Jaylen Pate: DL · Northwestern · #41.
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Jaylen Pate
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. A game that shows it: 3 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Purdue — Week 10, 2024.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | 18 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 22 | 11 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- |
| 2021 | Wyoming | 20 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2020 | Wyoming | 7 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- |
| Career | 77 | 48 | 11.0 | 4.5 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 13-6vs Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 20-26vs Duke | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | L 5-24@ Washington | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 3 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 37-10@ Maryland | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-23vs Wisconsin | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 14-40@ Iowa | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 26-20@ Purdue | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 13 | L 6-50@ Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38vs No. 22 Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Week 10 · 2024
W 26-20
at Purdue
3 tackles for loss · 3 tackles · 1 hurry
A close one, won by 6 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
28%5 TFLSack rate
0%0 sacksHurry rate
17%3 hurries18 tackles · 5 for loss.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road5g | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Pass share
53.3%
392 pass / 344 run
Plays / game
61.3
12 games
Team sack rate
5.4%
408 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #393 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Wyoming and Northwestern, 4 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 40 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Craig Bohl, Pat Fitzgerald and David Braun.
