#24

Jaime Guerrero

Senior safety on UTEP's 2026 roster.

S · UTEP · Sr. · #24

6′1″ · 185 lb · El Paso, TX

Returning to UTEP for 2026

Next upSat Sep 19 · 3:30 pm ETat MichiganMichigan StadiumMichigan by 35

How he projects

Grades highest in speed and tackling.

The full scouting read

The story

4 safety on UTEP's 2026 roster.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

Jaime Guerrero

S · UTEP · Sr · #24

He has spent three seasons in the UTEP secondary. The receipt on tape: 2 tackles against Texas Southern, Week 2, 2026.

3 TACKLES · 0 SACKS

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

season totals
seasons on the roster
game log

2026 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

3 seasons under Scotty Walden — 6-20 over that span.

2024UTEP3-9HC: Scotty Walden · Run-leaning

2025UTEP2-10HC: Scotty Walden · Balanced

2026UTEP1-1HC: Scotty Walden · Run-heavy, slow tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

6 metrics · season cumulative

Concern: tackles (0th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Sacks#121 / 457 · 37th pct

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QB hurries#126 / 457 · 36th pct

Passes defended#169 / 457 · 32nd pct

Tackles for loss#279 / 457 · 20th pct

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Solo tackles#452 / 457 · 1st pct

Tackles#458 / 457 · 0th 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 splits

Through 2 games: 1.5 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Scotty Walden

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

Awards

Player standing · 2026

Backup

On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2026	UTEP	3	1	--	--	--
2025	UTEP	1	1	--	--	--
2024	UTEP	2	--	--	--	--
Career		6	2	--	--	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026

W 51–10

vs Texas Southern

2 TOT · 1 SOLO

Dominant 41-point win at home against Texas Southern.

With E. Colson — 239 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · 49 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD · K. Thomas — 2 rec · 92 yds · 1 TD

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2026 season · 2 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	INT	Note
Wk 1	L 0-51@ Oklahoma	1	0	—
Wk 2	W 51-10vs Texas Southern	2	1	—	Season-high 2 tackles
Total		3	1	—

The secondary · UTEP

#2Xavier SmithS · Sr.60 tackles · 2025
Justin ContentCB · Jr.58 tackles · 2025
#7Kode LoweS · Sr.34 tackles · 2025
#5TJ TillmanCB · So.12 tackles · 2025
#24Jaime GuerreroS · Sr.1 tackle · 2025

16 more on the roster · UTEP team page

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