Senior defensive tackle for North Carolina. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.
6′6″ · 295 lb · Clemmons, NC
Recruiting
WDE recruit
No. 57 nationally · Signed with North Carolina
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive tackle for North Carolina. 2018: 3.5 sacks, 4.5 tackles for loss, 22 tackles.
Jalen Dalton
Third year in the North Carolina defensive front, same address the whole way. One game to point at: 6 tackles, 1.5 TFL against Duke — Week 11, 2018.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at North Carolina, 77 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2018
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Larry Fedora.
Season context · Team result + system
3 seasons under Larry Fedora, all balanced offenses — 13-23 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: sacks (89th percentile). Concern: solo tackles (25th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2018 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home1g | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 3.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bill Belichick
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2018
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | North Carolina | 22 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | North Carolina | 28 | 15 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | North Carolina | 27 | 13 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 77 | 38 | 14.0 | 6.5 | 5 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-24@ California | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 19-41@ East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 38-35vs Pittsburgh | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-47@ Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 37-40@ Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-31@ Virginia | 4 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 35-42@ Duke | 6 | 3 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 22 | 10 | 4.5 | 3.5 | — | 1 |
Player DNA