Jimmy Rolder: LB · Michigan · #30.
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Jimmy Rolder
Ranges from hash to hash and finishes the tackle. Played for three head coaches at Michigan: Jim Harbaugh, Sherrone Moore and Biff Poggi. First career honor, 2025: All-Big Ten. One game to point at: 12 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against Ohio State — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Ranges from hash to hash and makes his own tackles.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
73 tackles. 1 pass defended. 1 interception. 7 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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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 34-17vs New Mexico | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 13-24@ No. 18 Oklahoma | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 3 | W 63-3vs Central Michigan | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 30-27@ Nebraska | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-10vs Wisconsin | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-31@ USC | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 24-7vs Washington | 8 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 31-20@ Michigan State | 10 | 9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 24-22vs Northwestern | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 45-20@ Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 9-27vs No. 1 Ohio State | 12 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 12 tackles |
 Bowl | L 27-41vs No. 14 Texas | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 73 | 47 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
73tackles this seasonTFL rate
10%7 TFLSack rate
3%2 sacksPD rate
1%1 pass breakups73 tackles · 7 for loss · 2 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 7.4 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 6.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Biff Poggi
Pass share
40.9%
340 pass / 492 run
Plays / game
64.0
13 games
Team sack rate
5.8%
326 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #132 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons at Michigan, 117 tackles — drafted at #118 overall by the Detroit Lions.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2025)
Weekly recognition
1 weekly honor (2025)
Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Jim Harbaugh → Sherrone Moore. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Detroit Lions2026 NFL rookie season
Detroit Lions2026 NFL rookie season
