Trajan Jeffcoat: DL · Arkansas · #7.
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Trajan Jeffcoat
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Played for three head coaches across five seasons and two programs. That makes two straight seasons on the honors list: All-SEC again in 2021. One game to point at: 4 tackles and 3 tackles for loss against Ole Miss — Week 6, 2023.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
16 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 8.5 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
2023 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 28-6vs Kent State | 3 | 1 | 2.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 31-38vs BYU | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 22-34vs Texas A&M | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-27@ No. 16 Ole Miss | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 21-24@ No. 11 Alabama | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 3-7vs Mississippi State | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 39-36@ Florida | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 10-48vs Auburn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 44-20vs Florida International | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 14-48vs No. 10 Missouri | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 16 | 7 | 8.5 | 4.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
53%8 TFLSack rate
25%4 sacksHurry rate
31%5 hurries16 tackles · 8.5 for loss · 4 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2023 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Road3g | 2.7 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Sam Pittman
Pass share
40.9%
323 pass / 467 run
Plays / game
65.8
12 games
Team sack rate
12.3%
374 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #207 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons, at Missouri and Arkansas, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 47 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM
All-SEC 1st team (2020)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Barry Odom, Eli Drinkwitz and Sam Pittman.
