Jared Lloyd holds the MLB · Starter spot in Missouri State Bears’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Jared Lloyd is a 6'3", 240-pound senior linebacker from Daytona Beach, Florida, who attended Mainland High School. He recorded 7 total tackles with 5 solos as a true freshman in 2022 before missing the entire 2024 season due to a preseason injury. In 2023, Lloyd appeared in all 11 games with 9 starts, posting 67 total tackles and 38 solos. During the 2025 season, he started all 13 games and led the team with 77 total tackles, 33 solos, 4 tackles for loss, and 1.5 sacks across 577 plays. He tied for 21st in Conference USA with 5.92 tackles per game and earned the squad's defensive Grinder award twice.

Missouri State2022 — present