Ja'Qurious Conley

Senior defensive back for Charlotte. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

DB · Charlotte · Sr. · #6

6′1″ · 215 lb · Jacksonville, NC

CFB Index 73 · #82 of 544 safetiesLow confidenceReturning to Charlotte for 2026

How he plays

Moves between deep coverage and the slot.

Solo tackles: 92nd percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

interceptions · 2025

2 PBU · 64 tackles

Best game: 1 INT, 7 tackles, at Georgia

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 defensive back for Charlotte. 2025: 3 interceptions, 2 pass breakups, 64 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to North Carolina in 2020.

His career, year by year

Ja'Qurious Conley

DB · Charlotte · Sr · #6

Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Mack Brown, Biff Poggi and Tim Albin. The receipt: 8 tackles against App State — Week 1, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2020North Carolina8-4HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021North Carolina6-7HC: Mack Brown · Run-leaning

2024Charlotte5-7HC: Biff Poggi · Balanced, slow tempo

2025Charlotte1-11HC: Tim Albin · Balanced, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

73Quality starter #82 of 544?

Medium confidenceAscending8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (92nd percentile). Strength: interceptions (90th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Solo tackles#212 / 2975 · 92nd pct

Interceptions#56 / 817 · 90th pct

Tackles#340 / 2975 · 88th pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Sacks#1575 / 2975 · 24th pct

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QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

Tackles for loss#2548 / 2975 · 7th pct

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Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
Road5g	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.2
Weeks 8+5g	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Tim Albin

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Starter

Tackle volume for the position at a full-time starter's level.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

73 · #82 of 544 safeties

Former four-star. Now #82 at the position.

2026 outlook

In the mix for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #6 of 28 American Athletic DBs

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

35% estimated, 95% confidence interval 31–38%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Charlotte	64	40	0.0	0.0	2	3	--
2024	Charlotte	26	12	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2021	North Carolina	46	37	3.0	0.0	--	2	--
2020	North Carolina	35	24	2.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		171	113	6.5	2.0	3	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 3 · 2025

W 42–35

vs Monmouth

6 TOT · 2 SOLO

Edged out Monmouth at home in a shootout.

With C. Harrell — 382 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 55.2 · 47 rush yds (13 car) · 2 TD · E. Jai Mason — 10 rec · 228 yds · 2 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 11-34vs App State	8	6	—	0	Season-high 8 tackles
Wk 2	L 3-20vs North Carolina	6	4	—	0
Wk 3	W 42-35vs Monmouth	6	2	—	0
Wk 4	L 17-28vs Rice	2	2	—	0
Wk 6	L 26-54@ South Florida	7	5	1	1
Wk 7	L 7-24@ Army	5	1	—	0
Wk 8	L 14-49vs Temple	5	3	—	0
Wk 11	L 22-48@ East Carolina	7	3	—	1
Wk 12	L 7-28vs UTSA	5	3	—	0
Wk 13	L 3-35@ Georgia	7	7	1	0
Wk 14	L 0-27@ Tulane	6	4	1	0
Total		64	40	3	2

How he plays

Play style

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

11 games

64Tackles

40Solo

0TFL

0Sacks

2Pass def.

3INT

64 tackles. 2 passes defended. 3 interceptions. 0 TFL.

Week 61 PD · 1 INT
Week 111 PD
Week 131 INT
Week 141 INT

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Charlotte

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Defensive back · Charlotte

Returning around him

Transfer portal: -8 net (19 in / 27 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Charlotte · Last season: 1-11 · Talent rank #104 · 2026 recruiting class #103

DNA match

Player DNA

Hybrid Nickel

Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Quinn Schulte’s 2024 season.

Quinn Schulte

84%match

Iowa · 2024

Will Boler

UAB · 2021

All-Conference USA

79%

Chris Edmonds

Arizona State · 2023

78%

Mark Perry

Colorado · 2021

76%

Al Walcott

Arkansas · 2023

76%

Matches Quinn on

Interceptions

Tackle volume

PD rate

Differs from Quinn on

Weight (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Malik Dixon's senior season at UConn (2024).

Malik Dixon

89%match

UConn · 2024

M.J. Griffin

Louisville · 2024

88%

Shyheim Brown

Florida State · 2024

All-ACC

86%

Clayton Powell-Lee

Georgia Tech · 2025

86%

Kameron Arnold

Boston College · 2023

85%

Matches Malik on

Class year

Tackle volume

TFL rate

Player DNA

Players who play like Ja'Qurious Conley

Ray Thornton III

UAB · 2024

86%

Maxwell Worship

Vanderbilt · 2021

84%

Clayton Bush

Illinois · 2023

84%

Gilbert Frierson

Miami · 2021

83%

Jordan Lovett

Kentucky · 2025

83%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

20209 games

2023

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Hybrid Nickel

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