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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: 254 lb (115 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
  • 2× first-team All-American (2022, 2023)
  • 2× first-team All-ACC (2022, 2023)
  • CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year (2020)
  • First-team All-CAA (2021)
  • Second-team All-CAA (2020)
Career NFL statistics as of Week 8, 2024
Total tackles: 29
Sacks: 2.5
Forced fumbles: 1
Player stats at PFR

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.

Early life

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

College career

Verse redshirted his freshman season at Albany. 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. He was named second-team All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) and won the conference's Defensive Rookie of the Year award. 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.

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

Statistics

College statistics
Year Team GP Tackles Interceptions Fumbles
Solo Ast Cmb TfL Sck Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
2019 Albany Redshirt Redshirt
2020 4 15 7 22 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2021 11 32 21 53 11.5 9.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
2022 Florida State 12 22 26 48 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 0 0
2023 12 23 18 41 12.5 9 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1
Career 39 92 72 164 38.5 31.5 0 0 0 0 3 2 10 0 3

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
Height Weight Arm length Hand size 40-yard dash 10-yard split 20-yard split 20-yard shuttle Three-cone drill Vertical jump Broad jump Bench press
6 ft 3+78 in
(1.93 m)
254 lb
(115 kg)
33+12 in
(0.85 m)
9+78 in
(0.25 m)
4.58 s 1.60 s 2.67 s 4.44 s 7.31 s 35.0 in
(0.89 m)
10 ft 7 in
(3.23 m)
31 reps
All values from NFL Combine

Verse was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round, 19th overall, of the 2024 NFL draft. He recorded a sack in his NFL debut against the Detroit Lions in Week 1. Verse was named the Defensive Rookie of the Month for September after recording 19 total tackles, 5 for loss, and 1 sack.

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