Jahsear Whittington
Nebraska Cornhuskers
91
Elite

Jahsear Whittington

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DTDefenseEliteTRANSFER · Pittsburgh
Projected Starter

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Jahsear Whittington is the projected starter at DT for Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Redshirt sophomore · #44 · 6'0", 270 lbs

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Depth at DT · Nebraska Cornhuskers

  1. 14491Jahsear WhittingtonStarter
  2. 27179Tyson Terry
  3. 39268Sua Lefotu

Nebraska Starting Lineup

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The Story

Elite-Tier Talent

A 3-star recruit out of Imhotep Institute, ranked #565 nationally coming out of high school. This season: 12 tackles, 3.5 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 2% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 91 overall (Elite tier).

Recruit3★ · #565 NatlTeam Share2%
Philadelphia, PA
Jersey
#44
Class
RS SO/TR
Height
6'0"
Weight
270 lbs
Transfer
Pittsburgh

Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
—123.51

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Recruiting Profile

Stars
★★★☆☆3-star
Composite
0.8849
National Rank
#565
High School
Imhotep Institute
Hometown
Philadelphia, PA

Why this rating?

On a 88-rated defense; 69th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.94 for competition level) put them +3 vs unit starters → 91.

Team defense (SP+)
88
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 69% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 19% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.94)
Depth-chart adjustment
+3 for role

2026 projection — based on SP+ (a respected team-efficiency metric; 2026 not published yet, using 2025), 2025 production, recruiting, and the 2026 transfer portal; capped to depth-chart order.

2026 Game Log

Oct 10LIUTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 20-17

Oct 3WMDTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 48-23

Sep 26WMSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 31-13

Sep 19WUNDTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 34-7

Sep 12WBGSUTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 56-7

Sep 5WOHIOTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0.5
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 49-21

Jahsear Whittington's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

12 tkl · 3.5 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement40%
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