| No. 8 – Los Angeles Rams | |
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| Position: | Linebacker |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | (2000-11-04) November 4, 2000 (age 23) 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: |
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| NFL draft: | 2024 / Round: 1 / Pick: 19 |
| Career history | |
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| Roster status: | Active |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Player stats at PFR | |
Jared Verse (born November 4, 2000) is an American 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 Goffin2016.
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 and defensive end for their football team.[2][3]
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]
| Season | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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| Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||
| Albany Great Danes | |||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Redshirt 
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| 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 |
| Florida State Seminoles | |||||||||||||||
| 2022 | 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 |
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft3+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 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[11][12] | ||||||||||||
Verse was selected by the Los Angeles Rams with the 19th overall in the 2024 NFL draft.[13]
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Los Angeles Rams 2024 NFL draft selections
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