Jardin Gilbert
Mississippi State Bulldogs
78
Solid

Jardin Gilbert

Mississippi State BulldogsSolid
FSDefenseSolidTRANSFER · LSU
Projected Starter

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Jardin Gilbert is the projected starter at FS for Mississippi State Bulldogs.

Graduate student · #5 · 6'1", 195 lbs

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Depth at FS · Mississippi State Bulldogs

  1. 1578Jardin GilbertStarter
  2. 22870Tanner Johnson
  3. 32965Boogie Johnson

Mississippi State Starting Lineup

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Top defensive backs in the SEC

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Up next for Mississippi State

Mississippi State plays Vanderbilt at home on Sat, Nov 7. The listed kickoff time is 04:15 PM ET.

The Story

Making His Case

This season: 11 tackles, 0 INT, 0 PBU. That's 1% of the team's production at his spot — good for a 78 overall (Solid tier).

Team Share1%
White Castle, LA
Jersey
#5
Class
GR/TR
Height
6'1"
Weight
195 lbs
Transfer
LSU

Stats

SeasonTklINTPD
—1100

Regular-season totals from public sources. Derived splits (completion %, yards per carry, catch rate) aren't available in our current dataset.

Why this rating?

On a 82-rated defense; 37th-percentile production at transfer origin (×0.98 for competition level) put them -4 vs unit starters → 78.

Team defense (SP+)
82
Rating basis
On-field stats
Production (prior school)
Outperforms 37% of peers
Recruiting pedigree
Top 16% recruit
Strength of schedule
Faces easier competition — rating adjusted down (×0.98)
Depth-chart adjustment
-4 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 31LTEXTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-3

Oct 24LOUTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
5
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final L 23-15

Oct 17LLSUTKL 3
TKL
3
SOLO
1
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 31-0

Oct 3LALATKL 4
TKL
4
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final L 56-23

Sep 26WMIZTKL 9
TKL
9
SOLO
4
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
1

Final W 31-24

Sep 19WSCTKL 8
TKL
8
SOLO
6
SACK
1
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 41-34

Sep 12WMINNTKL 5
TKL
5
SOLO
3
SACK
0
INT
0
PD
0

Final W 38-13

Jardin Gilbert's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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Team Role

11 tkl · 0 PD · 0 INT
Usage / Involvement11%
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