Senior defensive end for Kansas State. 2022: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
6′5″ · 310 lb · Cimarron, KS
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. 1387 nationally · Signed with Kansas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive end for Kansas State. 2022: 1.5 sacks, 2 tackles for loss, 15 tackles.
Jaylen Pickle
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. This is his third year in the same defensive front at Kansas State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Tulane — Week 3, 2022.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas State, 2 sacks — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2022
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Klieman.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Chris Klieman — 22-15 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (18th 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
2022 season · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Collin Klein
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2022
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #372 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Kansas State | 15 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Kansas State | 17 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | 1 | -- |
| 2020 | Kansas State | 10 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| Career | 42 | 28 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-0vs South Dakota | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-17vs Tulane | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-34@ Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 37-28vs Texas Tech | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 10-9@ Iowa State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-34vs Texas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 48-31@ West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 47-27vs Kansas | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 15 | 10 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 2 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
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
His 2022 production profile sits closest to Isaiah Mullens’s 2021 season.
Matches Isaiah on
Differs from Isaiah on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Yahya Black's junior season at Iowa (2022).
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Player DNA