Jarell Addo, LB, UMass: 2019 NFL Draft

2017 – Redshirt Junior

• Finished fifth on the team with 67 tackles (32-35) over 12 appearances at outside linebacker, including 11 starts
• Had the fourth-most TFLs (8.0) among Minutemen, which included 1.0 sacks
• Earned six pass breakups – the most among linebackers and tied for the third-highest total on the team
• Also forced one fumble and recovered another
• Opened the season with three tackles against Hawai’i (8/26)
• Assisted on a TFL among five stops against Old Dominion (9/9)
• Totaled six tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, at Temple (9/15)
• Set a then-career high with nine takedowns, including 2.0 TFLs, broke up two passes and forced a fumble at Tennessee (9/23)
• Made seven stops and distrupted one pass against Ohio (9/30)
• Had back-to-back six-stop games against Georgia Southern (10/21) and Appalachian State (10/28), including a forced fumble against the Eagles and a pass breakup versus the Mountaineers
• Set a personal best with 13 takedowns, including an assisted takedown, and broke up his fifth pass attempt of the season at Mississippi State (11/3)
• Ended the season with nine tackles, including 2.0 TFLs, at FIU (12/2)

2016 – Redshirt Sophomore

• Switched from defensive back to linebacker
• Did not see game action

2015 – Redshirt Freshman

• Appeared in 11 games
• Finished the season with 10 total tackles, including one TFL
• Recorded his first career TFL in the season opener against Colorado
• Notched a career-best 4 tackles versus Notre Dame

2014 – Freshman

• Redshirted the season

Before Massachusetts

• Coached by former UMass quarterback Dave Palazzi at Leominster High School
• Earned all-state honors as a senior
• Posted a 42-inch vertical leap at the Nike SPARQ Combine
• Won two state championships at Leominster
• Posted 93 tackles and an interception to go with 413 yards receiving and a team-high seven touchdowns as a senior in 2013
• Ninth-ranked college recruit in Massachusetts.

Personal

• Majoring in sport management

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Converted safety who really excelled once the switch the linebacker occurred for Addo. Has produced solid production when installed into the line-up. He played in only six games his senior season but still managed to finish fifth on the team in tackles (55) and tied for third with five tackles for loss.

Good athletic ability and exceptional leaping ability (45-inch vert). Addo possesses the range to make plays sidelines to sidelines. Smooth movement and intelligent on the field. Addo drops the hammer in run support, he plays with a high-motor. Relentless from the first snap of the game to the final whistle.

Addo is a hybrid linebacker in todays National Football League. Think along the lines of Mark Barron, Landon Collins and Deone Bucannon. Basically, all three were college safeties moving who are asked to roam near the box with the ability to drop in coverage.

Would assume he would be ideal over the tight end on the weak side. He spoke with both the Houston Texans and Carolina Panthers after UMass Pro Day.