Jalen Pitre

Former safety at Baylor. 2021: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

S · Baylor · Jr. · #8

6′0″ · 200 lb · Stafford, TX

CFB Index 53 · #231 of 509 safetiesMedium confidenceConsensus AAHouston — drafted 2022, Rd 2, Pick 5, #37 overall

On production he ranks #231 of 509 safeties; on reputation he is a consensus All-American. The gap between those two numbers is the story.

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 991 nationally · Signed with Baylor

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

Former safety at Baylor. 2021: 2 interceptions, 7 pass breakups, 75 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Baylor in 2017.
Drafted round 2 by the Houston in 2022.
Named All-America (AFCA) in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Baylor, 194 tackles, a Consensus All-American season (2021) — drafted at #37 overall by Houston.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

201712 games

Signed with Baylor3-star out of Stafford

20209 games

All-Big 12first

202113 games

All-Americafirst · 9 selectors
All-Big 12first
Big 12 Defensive Player of the Yearwinner

2022

Drafted by Houstonround 2, pick 37

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#991 national

CFB

College

Baylor

2017–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

R2 · #37

Houston · 2022

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

12 honors · 2 categories

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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 coaches

2017–2019

Matt Rhule

Baylor

2020–2021

Dave Aranda

Baylor

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Matt Rhule → Dave Aranda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

Where He Ended Up · NFL

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

#37Rd 2 · Pick 5

HoustonEntering 5th NFL season

View college career stats ↓

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2017Baylor1-11HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced

2018Baylor7-6HC: Matt Rhule · Balanced, fast tempo

2019Baylor11-3HC: Matt Rhule · Run-leaning

2020Baylor2-7HC: Dave Aranda · Balanced

2021Baylor12-2HC: Dave Aranda · Run-heavy

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

53Rotational starter #231 of 509?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles for loss (100th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Tackles for loss#5 / 2743 · 100th pct

18.5

Solo tackles#58 / 2743 · 98th pct

Passes defended#95 / 2743 · 96th pct

Tackles#214 / 2743 · 92nd pct

Sacks#280 / 2743 · 89th pct

3.5

QB hurries#323 / 2743 · 84th pct

Interceptions#126 / 824 · 73rd pct

Forced fumbles#59 / 673 · 46th pct

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

2021 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	6.0	1.1	0.4	0.1
Road6g	4.7	1.6	0.0	1.0

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Dave Aranda

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Consensus All-American

First team on a majority of the recognized selector lists.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

53 · #231 of 509 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #231 at the position.

Selector Grid · 2021

AP—

FWAA1st

AFCA1st

WCFF1st

SN—

SI—

Named Consensus All-American — recognized on 3+ of the 5 NCAA-recognized selector lists.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Baylor	75	56	18.5	3.5	7	2	--
2020	Baylor	60	41	13.0	2.5	2	2	--
2019	Baylor	12	9	1.5	1.0	--	--	--
2018	Baylor	10	5	2.0	0.0	--	--	--
2017	Baylor	37	29	3.0	1.0	1	--	--
Career		194	140	38.0	8.0	10	4	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 14 · 2021

W 21–16

at Oklahoma State

7 TOT · 6 SOLO · 2 TFL

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 5 on the road.

With I. Power — 52 AVG · 2 IN 20 · 61 LONG · B. Shapen — 180 yds · 3 TD · 0 INT · QBR 81.0 · -9 rush yds (9 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

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 Iowa State	8	6	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 14-24@ 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 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 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 21-16@ Oklahoma State	7	6	2.0	0.0	—	2
Total		70	54	17.5	2.5	2	7

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jalen Pitre

201712 games

20209 games

202113 games

2022

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Consensus All-American

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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