Last confirmed: Pittsburgh, 2020. No 2026 box-score games on record.
6′2″ · 290 lb · Washington, DC
Jaylen Twyman: DL · Pittsburgh · #97.
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Jaylen Twyman
Disrupts the pocket from the interior. This is his second year in the same defensive front at Pittsburgh. One game to point at: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Boston College — Week 14, 2019.
Play style
Disruptive interior rusher who lives in the backfield.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
41 tackles. 2 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 12 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.
No outlet on our list has written about him by name this season.
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| Season | Team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Pittsburgh | 41 | 23 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 2 |
| 2018 | Pittsburgh | 15 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | -- |
| Career | 56 | 29 | 13.5 | 11.0 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-30vs Virginia | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-10vs Ohio | 4 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | 0 | 3 sacks |
| Wk 3 | L 10-17@ No. 13 Penn State | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 35-34vs No. 15 UCF | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 17-14vs Delaware | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 33-30@ Duke | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | W 27-20@ Syracuse | 3 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 12-16vs Miami | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 20-10@ Georgia Tech | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-27vs North Carolina | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 sacks |
| Wk 13 | L 0-28@ No. 25 Virginia Tech | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 19-26vs Boston College | 6 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | W 34-30@ Eastern Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 41 | 23 | 12.0 | 10.5 | — | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
29%12 TFLSack rate
26%10 sacksHurry rate
5%2 hurries41 tackles · 12 for loss · 10.5 sacks.
2 seasons under Pat Narduzzi — 15-12 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 3.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 3.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 3.0 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Pat Narduzzi
Pass share
54.6%
513 pass / 426 run
Plays / game
72.2
13 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
546 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2019
41 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive lineman who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Pittsburgh, 11 sacks — drafted at #199 overall by the Minnesota Vikings.
His career
Coaching lineage · 2018–2020
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Pat Narduzzi.
Where he ended up · NFL
Minnesota VikingsEntering 6th NFL season
Minnesota VikingsEntering 6th NFL season
