JJ Weaver: LB · Kentucky · #13.
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JJ Weaver
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Sixth year in the same linebacker corps at Kentucky. On tape: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Louisville, Week 14, 2024.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
31 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 6.5 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
2024 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 31-0vs Southern Miss | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-31vs South Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 12-13vs No. 1 Georgia | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 41-6vs Ohio | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 20-17@ No. 6 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 13-20vs Vanderbilt | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-48@ Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Auburn | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-31@ No. 3 Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-41vs Louisville | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 31 | 16 | 6.5 | 4.0 | — | 1 |
Week 5 · 2024
W 20-17
at Ole Miss
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 2 tackles
A close one, won by 3 on the road.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
31tackles this seasonTFL rate
21%6 TFLSack rate
13%4 sacksPD rate
3%1 pass breakups31 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
6 seasons under Mark Stoops — 41-34 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2024 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.4 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road3g | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 4.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Stoops
Pass share
42.1%
311 pass / 427 run
Plays / game
61.5
12 games
Team sack rate
11.1%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2024
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Former four-star. Now #202 at the position.
How it ended
Six seasons at Kentucky, 192 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2024
1 coachPlayed every college season under Mark Stoops.
