Justin Jefferson: LB · Alabama · #10.
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Justin Jefferson
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. Played for two head coaches at Alabama: Nick Saban and Kalen DeBoer. The first one came in 2025: SEC Defensive Player of the Week. A game that shows it: 14 tackles and 1 sack against Vanderbilt — Week 6, 2025.
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
79 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interception. 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.
Yahoo Sports Oct 28
Heavy Oct 28
Saturday Down South Oct 24
The Tuscaloosa News Oct 15Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-31@ Florida State | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 73-0vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 24-21@ No. 5 Georgia | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 30-14vs No. 16 Vanderbilt | 14 | 9 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 14 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 27-24@ No. 14 Missouri | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 37-20vs No. 11 Tennessee | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | W 29-22@ South Carolina | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 20-9vs LSU | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 21-23vs No. 11 Oklahoma | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 14 | W 27-20@ Auburn | 5 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 15 | L 7-28vs No. 3 Georgia | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | W 34-24@ No. 8 Oklahoma | 9 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 3-38vs No. 1 Indiana | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 79 | 48 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 1 | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
79tackles this seasonTFL rate
8%6 TFLSack rate
4%3 sacksPD rate
6%5 pass breakups79 tackles · 6.5 for loss · 3 sacks · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Road6g | 6.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Kalen DeBoer
Pass share
53.4%
523 pass / 456 run
Plays / game
65.3
15 games
Team sack rate
5.2%
504 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
79 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS linebacker who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #59 at the position.
The No. 3,724 recruit in the country is starting at linebacker in the SEC as a senior.
How it ended
Three seasons at Alabama, 144 tackles — drafted at #149 overall by the Cleveland Browns.
A blue-chip recruit with honors.
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Nick Saban → Kalen DeBoer. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Cleveland Browns2026 NFL rookie season
Cleveland Browns2026 NFL rookie season
