Jaire Rawlison
Jaire Rawlison
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Jaire Rawlison has been at Kent State through two head coaches in two seasons. One game to point at: 9 tackles against Akron — Week 12, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Kenni Burns → Mark Carney. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
Splits & context
Supporting Cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kent State | 52 | 33 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 6 | -- | -- |
| 2024 | Kent State | 21 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 73 | 44 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 7 | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2025
W 21–17
vs Merrimack
5 SOLO · 7 TOT · 1 PD
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.
How he plays
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Kent State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Cornerback · Kent State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -4 net (11 in / 15 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Kent State · Last season: 5-7 · Talent rank #128 · 2026 recruiting class #122
DNA match
Player DNA
Perimeter Tackler
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Logan Wilson’s 2022 season.
Matches Logan on
Differs from Logan on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Andre Seldon's sophomore season at New Mexico State (2023).
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