Linebacker, Alabama, 2023–25
Justin Jefferson
- Number
- No. 10
- Height
- 6′1″
- Weight
- 227 lb
- Class (2025)
- Senior
- Hometown
- Memphis, TN
- Born
- Mar 20, 2003
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Justin Jefferson played linebacker at Alabama (2023–25). The Cleveland Browns took Jefferson in round 5, No. 149 overall in the 2026 NFL Draft.
At a glance
Career highs
14tackles, career highvs. Vanderbilt, 2025Team titles: SEC champions, 2023
Defense
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
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 Alabama 13 games, 79 tackles, 3 sacks, 1 INT
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30 | at Florida State | L 17–31 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | vs. UL Monroe | W 73–0 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | at Georgia | W 24–21 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | vs. Vanderbilt | W 30–14 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | at Missouri | W 27–24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | vs. Tennessee | W 37–20 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | at South Carolina | W 29–22 | 7 | 5 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 8 | vs. LSU | W 20–9 | 7 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 15 | vs. Oklahoma | L 21–23 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nov 29 | at Auburn | W 27–20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Dec 6 | vs.Georgia | L 7–28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 19 ✦ | atOklahoma | W 34–24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 1 ✦ | vs. Indiana | L 3–38 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 Alabama 11 games, 61 tackles, 2 sacks
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31 | vs. Western Kentucky | W 63–0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | vs. South Florida | W 42–16 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | vs.Georgia | W 41–34 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 12 | vs.South Carolina | W 27–25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 19 | atTennessee | L 17–24 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 26 | vs.Missouri | W 34–0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 9 | atLSU | W 42–13 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 16 | vs. Mercer | W 52–7 | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 23 | atOklahoma | L 3–24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 30 | vs.Auburn | W 28–14 | 6 | 4 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 31 ✦ | vs. Michigan | L 13–19 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 Alabama 4 games, 4 tackles
| Date | Opponent | Result | Tkl | Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23 | vs. Ole Miss | W 24–10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | at Mississippi State | W 40–17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Arkansas | W 24–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 11 | at Kentucky | W 49–21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.
Before the draft
| Drill | Combine 2026 | Combine or pro day 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 6′0⅜″ | |
| Weight | 223 lb | |
| Arm length | 31¾″ | |
| Hand size | 10″ | |
| Wingspan | 77¾″ | |
| 40-yard dash | 4.57 s | |
| 10-yard split | 1.60 s | |
| Vertical jump | 38½″ | |
| Broad jump | 10′5″ | |
| 3-cone drill | 6.81 sW | |
| 20-yard shuttle | 4.25 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, 1 game with a stat; latest team: Cleveland Browns.
| Season | Team | G | Tkl | Sacks | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Regular seasons, from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). G counts games in which the player recorded a stat.
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