Sophomore linebacker for Tennessee. 2025: 19 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
6′0″ · 225 lb · Rome, GA · Rome
How he plays
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage.
QB hurries: 55th percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
tackles · 2025
0.5 TFL · 0.5 sacks · 1 PBU
Best game: 3 tackles, 0.5 TFL, 0.5 sacks, vs New Mexico State
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2 linebacker for Tennessee. 2025: 19 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks.
Jaedon Harmon
Carries tight ends down the field in coverage. One game to point at: 4 tackles against Syracuse — Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (18th percentile).
Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| Road2g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tennessee | 19 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 19 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025
W 72–17
1 QB HUR · 1 SOLO · 2 TOT
Dominant 55-point win at home against East Tennessee State.
With J. Aguilar — 288 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.4 · J. Merklinger — 118 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 89.8 · 17 rush yds (2 car)
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-26vs Syracuse | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34@ Kentucky | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs Vanderbilt | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Bowl | L 28-30@ Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 19 | 12 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 |
Play style
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Tennessee
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Linebacker · Tennessee
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Tennessee · Last season: 8-5 (AP #18) · Talent rank #13 · 2026 recruiting class #8
Player DNA
Carries tight ends and patrols the middle of the field in coverage.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kailep Edwards’s 2023 season.
Matches Kailep on
Differs from Kailep on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Logan Bartley's freshman season at Kansas State (2025).
Matches Logan on
Differs from Logan on
CAREER HONORS 2025 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll CAREER Instinctive, intelligent linebacker out of Georgia who saw action in all 13 games as a true freshman in 2025 ... Enrolled in January 2025 and was a part of the team during the spring while rehabbing from injury ... Has 19 career tackles, 0.5...
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