Jaylen Pickett

Senior linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2018: 73 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Eastern Michigan · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 224 lb · Zephyrhills, FL

Eastern Michigan 2018 alumnus

The story

4 linebacker for Eastern Michigan. 2018: 73 tackles, 8.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 2-star recruit to Eastern Michigan in 2015.

His career, year by year

Recruiting

2★

S recruit

No. 2653 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

How it ended

Three seasons at Eastern Michigan, 111 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

2015

Signed with Eastern Michigan2-star out of Zephyrhills

Career arc

Recruit

★★

#2653 national

CFB

College

Eastern Michigan

2016–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2016–2018

1 coach

2016–2018

Chris Creighton

Eastern Michigan

Played his entire career under Chris Creighton.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Chris Creighton — 19-19 over that span.

2016Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced, fast tempo

2017Eastern Michigan5-7HC: Chris Creighton · Balanced

2018Eastern Michigan7-6HC: Chris Creighton · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (91st percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (91st percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#243 / 2662 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#238 / 2662 · 91st pct

8.5

Solo tackles#532 / 2662 · 79th pct

QB hurries#450 / 2662 · 78th pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Passes defended#1093 / 2662 · 48th pct

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th pct

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2018 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.5	0.6	0.2	0.2
Road5g	5.6	1.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.4	0.9	0.1	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	5.2	0.6	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Chris Creighton

Pass share

58.2%

107 pass / 77 run

Plays / game

61.3

3 games

Team sack rate

5.1%

117 dropbacks · PBP

Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Part-time starter

Splitting first-team reps — starts some weeks, rotates others.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2018	Eastern Michigan	73	32	8.5	1.0	1	1	--
2017	Eastern Michigan	8	2	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
2016	Eastern Michigan	30	11	1.0	0.0	1	2	--
Career		111	45	9.5	1.0	2	3	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week