Jaelen Crider is a defensive lineman at Louisiana who has not played in Louisiana's 8 games this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025.
Louisiana lists 18 defensive linemen this season.
Louisiana is 5-3. Next: vs South Alabama, Sat Nov 7.
Crider wins the gap play after play. The two seasons span two programs and two head coaches: Jason Candle and Michael Desormeaux. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 sack against Arkansas State — Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 pass defended. 0 interceptions. 3.5 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 12-14vs Rice | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 34-10vs McNeese | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 10-52@ No. 25 Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 54-51vs Marshall | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 14-24@ James Madison | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 10-22vs Southern Miss | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 23-35@ Troy | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 31-22@ South Alabama | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-39vs Texas State | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 34-30@ Arkansas State | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 14 | W 30-27vs UL Monroe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 13-20vs Delaware | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 13 | 3.5 | 2.5 | — | 1 |
Week 13 · 2025
W 34-30
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 6 tackles
Edged out Arkansas State on the road in a shootout.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
14%4 TFLSack rate
10%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry25 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 2.5 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 2.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Michael Desormeaux
Pass share
40.1%
341 pass / 509 run
Plays / game
65.4
13 games
Team sack rate
6.3%
317 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #159 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Sun Belt
Based on 2025: #15 of 48 Sun Belt DLs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 22% of returning players who ranked #11–20 at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 19–25%).
The No. 2,416 recruit in the country is starting on the defensive line in the Sun Belt as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2020–2026
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Jason Candle and Michael Desormeaux.
