#21

Jaelen Stokes

Senior safety on South Florida's 2025 roster.

S · South Florida · Sr. · #21

6′1″ · 204 lb · Auburndale, FL

CFB Index 36 · #401 of 544 safetiesMedium confidenceReturning to South Florida for 2026

Recruiting

3★

CB recruit

No. 1224 nationally · Signed with South Florida

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety on South Florida's 2025 roster.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to South Florida in 2021.

His career, year by year

How he projects

Erases the deep middle of the field.

The full scouting read

Jaelen Stokes

S · South Florida · Sr · #21

Erases the deep middle of the field. Jaelen Stokes has been at South Florida through three head coaches in five seasons. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against UAB, Week 13, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2021South Florida2-10HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2022South Florida1-11HC: Jeff Scott · Run-leaning

2023South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2024South Florida7-6HC: Alex Golesh · Balanced

2025South Florida9-4HC: Kevin Patrick · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

36Below cohort / limited sample #401 of 544?

Medium confidenceBounce-Back7 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: qb hurries (22nd percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Passes defended#517 / 2975 · 78th pct

Sacks#847 / 2975 · 63rd pct

1.0

Solo tackles#1095 / 2975 · 62nd pct

Forced fumbles#36 / 687 · 47th pct

Tackles#1667 / 2975 · 43rd pct

Tackles for loss#1936 / 2975 · 28th pct

1.0

QB hurries#1662 / 2975 · 22nd pct

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 · 9 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	2.6	0.1	0.1	0.1
Road2g	3.5	0.0	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-75g	2.2	0.2	0.2	0.0
Weeks 8+4g	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Brian Hartline

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

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Rotational

Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

36 · #401 of 544 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #401 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-AAC

Based on 2025: #30 of 38 American Athletic Ss

How the All-AAC estimate is computed

15% estimated, 95% confidence interval 13–17%. 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	South Florida	25	19	1.0	1.0	3	--	--
2024	South Florida	13	5	1.0	0.5	--	--	--
2023	South Florida	61	42	4.5	2.0	1	2	--
2022	South Florida	7	4	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2021	South Florida	2	--	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		108	70	7.5	4.5	4	2	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 9 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 34-7vs Boise State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 18-16@ Florida	1	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 63-14vs South Carolina State	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 6	W 54-26vs Charlotte	3	3	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 48-13vs Florida Atlantic	2	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 11	W 55-23vs UTSA	3	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	W 48-18@ UAB	6	6	0.0	0.0	—	2	Season-high 6 tackles
Wk 14	W 52-3vs Rice	3	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 10-24vs Old Dominion	5	4	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		25	19	1.0	1.0	—	3