Jalen Pitre: S · Baylor · #8.
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Jalen Pitre
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in five seasons at Baylor. All-America (Consensus) in 2021 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. One game to point at: 10 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against BYU — Week 7, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
70 tackles. 7 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 17.5 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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Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 13 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 29-20@ Texas State | 5 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 2 | W 66-7vs Texas Southern | 6 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 45-7@ Kansas | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | W 31-29vs No. 14 Iowa State | 8 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 14-24@ No. 19 Oklahoma State | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20vs West Virginia | 5 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 38-24vs No. 19 BYU | 10 | 9 | 2.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 9 | W 31-24vs Texas | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 28-30@ TCU | 6 | 5 | 3.0 | 0.0 | — | 3 | 3.0 TFL |
| Wk 11 | W 27-14vs No. 4 Oklahoma | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 20-10@ Kansas State | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 27-24vs Texas Tech | 6 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 21-16vs No. 5 Oklahoma State | 7 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 70 | 54 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 2 | 7 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
9%7 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
75tackles this seasonTFL rate
25%18 TFL75 tackles · 18.5 for loss · 3.5 sacks · 7 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 13 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 6.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Road5g | 4.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 6.0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 1.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Dave Aranda
Pass share
39.7%
365 pass / 555 run
Plays / game
70.8
13 games
Team sack rate
4.8%
395 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy.
Player standing · 2021
First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #231 at the position.
Selector Grid · 2021
Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.
How it ended
Five seasons at Baylor, 194 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #37 overall by the Houston Texans.
A stat line in 44 games over five seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-AMERICA · CONSENSUS
Consensus AA (2021)
7 first-team selectors
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2021)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Next stop · NFL
Houston TexansEntering 5th NFL season
Houston TexansEntering 5th NFL season
