Jaden Hunter: LB · Western Kentucky · #1.
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Jaden Hunter
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Fourth year in the same linebacker corps at Western Kentucky. On tape: 6 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss against UAB, Week 8, 2022.
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
38 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 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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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Western Kentucky | 38 | 22 | 5.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Western Kentucky | 66 | 35 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | Western Kentucky | 15 | 10 | 2.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Western Kentucky | 11 | 5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 130 | 72 | 13.5 | 5.5 | 1 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 38-27vs Austin Peay | 5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | W 49-17@ Hawai'i | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 30-33@ Indiana | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 27-34vs Troy | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 28-31@ UTSA | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 35-17@ Middle Tennessee | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 20-17vs UAB | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 9 | L 13-40vs North Texas | 4 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 59-7@ Charlotte | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 45-10vs Rice | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 17-41@ Auburn | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 38 | 22 | 5.0 | 1.5 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
38tackles this seasonTFL rate
13%5 TFLSack rate
4%2 sacksPD rate
0%0 pass breakups38 tackles · 5 for loss · 1.5 sacks.
4 seasons under Tyson Helton — 32-21 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 3.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Tyson Helton
Pass share
60.9%
620 pass / 398 run
Plays / game
72.7
14 games
Team sack rate
2.1%
605 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS linebackers who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
How it ended
Four seasons at Western Kentucky, 130 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Mike Sanford Jr. → Tyson Helton. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
