Jalen Huskey: DB · Maryland · #22.
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Jalen Huskey
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches across four seasons and two programs. All-Big Ten in 2025 was the second season with an honor. A game that shows it: 9 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Michigan State — Week 14, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
72 tackles. 2 passes defended. 4 interceptions. 1.5 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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Maryland | 72 | 58 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 2024 | Maryland | 45 | 21 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2023 | Bowling Green | 52 | 30 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 2022 | Bowling Green | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 175 | 112 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 9 | 11 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 39-7vs Florida Atlantic | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-9vs Northern Illinois | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 44-17vs Towson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 4 | W 27-10@ Wisconsin | 9 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 6 | L 20-24vs Washington | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 31-34vs Nebraska | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 17-20@ UCLA | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-55vs No. 2 Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 20-35@ Rutgers | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 6-24@ Illinois | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 20-45vs No. 18 Michigan | 8 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 28-38vs Michigan State | 9 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 72 | 58 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 4 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
4interceptionsTackle volume
72tackles this seasonTFL rate
2%2 TFL72 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 2 pass breakups · 4 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 5.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 5.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 6.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mike Locksley
Pass share
61.9%
491 pass / 302 run
Plays / game
66.1
12 games
Team sack rate
1.8%
505 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #42 at the position.
The No. 2,327 recruit in the country is starting in the secondary in the Big Ten as a senior.
How it ended
Four seasons, at Bowling Green and Maryland, 175 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2023) — drafted at #100 overall by the Jacksonville Jaguars.
A stat line in 41 games over four seasons.
The role got bigger.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG TEN · 2ND TEAM
All-Big Ten 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2022–2025
2 coachesPlayed for 2 head coaches at 2 schools: Scot Loeffler and Mike Locksley.
Next stop · NFL
Jacksonville Jaguars2026 NFL rookie season
Jacksonville Jaguars2026 NFL rookie season
