Jalen Mcmurray is a defensive back who has not played this season; the last season with a stat line was 2025, at Tennessee.
Mcmurray hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. The five seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton and Josh Heupel. One game to point at: 7 tackles against Georgia — Week 3, 2025.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
56 tackles. 5 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 6 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.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
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Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 45-26vs Syracuse | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 72-17vs East Tennessee State | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 41-44vs No. 6 Georgia | 7 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 56-24vs UAB | 6 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 41-34@ Mississippi State | 5 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-31vs Arkansas | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 20-37@ No. 6 Alabama | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 56-34@ Kentucky | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-33vs No. 18 Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 42-9vs New Mexico State | 5 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 31-11@ Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 24-45vs No. 12 Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
 Bowl | L 28-30vs Illinois | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 56 | 32 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 5 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%5 pass breakupsTackle volume
56tackles this seasonTFL rate
11%6 TFL56 tackles · 6 for loss · 2 sacks · 5 pass breakups.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 4.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Road4g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 4.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Josh Heupel
Pass share
47.3%
437 pass / 486 run
Plays / game
71.0
13 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
449 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2025
56 tackles in 13 games, about as many tackles a game as a typical FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #160 at the position.
2026 outlook
Outside shot for All-SEC
Based on 2025: #22 of 57 SEC DBs
A base rate for the rank, not a forecast of this player: 15% of returning players who ranked #21 or lower at their position in their conference made an all-conference team the next season (95% confidence interval 13–17%).
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
The role got bigger.
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Rod Carey, Stan Drayton and Josh Heupel.
