Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 21-49@ Nebraska | 8 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 29-27vs Jacksonville State | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Total | 17 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
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JT Haskins
Junior safety on Ohio's 2026 roster.
5′11″ · 182 lb · Bryan Station
Returning to Ohio for 2026
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in speed and play recognition.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 1541 nationally · Signed with Ohio
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on Ohio's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Ohio in 2024.
JT Haskins
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. JT Haskins has been at Ohio through three head coaches in three seasons. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Jacksonville State, Week 2, 2026.
17 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
20243 games
- Signed with Ohio3-star out of Bryan Station
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Ohio
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2024–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Tim Albin, Brian Smith, and John Hauser. Multi-era developmental context.
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2024Ohio11-3HC: Tim Albin · Run-heavy
2025Ohio9-4HC: Brian Smith · Run-heavy
2026Ohio1-1HC: John Hauser · Run-heavy
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (94th percentile). Strength: tackles (85th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 8.5 TKL/g, 0.5 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
John Hauser
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 29–27
9 TOT · 6 SOLO
A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 at home.
With D. James-Hamilton — 1 SOLO · 1 TD · 3 TOT · M. Vezza — 80 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 53.9 · 67 rush yds (12 car)
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Ohio
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Ohio
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: +3 net (19 in / 16 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Ohio · Last season: 9-4 · Talent rank #129 · 2026 recruiting class #107
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
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His 2026 production profile sits closest to Rayquan Adkins’s 2026 season.
Matches Rayquan on
Class year
Height
PD rate
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a junior, his production profile tracks closest to Deshawn Jones Jr's junior season at Bowling Green (2023).
92%match
Matches Deshawn on
Class year
Height
Weight
Player DNA
Players who play like JT Haskins
Background
2025: Appeared in all 13 games for the Bobcats…Finished with six tackles. 2024: Played in six games… Finished with five tackles. Prior to Ohio: Played football, basketball, and baseball for Bryan Station High School… In football, had 13 tackles in eight games as a freshman.
The secondary · Ohio
- #5Adonis Williams Jr.75 tackles · 2025
- #2DJ Walker55 tackles · 2025
- #7Tank Pearson49 tackles · 2025
- #9Michael Mack II35 tackles · 2025
- #3JT Haskins6 tackles · 2025
27 more on the roster · Ohio team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology