Senior defensive back on Eastern Michigan's 2019 roster.
5′11″ · 175 lb · Powder Springs, GA
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 2114 nationally · Signed with Eastern Michigan
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive back on Eastern Michigan's roster.
Jalen Phelps
He has spent four seasons in the Eastern Michigan secondary. The receipt on tape: 5 tackles against Northern Illinois, Week 13, 2019.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Eastern Michigan, 87 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2016–2019
1 coachPlayed his entire career under Chris Creighton.
Season context · Team result + system
4 seasons under Chris Creighton — 25-26 over that span.
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2019 season · 4 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road2g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Chris Creighton
Pass share
58.2%
107 pass / 77 run
Plays / game
61.3
3 games
Team sack rate
5.1%
117 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Pass-leaning, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2019
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Eastern Michigan | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2018 | Eastern Michigan | 28 | 13 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | Eastern Michigan | 18 | 10 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2016 | Eastern Michigan | 27 | 18 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
| Career | 87 | 50 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 8 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 4 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 8 | W 34-27vs Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 34-37@ Toledo | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-43vs Buffalo | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 13 | W 45-17@ Northern Illinois | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |