Trajan Jeffcoat

Senior defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2023: 4 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

DL · Arkansas · Sr. · #7

6′4″ · 281 lb · Columbia, SC

CFB Index 50 · #207 of 418 edge rushersLow confidenceArkansas 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

WDE recruit

No. 875 nationally · Signed with Missouri

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive lineman for Arkansas. 2023: 4 sacks, 8.5 tackles for loss, 16 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Missouri in 2018.
Transferred from Missouri to Arkansas in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Arkansas, 16 sacks, a first-team All-Conference season (2020) — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20186 games

Signed with Missouri3-star out of Irmo

20208 games

All-SECfirst

202112 games

All-SEC

202310 games

Entered the portal

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#875 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

1 honor

🥈

ALL-SEC · 1ST TEAM

All-SEC 1st team (2020)

Coaching lineage · 2018–2023

2 coaches

2018

Chad Morris

Arkansas

2020–2023

Sam Pittman

Arkansas

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Chad Morris → Sam Pittman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Missouri8-5HC: Barry Odom · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2020Missouri5-5HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced

2021Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Balanced, fast tempo

2022Missouri6-7HC: Eli Drinkwitz · Run-leaning

2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

50Rotational starter #207 of 418?

Medium confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: qb hurries (93rd percentile). Strength: tackles for loss (93rd percentile). Concern: solo tackles (15th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

QB hurries#147 / 2842 · 93rd pct

Tackles for loss#176 / 2842 · 93rd pct

8.5

Sacks#202 / 2842 · 92nd pct

4.0

Tackles#2234 / 2842 · 20th pct

Passes defended#1751 / 2842 · 19th pct

Solo tackles#2347 / 2842 · 15th pct

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

2023 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.0
Road3g	2.7	1.0	0.3	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	1.4	0.5	0.0
Weeks 8+5g	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Ryan Silverfield

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

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

50 · #207 of 418 edge rushers

Three-star recruit. Now #207 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Arkansas	16	7	8.5	4.0	--	--	--
2022	Missouri	20	14	3.0	2.0	--	--	--
2021	Missouri	34	23	10.0	3.5	1	--	--
2020	Missouri	23	17	6.0	6.0	--	--	--
2018	Missouri	6	5	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
Career		99	66	28.5	16.5	1	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023

W 39–36

at Florida

3 TOT · 1 QB HUR

Edged out Florida on the road in a shootout.

With K. Jefferson — 255 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 68.0 · 92 rush yds (17 car) · 1 TD · M. Fletcher — 48 AVG · 53 LONG · 3 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	Note
Wk 2	W 28-6vs Kent State	3	1	2.0	1.5	—
Wk 3	L 31-38vs BYU	2	2	2.0	0.0	—
Wk 5	L 22-34vs Texas A&M	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 6	L 20-27@ Ole Miss	4	3	3.0	1.0	—	Season-high 4 tackles
Wk 7	L 21-24@ Alabama	1	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 8	L 3-7vs Mississippi State	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 10	W 39-36@ Florida	3	0	0.0	0.0	—
Wk 11	L 10-48vs Auburn	1	1	1.0	1.0	—
Wk 12	W 44-20vs Florida International	1	0	0.5	0.5	—
Wk 13	L 14-48vs Missouri	0	0	0.0	0.0	—
Total		16	7	8.5	4.0	—

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