Jalen Green

Senior safety for Mississippi State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

S · Mississippi State · Sr.

6′1″ · 200 lb · Houston, TX

CFB Index 61 · #160 of 493 safetiesMedium confidenceMississippi State 2022 alumnus

Recruiting

4★

CB recruit

No. 47 nationally · Signed with Texas

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

5 safety for Mississippi State. 2022: 2 interceptions, 6 pass breakups, 47 tackles.

Signed as a 4-star recruit to Texas in 2018.
Named All-America (WCFF) in 2023.
Named All-America (AP) in 2023.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Mississippi State, 136 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He arrived as a blue-chip recruit and played like one.

2018

Signed with Texas4-star out of Heights

2023

All-Americafirst · 6 selectors
All-Sun Beltfirst
Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

Career arc

Recruit

★★★★

#47 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2018–2022

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2022

2 coaches

2018–2019

Joe Moorhead

Mississippi State

2020–2022

Mike Leach

Mississippi State

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Joe Moorhead → Mike Leach. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2022 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2018Texas10-4HC: Tom Herman · Run-leaning

2019Texas8-5HC: Tom Herman · Balanced

2020Texas7-3HC: Tom Herman · Balanced, fast tempo

2021Mississippi State7-6HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy, fast tempo

2022Mississippi State9-4HC: Mike Leach · Pass-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

61Quality starter #160 of 493?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (93rd percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#166 / 2755 · 93rd pct

Tackles#625 / 2755 · 77th pct

QB hurries#511 / 2755 · 76th pct

Interceptions#124 / 811 · 73rd pct

Solo tackles#916 / 2755 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#1001 / 2755 · 61st pct

3.0

Forced fumbles#58 / 737 · 46th pct

Sacks#1454 / 2755 · 24th pct

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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

2022 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.1
Road5g	3.2	0.2	0.0	1.0

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.3
Weeks 8+5g	3.2	0.6	0.0	0.8

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Jeff Lebby

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

Awards

Player standing · 2022

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

61 · #160 of 493 safeties

Former four-star. Now #160 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2022	Mississippi State	47	22	3.0	6	2	--
2021	Mississippi State	42	23	1.5	4	2	--
2020	Texas	14	11	1.0	2	1	--
2019	Texas	30	21	2.0	5	--	--
2018	Texas	3	3	0.0	--	--	--
Career		136	80	7.5	17	5	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 13 · 2022

W 24–22

at Ole Miss

6 TOT · 4 SOLO · 1 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 2 on the road.

With G. Georgopoulos — 49 AVG · 3 IN 20 · 56 LONG · W. Rogers — 239 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · QBR 27.8 · -37 rush yds (8 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2022 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 49-23vs Memphis	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 2	W 39-17@ Arizona	3	3	0.0	1	1
Wk 3	L 16-31@ LSU	4	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 4	W 45-14vs Bowling Green	3	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 42-24vs Texas A&M	7	2	0.0	—	0	Season-high 7 tackles
Wk 6	W 40-17vs Arkansas	7	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 7	L 17-27@ Kentucky	2	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 6-30@ Alabama	1	0	0.0	—	1
Wk 10	W 39-33vs Auburn	3	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 11	L 19-45vs Georgia	4	1	1.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 56-7vs East Tennessee State	2	0	0.5	1	0
Wk 13	W 24-22@ Ole Miss	6	4	1.0	—	3
Total		47	22	3.0	2	6

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