Jaleel Wadood

Defensive back for UCLA. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

DB · UCLA · #4

5′9″ · 180 lb · Los Angeles, CA

UCLA 2017 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

S recruit

No. 112 nationally · Signed with UCLA

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

2017 defensive back for UCLA. 2017: 1 interception, 3 pass breakups, 80 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to UCLA in 2014.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at UCLA, 156 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He barely played early on. Then he did not come off the field.

2014

Signed with UCLA4-star out of St. John Bosco

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#112 national

CFB

College

UCLA

2014–2017

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2014–2017

1 coach

2014–2017

Jim Mora

UCLA

Played his entire career under Jim Mora.

2017 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jim Mora — 28-23 over that span.

2014UCLA10-3HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2015UCLA8-5HC: Jim Mora · Balanced

2016UCLA4-8HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

2017UCLA6-7HC: Jim Mora · Pass-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (99th percentile). Strength: tackles (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (25th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Solo tackles#25 / 2682 · 99th pct

Tackles#193 / 2682 · 93rd pct

Passes defended#483 / 2682 · 77th pct

Tackles for loss#1340 / 2682 · 46th pct

2.0

Interceptions#309 / 795 · 31st pct

QB hurries#1249 / 2682 · 27th pct

Sacks#1345 / 2682 · 25th pct

0.0

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

2017 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.2	0.2	0.0	0.5
Road5g	7.4	0.2	0.0	0.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	8.2	0.2	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	6.2	0.2	0.0	0.0

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Bob Chesney

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

Awards

Player standing · 2017

Impact starter

Producing measurably more than a replacement-level starter.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

Season	Team
2017	UCLA	80	66	2.0	0.0	3	1	--
2016	UCLA	76	51	2.0	0.0	4	--	--
2015	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	2	--
2014	UCLA	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
Career		156	117	4.0	0.0	7	3	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2017

W 45–44

vs Texas A&M

1 TFL · 3 PD · 8 TOT

Edged out Texas A&M at home in a shootout.

With J. Rosen — 491 yds · 4 TD · 0 INT · QBR 58.8 · -14 rush yds (5 car) · S. Flintoft — 46 AVG · 63 LONG · 5 NO

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week