Jaelin Willis

Senior linebacker for App State. 2025: 39 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

LB · App State · Sr.

6′0″ · 220 lb · Fort Myers, FL

CFB Index 21 · #519 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to App State for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 6 pm ETvs CharlotteKidd Brewer StadiumApp State by 17.5

The numbers

tackles · 2025

1 TFL · 1 PBU

Best game: 10 tackles, at Boise State

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for App State. 2025: 39 tackles, 1 tackle for loss.

His career, year by year

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

QB hurries: 72nd percentile.

The full scouting read

Jaelin Willis

LB · App State · Sr

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. One game to point at: 10 tackles against Boise State — Week 5, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2025App State5-8HC: Dowell Loggains · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

21Below cohort / limited sample #519 of 583?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Tackles#937 / 2975 · 68th pct

Solo tackles#1348 / 2975 · 53rd pct

Passes defended#1191 / 2975 · 48th pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

0.0

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 & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.2
Road6g	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Dowell Loggains

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

21 · #519 of 583 LBs

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Sun Belt

Based on 2025: #54 of 63 Sun Belt LBs

How the All-Sun Belt estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	App State	39	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--
Career		39	16	1.0	0.0	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2025

W 20–13

vs Lindenwood

1 TOT

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 7 at home.

With A. Swann — 293 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 41.2 · 15 rush yds (4 car) · R. Dubinion — 194 rush yds (25 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-11@ Charlotte	1	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 20-13vs Lindenwood	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 22-38@ Southern Miss	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-47@ Boise State	10	5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 6	W 27-23vs Oregon State	1	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	W 41-20@ Georgia State	2	0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 37-45vs Coastal Carolina	6	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 21-24@ Old Dominion	3	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	L 10-58@ James Madison	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 26-24vs Marshall	2	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 29-30vs Arkansas State	4	3	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-29vs Georgia Southern	3	2	1.0	—	0
Total		39	16	1.0	—	1

The linebacker corps · App State

#10Colton PharesLB · Sr.101 tackles · 2025
#56Kyle ArnholtLB · Sr.56 tackles · 2025
Jaelin WillisLB · Sr.39 tackles · 2025
#13Keshawn ThomasLB · Sr.37 tackles · 2025
#22Ronnie PorterLB · Sr.15 tackles · 2025

11 more on the roster · App State team page

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jaelin Willis

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Rotational

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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