Jaiden Grimes
Kennesaw State Owls
75
Solid

Jaiden Grimes

Kennesaw State OwlsRebuilding
DTDefenseSolid
Projected Starter

Is Jaiden Grimes starting?

Jaiden Grimes is the projected starter at DT for Kennesaw State Owls.

Junior · #96 · 6'2", 290 lbs

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Depth at DT · Kennesaw State Owls

  1. 19675Jaiden GrimesStarter
  2. 21574Devin Morgan

Kennesaw State Starting Lineup

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The Story

Making His Case

A 3-star recruit out of Pope, ranked #2,492 nationally coming out of high school. In 2025: 24 tackles, 2 TFL, 1 sacks. That's 3% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 75 overall (Solid tier).

Recruit3★ · #2,492 Natl2-Yr Total32 tackles · 1.5 sacksTeam Share3%
Marietta, GA
Jersey
#96
Class
JR
Height
6'2"
Weight
290 lbs

Career Stats

SeasonTklTFLSacks
20252421
202481.50.5

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
0.8200
National Rank
#2492
High School
Pope
Hometown
Marietta, GA

Why this rating?

On a 74-rated defense; 70th-percentile production (×0.82 for competition level) put them +1 vs unit starters → 75.

Team defense (SP+)
74
Rating basis
On-field stats
On-field production
Outperforms 70% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 50% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.82)
Depth-chart adjustment
+1 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 14LMOSTTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
2
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 24-21

Oct 7LJXSTTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 27-26

Sep 26LARSTTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 17-14

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

Final L 42-9

Sep 12LGASTTKL 1
TKL
1
SOLO
0
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-17

Sep 3WWESTKL 2
TKL
2
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 47-0

Jaiden Grimes's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

24 tkl · 2 TFL · 1 sacks
Usage / Involvement60%
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