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Jaden Burrell is a sophomore linebacker and running back at Holt High in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and his freshman season is the reason to pay attention this early. As a freshman he recorded 80 tackles, 43 of them solo, with 10 tackles for loss, five forced fumbles, two sacks and two fumble recoveries. Five forced fumbles from a first-year player is not a statistical accident — that is a player who attacks the ball as a habit, and it is the most repeatable trait on a defensive profile. At 6-1 and 230 pounds with a 6-9 wingspan and a reported 4.5 forty, Burrell carries a college linebacker's build two full seasons before he graduates. The weight room matches: a 505-pound deadlift, a 450-pound squat, a 305-pound power clean and a 270-pound bench. A 305 clean at his age is the number a strength coach notices first. Three clips are on file, including a mid-season reel and a week-seven cutup from this sophomore season, so the current version sits on tape alongside the freshman production. A 3.3 GPA keeps the academic side in order. Alabama linebackers who produce like this as freshmen get found; being on record makes it sooner.

Sophomore LB at 6-1, 230: 80 freshman tackles and 5 forced fumbles