Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 272 lb · Chicago, IL
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
WDE recruit
No. 2508 nationally · Signed with Wyoming
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
Former defensive lineman at Northwestern. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jaylen Pate
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Jaylen Pate has played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 3 TFL against Purdue — Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Northwestern, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. 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
Elite: qb hurries (83rd percentile). Concern: tackles (25th 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| 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
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #393 at the position.
| 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
| 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 Illinois | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 18 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
18 tackles. 1 passes 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.
Player DNA
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ezra Evaimalo’s 2024 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Jones's graduate season at Florida Atlantic (2024).
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Player DNA