Jalen Young: S · Florida Atlantic · #18.
Closest statistical matches, adjusted for opponent strength.
Jalen Young
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. Played for two head coaches at Florida Atlantic: Charlie Partridge and Lane Kiffin. The first career honor came in 2017: All-Conference USA. On tape: 10 tackles against Old Dominion, Week 6, 2018.
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
59 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interception. 3.5 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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| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | 59 | 30 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | -- |
| 2017 | Florida Atlantic | 77 | 41 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 7 | -- |
| 2016 | Florida Atlantic | 100 | 67 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2015 | Florida Atlantic | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | 3 | -- |
| Career | 236 | 138 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 5 | 13 | 1 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2018 season · 10 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 14-63@ No. 7 Oklahoma | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 33-26vs Air Force | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 36-56@ No. 16 UCF | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 24-25@ Middle Tennessee | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 52-33vs Old Dominion | 10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 8 | L 7-31@ Marshall | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 9 | L 13-21vs Louisiana Tech | 9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | W 49-14@ Florida International | 8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 34-15vs Western Kentucky | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 38-41@ North Texas | 5 | 4 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 59 | 30 | 3.5 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%2 pass breakupsInterceptions
1interceptionsTackle volume
59tackles this seasonTFL rate
6%4 TFL59 tackles · 3.5 for loss · 1 sack · 2 pass breakups · 1 interception.
Splits · Per-game
2018 season · 10 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 6.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Road6g | 5.3 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lane Kiffin
Pass share
39.1%
371 pass / 577 run
Plays / game
79.0
12 games
Team sack rate
4.0%
351 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-heavy, fast tempo.
Player standing · 2018
59 tackles in 10 games, more tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
How it ended
Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 236 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2017) — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-CONFERENCE USA · 1ST TEAM
All-Conference USA 1st team (2017)
Coaching lineage · 2015–2018
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
