. On tape: 5 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Duke, Week 14, 2025.
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
44 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 9 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Wake Forest | 44 | 15 | 9.0 | 2.5 | 1 |
| 2024 | Western Kentucky | 9 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2023 | Western Kentucky | 32 | 13 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2 |
| Career | 85 | 33 | 12.5 | 4.5 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 10-9vs Kennesaw State | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 42-10vs Western Carolina | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 24-34vs NC State | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30vs No. 16 Georgia Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-23@ Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 39-14@ Oregon State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 13-12vs SMU | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 7-42@ Florida State | 4 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 16-9@ No. 12 Virginia | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 28-12vs North Carolina | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 52-14vs Delaware | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 32-49@ Duke | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 43-29vs Mississippi State | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 15 | 9.0 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 2 · 2025
W 42-10
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 5 tackles
Dominant 32-point win at home against Western Carolina.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%9 TFLSack rate
6%2 sacksHurry rate
11%5 hurries44 tackles · 9 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 3.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jake Dickert
Pass share
48.0%
405 pass / 439 run
Plays / game
64.9
13 games
Team sack rate
3.8%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
44 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #128 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-ACC
Based on 2025: #21 of 73 ACC DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Tyson Helton and Jake Dickert.
