Jaelen Stokes is a safety who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at South Florida.
Stokes erases the deep middle of the field. Played for three head coaches at South Florida: Jeff Scott, Alex Golesh and Kevin Patrick. On tape: 6 tackles against UAB, Week 13, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 3 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1 TFL.
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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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| 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 · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 34-7vs No. 25 Boise State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 18-16@ No. 13 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 |
Week 6 · 2025
W 54-26
vs Charlotte
1 sack · 1 tackle for loss · 3 tackles
Dominant 28-point win at home against Charlotte.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%3 pass breakupsTackle volume
25tackles this seasonTFL rate
4%1 TFL25 tackles · 1 for loss · 1 sack · 3 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 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
Head Coach
Kevin Patrick
Pass share
44.8%
404 pass / 498 run
Plays / game
69.4
13 games
Team sack rate
4.3%
397 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #401 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-AAC
Based on 2025: #30 of 38 American Athletic Ss
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
A stat line in 34 games over five seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jeff Scott, Daniel Da Prato, and Alex Golesh. Multi-era developmental context.
