Former defensive lineman at UConn. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 315 lb · Tacoma, WA
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. 1739 nationally · Signed with Colorado
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at UConn. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jayden Simon
Controls the point of attack and doesn't move. Four head coaches in four seasons, at three different programs. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Florida Atlantic — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at UConn — his college career is complete.
His career
3 programs, one constant: he played.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Lou Spanos → Jim Mora. 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 (7th 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
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #270 at the position.
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2024
W 63–17
vs Merrimack
3 SOLO · 4 TOT
Dominant 46-point win at home against Merrimack.
With J. Fagnano — 328 yds · 5 TD · 0 INT · QBR 99.2 · 38 rush yds (5 car) · 1 TD · S. Bell — 2 rec · 105 yds · 1 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-50@ Maryland | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 63-17vs Merrimack | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 21-26@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 48-14vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 47-3vs Buffalo | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 29-20vs Temple | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-23vs Wake Forest | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 24-31@ Syracuse | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 47-42@ Massachusetts | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 23 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
23 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
The heaviest frame on the interior. Sack production is intentionally not the point of this profile.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jayden Simon’s 2023 season.
Matches Jayden on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Caleb Fox's senior season at TCU (2024).
Matches Caleb on
Player DNA