Jalen Embry: CB · Northern Illinois · #3.
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Jalen Embry
Gets targeted often and tackles in space. Second year in the same secondary at Northern Illinois. A game that shows it: 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss against Florida State — Week 4, 2018.
Play style
Targeted often and asked to tackle in space on the perimeter.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
50 tackles. 6 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 4.5 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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Northern Illinois | 50 | 35 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 6 | -- |
| 2017 | Northern Illinois | 28 | 22 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 |
| Career | 78 | 57 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 9 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-33@ Iowa | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 6-17vs Utah | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 3 | W 24-16vs Central Michigan | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 4 | L 19-37@ Florida State | 6 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 26-23@ Eastern Michigan | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 24-16@ Ball State | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 24-21vs Ohio | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 7-6@ BYU | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 36-26@ Akron | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-13vs Miami (OH) | 5 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 21-28@ Western Michigan | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Total | 50 | 35 | 4.5 | 0.0 | — | 6 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
12%6 pass breakupsTackle volume
50tackles this season50 tackles · 4.5 for loss · 6 pass breakups.
2 seasons under Rod Carey, all run-leaning offenses — 16-11 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 5.2 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Road7g | 4.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 5.0 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Rod Carey
Pass share
40.4%
375 pass / 554 run
Plays / game
66.4
14 games
Team sack rate
8.8%
455 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2018
About as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
How it ended
Two seasons at Northern Illinois, 78 tackles — the college career is complete.
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
1 coachPlayed every college season under Rod Carey.
