#18

Jalen Young

Senior safety for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

S · Florida Atlantic · Sr. · #18

5′11″ · 185 lb · Loxahatchee, FL

Florida Atlantic 2018 alumnus

The story

4 safety for Florida Atlantic. 2018: 1 interception, 2 pass breakups, 59 tackles.

The record fills in as he plays.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Florida Atlantic, 236 tackles — his college career is complete.

Career arc

Recruit

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No recruit profile

CFB

College

Florida Atlantic

2015–2018

NFL

NFL Draft

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Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2015–2018

2 coaches

2015–2016

Charlie Partridge

Florida Atlantic

2017–2018

Lane Kiffin

Florida Atlantic

era →

Coaching transition mid-career: Charlie Partridge → Lane Kiffin. Worth noting in scheme + development context.

2018 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2015Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2016Florida Atlantic3-9HC: Charlie Partridge · Run-leaning

2017Florida Atlantic11-3HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy

2018Florida Atlantic5-7HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-heavy, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (83rd percentile). Concern: interceptions (30th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#437 / 2662 · 83rd pct

Solo tackles#618 / 2662 · 76th pct

Passes defended#744 / 2662 · 66th pct

Tackles for loss#906 / 2662 · 64th pct

3.5

QB hurries#730 / 2662 · 63rd pct

Sacks#797 / 2662 · 61st pct

1.0

Interceptions#323 / 805 · 30th 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

2018 season · 10 games

Home/Road · Season halves

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

2026 season

Head Coach

Zach Kittley

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

Awards

Player standing · 2018

Starter

A locked-in starting job.

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Career stats

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

Game log · Week-by-week

2018 season · 10 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	L 14-63@ 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@ 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

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

2018 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Starter

Career stats

Game log

How he plays