Jaden Wheeler
Jaden Wheeler
Wins his gap play after play. Jaden Wheeler has been at Florida Atlantic through three head coaches in four seasons. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1 TFL against UConn — Week 4, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Willie Taggart, Tom Herman, and Chad Lunsford. Multi-era developmental context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Zach Kittley
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Florida Atlantic | 35 | 16 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Florida Atlantic | 20 | 10 | 4.5 | 2.5 | -- | -- | 1 |
| 2022 | Florida Atlantic | 14 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Florida Atlantic | 20 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 89 | 36 | 12.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | 1 |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 5 · 2024
W 41–10
vs Wagner
3 TOT · 3 SOLO · 1 TFL
Dominant 31-point win at home against Wagner.
How he plays
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
Two-Gap Base
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Eriq Kitchen’s 2020 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Josh Ellison's senior season at Memphis (2023).
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