Illustration of Jaden Yates wearing the Houston Cougars uniform

Jaden Yates

Houston
LB
Position
#1
Number
6'1"
Height
225 lbs
Weight
Columbus
OH
Senior
Class

Summary

Jaden Yates has played 4 seasons for Marshall, Houston and Ole Miss. He has had 76 solo tackles, 111 assists, 1.5 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries.

Related Searches

More CFB News

Wayne Knight leads balanced UCLA offense past Purdue 52-38 in high-scoring Big Ten opener

Atkinson throws for 5 TDs, runs for another score as Oregon State beats Montana 52-17

Manaki Watanabe kicks 4 field goals as Fresno State pulls away for 26-10 victory over San Jose State

Givance returns fumble 24 yards for TD, North Dakota State beats Sacramento State 31-10

Coleman throws 2 TD passes and James Madison tops San Diego State 26-13

Noah Fifita breaks Arizona's all-time passing mark, Wildcats roll over Northern Illinois 42-17

More Houston Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

707

Weigman

Conner Weigman

RUSH

213

Hughes

Makhi Hughes

REC

237

Thomas

Amare Thomas
Team Rankings

PPG

45.3

14th

OPP PPG

18.0

50th

RUSH YDS/G

264.0

12th

PASS YDS/G

263.3

48th

2026 Big 12 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
12
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
0-0
2-1
13
TCU TCU
0-0
2-1
14
UCF UCF
0-0
2-1
15
Houston Houston
0-1
2-1
16
Arizona Arizona
0-1
2-1
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
HOU HOU
@
GASO GASO
4:00 PM
Sat
10/3
UCF UCF
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/10
HOU HOU
@
KSU KSU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
OKST OKST
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
HOU HOU
@
UTAH UTAH
1:00 PM
Last Game
HOU Houston

2 - 1

26

Final

28

TTU Texas Tech

3 - 0

Fri 18 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,122

Atkinson

Braden Atkinson

1,053

Stokes

Marcus Stokes
Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

458

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

454

Riley

Dylan Riley
Rec Yards Leaders

476

Legree

Jesse Legree

444

Toney

Malachi Toney

419

Duff

KJ Duff
Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

11

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

11

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

8

Baugh

Jadan Baugh

8

Knight

Wayne Knight

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter
Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

6

Duff

KJ Duff

6

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

244.1

Hoover

Josh Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

6.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

54.0

Miami

51.7

Virginia Tech

50.7

Oregon

49.7

Indiana

48.3
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Indiana

5.3

Penn State

7.3

Oklahoma

7.7

Notre Dame

7.7

Utah

8.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

Mississippi State

544.7

Florida

544.3

Georgia

539.0

SMU

537.0

Oklahoma State

528.0
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

298.7

UCLA

286.7

West Virginia

281.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

386.3

SMU

368.7

Purdue

366.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

Sam Houston

345.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

14.0

LSU

13.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Tennessee

12.0

Oklahoma

12.0

Old Dominion

11.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
1
.667
3
Florida Florida
3
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
1
.667
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
3
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
3
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
10
Tennessee Tennessee
3
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
3
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
2
1
.667
16
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
3
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
1
.667
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
1
.667
4
James Madison James Madison
3
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
2
.333
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
2
.333
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
8
Louisiana Louisiana
2
1
.667
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
10
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
South Alabama South Alabama
2
1
.667
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
2
.333
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
1
.667
2
Boise State Boise State
2
1
.667
3
Fresno State Fresno State
2
1
.667
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
2
.333
5
Oregon State Oregon State
1
2
.333
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
4
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
7
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
9
Ohio Ohio
1
2
.333
10
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
2
1
.667
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
3
.250
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
3
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
4
Virginia Virginia
2
1
.667
5
California California
2
1
.667
6
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
7
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
3
0
1.000
9
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
10
Clemson Clemson
2
1
.667
11
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
12
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
3
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
2
1
.667
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
3
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
Tulsa Tulsa
3
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
1
.667
5
Memphis Memphis
3
1
.750
6
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
7
Rice Rice
1
2
.333
8
Temple Temple
1
2
.333
9
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
10
UAB UAB
1
2
.333
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
3
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
3
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
1
.667
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
1
.667
7
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
3
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
3
0
1.000
11
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
12
Northwestern Northwestern
2
0
1.000
13
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
14
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
15
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
16
Purdue Purdue
1
2
.333
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
3
0
1.000
3
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
4
Colorado Colorado
2
1
.667
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
3
0
1.000
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
12
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
13
TCU TCU
2
1
.667
14
UCF UCF
2
1
.667
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Arizona Arizona
2
1
.667
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
2
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
2
.333
4
Liberty Liberty
2
1
.667
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
2
1
.667
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
1
2
.333
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
4
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
1
.667
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
2
.500
5
Nevada Nevada
1
2
.333
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
3
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
OHIO OHIO
@
NEB NEB
21-49
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33
Sat
9/5
ECU ECU
@
ALA ALA
10-48
Sat
9/5
UNT UNT
@
IND IND
16-52
Sat
9/5
BRY BRY
@
ARMY ARMY
3-59

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
9/24
LIB LIB
@
CCAR CCAR
7:30 PM
Fri
9/25
ARMY ARMY
@
TEM TEM
4:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NAVY NAVY
@
UAB UAB
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
HOW HOW
@
RUTG RUTG
7:00 PM
Fri
9/25
NW NW
@
IND IND
8:00 PM