Jaylen Pate
Jaylen Pate
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. Jaylen Pate has played for three head coaches across four seasons and two programs. The receipt: 3 tackles, 3 TFL against Purdue — Week 10, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
How it ended
Four seasons at Northwestern, 4 sacks — his college career is complete.
Career Arc
Coaching Lineage · 2021–2024
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Pat Fitzgerald → David Braun. 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
David Braun
Awards
Player Standing · 17 rungs
Tier 1 · 2-deepR04 · Rotational
Rotational. Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Northwestern | 18 | 13 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Northwestern | 22 | 11 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Northwestern | 10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wyoming | 20 | 14 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 70 | 46 | 10.0 | 3.5 | 2 | -- | -- |
How he plays
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
CFB Index positional classification
DNA match
Player DNA
3-Tech Penetrator
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Ezra Evaimalo’s 2024 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Chris Jones's graduate season at Florida Atlantic (2024).
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