Jett Elad is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Rutgers.
Elad plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for four head coaches across five seasons and three programs. The first career honor came in 2024: All-Mountain West. A game that shows it: 11 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Penn State — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
77 tackles. 1 pass defended. 2 interceptions. 3 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-31vs Ohio | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 45-17vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 60-10vs Norfolk State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 28-38vs Iowa | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-31@ Minnesota | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 19-38@ Washington | 7 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-56vs No. 8 Oregon | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 27-24@ Purdue | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 13-35@ Illinois | 7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 35-20vs Maryland | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 9-42@ No. 1 Ohio State | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | L 36-40vs Penn State | 11 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 11 tackles |
| Total | 77 | 51 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
1%1 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
77tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%3 TFL77 tackles · 3 for loss · 1 pass breakup · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 7.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 6.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Greg Schiano
Pass share
45.1%
378 pass / 460 run
Plays / game
69.8
12 games
Team sack rate
9.0%
445 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
77 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #90 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Big Ten
Based on 2025: #15 of 77 Big Ten DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,117 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Big Ten as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST
All-Mountain West mention (2024)
Coaching lineage · 2019–2025
4 coachesPlayed for 4 head coaches at 3 schools: Frank Solich, Tim Albin, Barry Odom and Greg Schiano.
From Mississauga, ON — one of 83 players from Canada in FBS this season.
