Jalen Apalit-Williams is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at San José State.
Apalit-Williams moves between deep coverage and the slot. Played for two head coaches at San José State: Brent Brennan and Ken Niumatalolo. On tape: 9 tackles against Idaho, Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
53 tackles. 4 passes defended. 1 interception. 0 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 | San José State | 53 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | San José State | 18 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | 1 |
| 2023 | San José State | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | San José State | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 80 | 43 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4 | 2 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-16vs Central Michigan | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | L 7-38@ No. 7 Texas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-28vs Idaho | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 5 | L 29-30@ Stanford | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 28-35@ Wyoming | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 25-30@ Utah State | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 45-38vs Hawai'i | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 10-55@ Nevada | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 3-25@ San Diego State | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-41vs Fresno State | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 53 | 27 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
8%4 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
53tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL53 tackles · 4 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Ken Niumatalolo
Pass share
61.1%
486 pass / 310 run
Plays / game
66.3
12 games
Team sack rate
1.7%
518 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #198 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-Mountain West
Based on 2025: #21 of 42 Mountain West DBs
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%).
The No. 1,483 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Mountain West as a senior.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brent Brennan → Ken Niumatalolo. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
