Jaden Yates
Jaden Yates
Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two head coaches in three seasons, at two different programs. In 2024 the league put his name on paper for the first time: All-Sun Belt. The receipt: 11 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Tulane — Week 4, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- recognition record
- game log
Career Arc
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Coaching Lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Lane Kiffin.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pete Golding
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 2 · StarterR05 · Part-time starter
Part-time starter. Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.
Trophy Case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE
All-Conf mention (2024)
All-Sun Belt
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 39–34
at Georgia
1 TOT
Edged out Georgia on the road in a shootout.
How he plays
Play style
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ole Miss
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Ole Miss
Returning around him
- 2 Ole Miss players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +3 net (28 in / 25 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ole Miss · Last season: 13-2 (AP #6) · Talent rank #21 · 2026 recruiting class #22
DNA match
Player DNA
Balanced Linebacker
Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Dorian Hopkins’s 2023 season.
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As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Stone Combs's junior season at Nevada (2024).
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