Jaylen Pickle: DE · Kansas State · #93.
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Jaylen Pickle
Holds up snap after snap without a weakness to attack. Third year in the same defensive front at Kansas State. One game to point at: 3 tackles against Tulane — Week 3, 2022.
Play style
No single standout number, but nothing missing either — competent across the board.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
15 tackles. 1 pass 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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
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| 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@ No. 6 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 |
Week 1 · 2022
W 34-0
vs South Dakota
1 sack · 1.5 tackles for loss · 2 tackles
Dominant 34-point win at home against South Dakota.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Sack rate
10%2 sacksTFL rate
13%2 TFL15 tackles · 2 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
3 seasons under Chris Klieman — 22-15 over that span.
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
Chris Klieman
Pass share
41.3%
388 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
67.1
14 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
407 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #372 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Kansas State, 2 sacks — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 22 games over three seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2022
1 coachPlayed every college season under Chris Klieman.
