Senior safety for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 37 tackles.
6′1″ · 199 lb · Bristow, VA
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
How he plays
Moves between deep coverage and the slot.
Solo tackles: 82nd percentile.
The full scouting readThe numbers
interception · 2025
2 PBU · 37 tackles · 3 TFL
Best game: 1 INT, 8 tackles, vs Syracuse
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 safety for Notre Dame. 2025: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 37 tackles.
Jalen Stroman
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Three head coaches in five seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 9 tackles against Miami, Week 1, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
The role got bigger.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2021–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Brian Kelly → Marcus Freeman. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: solo tackles (82nd percentile). Concern: qb hurries (22nd 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
2025 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.8 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Road4g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 4.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Marcus Freeman
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Three-star recruit. Now #232 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Notre Dame | 37 | 30 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2024 | Virginia Tech | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Virginia Tech | 55 | 24 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 43 | 22 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| Career | 149 | 86 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 24-27@ Miami | 9 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 9 tackles |
| Wk 4 | W 56-30vs Purdue | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 5 | W 56-13@ Arkansas | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 28-7vs Boise State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | W 36-7vs NC State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 25-10@ Boston College | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 49-10vs Navy | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 70-7vs Syracuse | 8 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | W 49-20@ Stanford | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 37 | 30 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
37 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 3 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.
2026 Outlook
Notre Dame
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Safety · Notre Dame
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Notre Dame · Last season: 10-2 (AP #9) · Talent rank #6 · 2026 recruiting class #5
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Mitch Leigber’s 2025 season.
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As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Mitch Leigber's graduate season at Stanford (2025).
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Player DNA