Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 1 game
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 42-7vs Western Illinois | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 1 tackles |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#26
Jalen Lewis
Junior defensive back on Northwestern's 2026 roster.
5′9″ · 200 lb · Westlake Village, CA · Oaks Christian
Returning to Northwestern for 2026
Recruiting
3★
CB recruit
No. 1850 nationally · Signed with Northwestern
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on Northwestern's 2025 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Northwestern in 2023.
Jalen Lewis
One game to point at: 1 tackles against Western Illinois — Week 2, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- game log
His career
2023
- Signed with Northwestern3-star out of Oaks Christian
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Northwestern
NFL
NFL Draft
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2025 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2025Northwestern7-6HC: David Braun · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 1 game: 1.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
David Braun
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 1 game in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2025
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Northwestern | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
2026 Outlook
Northwestern
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Northwestern
Returning around him
- 2 Northwestern players drafted to NFL
- Transfer portal: +9 net (17 in / 8 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Northwestern · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #60 · 2026 recruiting class #52
Background
2025 Redshirt Sophomore: Appeared in two games … Registered his first career tackle against Western Illinois (9/5). 2024 Redshirt First-Year: Appeared in two games as a redshirt first-year … Named Academic All-Big Ten. 2023 First-Year: Did not see game action this year and redshirted. High School...
The secondary · Northwestern
- #6Robert Fitzgerald106 tackles · 2025
- #9Braden Turner52 tackles · 2025
- #18Garner Wallace45 tackles · 2025
- #13Josh Fussell29 tackles · 2025
- #26Jalen Lewis1 tackle · 2025
18 more on the roster · Northwestern team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology