Aiden Fisher with the Houston Texans, 2026
With the Houston Texans, 2026. Photo: Bobak Ha’Eri, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Linebacker, Indiana (from James Madison), 2022–⁠25

Aiden Fisher

Number
No. 4
Height
6′1″
Weight
233 lb
Class (2025)
Senior
Hometown
Fredericksburg, VA
Born
Dec 23, 2003

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Aiden Fisher played linebacker at James Madison (2022–⁠23) and Indiana (2024–⁠25). The Houston Texans took Fisher in round 7, No. 243 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.

At a glance

Best season
118
Tackles, 2024 (Indiana, 11–⁠2)
Drafted
No. 243
Round 7, 2026 NFL Draft (Houston Texans)

Career highs

17tackles, career highvs. Air Force, 2023

Honors

Team titles: National champions, 2025 (Indiana); Big Ten champions, 2025

All-America: FWAA 2024 and 2025; AFCA 2025; CBS Sports 2025

Defense

Tackles, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamTklSoloTFLSacksIntPDHur
2022James Madison5100000
2023James Madison1075051.5165
2024Indiana118495.51.5043
2025Indiana954610.54.5215
Career325146217.531113

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosClassHtWt
2022James Madison4LBFr.
2023James Madison4LBSo.
2024Indiana4LBJr.
2025Indiana4LBSr.6′1″233

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2025 Indiana 15 games, 95 tackles, 4.5 sacks, 2 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 30vs.Old DominionW 27–⁠14520000
Sep 6vs.Kennesaw StateW 56–⁠9742.5100
Sep 12vs.Indiana StateW 73–⁠0321000
Sep 20vs.IllinoisW 63–⁠10200000
Sep 27atIowaW 20–⁠15750000
Oct 11atOregonW 30–⁠201341.51.500
Oct 18vs.Michigan StateW 38–⁠13931.5000
Oct 25vs.UCLAW 56–⁠6100.5010
Nov 8atPenn StateW 27–⁠24950010
Nov 15vs.WisconsinW 31–⁠7730000
Nov 28atPurdueW 56–⁠3750000
Dec 6vs.Ohio StateW 13–⁠10520000
Jan 1 ✦vs.AlabamaW 38–⁠3751100
Jan 9 ✦vs.OregonW 56–⁠22951.5001
Jan 19 ✦vs.MiamiW 27–⁠21411100
2024 Indiana 13 games, 118 tackles, 1.5 sacks
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Aug 31vs.Florida InternationalW 31–⁠71242100
Sep 6vs.Western IllinoisW 77–⁠3930.5000
Sep 14atUCLAW 42–⁠13940001
Sep 21vs.CharlotteW 52–⁠14810000
Sep 28vs.MarylandW 42–⁠281250.50.500
Oct 5vs.NorthwesternW 41–⁠24540000
Oct 19vs.NebraskaW 56–⁠71140000
Oct 26vs.WashingtonW 31–⁠17940001
Nov 2atMichigan StateW 47–⁠10950.5001
Nov 9vs.MichiganW 20–⁠151430000
Nov 23atOhio StateL 15–⁠38430000
Nov 30vs.PurdueW 66–⁠0640.5001
Dec 20 ✦atNotre DameL 17–⁠271051.5000
2023 James Madison 13 games, 107 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Sep 2vs.BucknellW 38–⁠3430000
Sep 9atVirginiaW 36–⁠35910000
Sep 16atTroyW 16–⁠14540001
Sep 23atUtah StateW 45–⁠38940011
Sep 30vs.South AlabamaW 31–⁠231052.5102
Oct 14vs.Georgia SouthernW 41–⁠13510000
Oct 19atMarshallW 20–⁠91020.5001
Oct 28vs.Old DominionW 30–⁠271240.50.500
Nov 4atGeorgia StateW 42–⁠14650000
Nov 11vs.UConnW 44–⁠6941000
Nov 18vs.App StateL 23–⁠26610.5001
Nov 25atCoastal CarolinaW 56–⁠14540000
Dec 23 ✦vs.Air ForceL 21–⁠3117120000
2022 James Madison 1 game, 5 tackles
DateOpponentResultTklSoloTFLSacksIntPD
Nov 12atOld DominionW 37–⁠3510000

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

Before the draft

DrillCombine 2026Combine or pro day 2026
Height6′0⅞″
Weight232 lb
Arm length31⅛″
Hand size9½″
Wingspan77⅜″
40-yard dash4.76 sW
10-yard split1.63 sW
Vertical jump37½″W
Broad jump10′3″W
Bench press18 repsW
20-yard shuttle4.51 sW

Combine or pro day: the source doesn’t say which. Unmarked: Combine and pro day results compiled by array-carpenter (nfl-draft-data); W: Pre-draft measurables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

In the NFL

1 season, 2 games with a stat; latest team: Houston Texans.

SeasonTeamGTklSacksInt
2026 (so far)Houston Texans2100

Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.

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