Jared Verse

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Jared Verse
No. 8 – Los Angeles Rams
Position: Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (2000-11-04) November 4, 2000 (age 24)
Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
Height:6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight:260 lb (118 kg)
Career information
High school: Central Columbia (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania)
College:
NFL draft: 2024  / round: 1 / pick: 19
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2024
Total tackles:66
Sacks:4.5
Forced fumbles:2
Fumble recoveries:2
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Jared Verse (born November 4, 2000) is an American professional football linebacker for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Albany Great Danes and Florida State Seminoles. Verse was the 2020 CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year with Albany and a two-time All-American with Florida State. Verse was selected by the Rams in the first round of the 2024 NFL draft. He was the first first-round pick made by the Rams since Jared Goff in 2016.

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Early life

Verse was born on November 4, 2000, in Dayton, Ohio. [1] He grew up in Berwick, Pennsylvania, later attending Central Columbia High School and played tight end for their football team. [2] [3]

College career

Verse redshirted his freshman season at Albany. [4] He made 22 tackles with 10 tackles for loss and four sacks over four games during his redshirt freshman season, which was shortened and played in early 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] He was named second-team All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and won the conference's Defensive Rookie of the Year award. [6] In 2021, Verse was named first-team All-CAA after finishing the season with 53 tackles, 11.5 tackles for loss, 9.5 sacks, and one forced fumble. [7]

In 2022, Verse announced he was transferring to Florida State University to play for the Seminoles. [8] He finished his first season with the Seminoles with 48 tackles, 17 tackles for loss, and 9 sacks. [9] Verse declared for the 2024 NFL draft following the 2023 season. [10]

Statistics

College statistics
YearTeamGPTacklesInterceptionsFumbles
SoloAstCmbTfLSckIntYdsAvgTDPDFRYdsTDFF
2019 Albany Redshirt Redshirt.svg
2020 415722104000000001
2021 1132215311.59.5000010001
2022 Florida State 122226481790000011000
2023 1223184112.59000021001
Career 39927216438.531.50000321003

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span 40-yard dash 10-yard split20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+7⁄8 in
(1.93 m)		254 lb
(115 kg)		33+1⁄2 in
(0.85 m)		9+7⁄8 in
(0.25 m)		4.58 s1.60 s2.67 s4.44 s7.31 s35.0 in
(0.89 m)		10 ft 7 in
(3.23 m)		31 reps
All values from NFL Combine [11] [12]

Verse was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round, 19th overall, of the 2024 NFL draft. [13] He recorded his first career sack in a 26–20 overtime loss in his NFL debut on Sunday Night Football at Ford Field against the Detroit Lions in Week 1. [14] Verse was later on named the Defensive Rookie of the Month for September after recording 19 total tackles, 5 for loss, and 1 sack. [15] In the Wild Card Round against the Minnesota Vikings, Verse scored his first career NFL touchdown on a 57-yard fumble recovery during to help lead the Rams to a 27–9 win. [16]

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