Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 56-7vs Lafayette | 5 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 2 | L 14-38vs Maryland | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#17
Jalil Martin
Junior defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
6′2″ · 200 lb · Chicago, IL · Kenwood Academy
In transfer portal — destination TBD (from Syracuse)
Recruiting
3★
ATH recruit
No. 562 nationally · Signed with Nebraska
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 defensive back on UConn's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Nebraska in 2022.
Jalil Martin
Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Nunzio Campanile, Fran Brown and Jason Candle. One game to point at: 5 tackles against Lafayette — Week 1, 2026.
8 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- head-coach lineage
- game log
His career
2022
- Signed with Nebraska3-star out of Kenwood Academy
20234 games
- Entered the portal
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
2 teams
NFL
NFL Draft
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Coaching lineage · 2023–2026
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Jim Mora, Gordon Sammis, and Jason Candle. Multi-era developmental context.
In Portal · 2026
In transfer portal
2025Syracuse
DestinationTBD
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2023Syracuse6-7HC: Nunzio Campanile · Run-heavy
2024Syracuse10-3HC: Fran Brown · Pass-leaning, fast tempo
2025Syracuse3-9HC: Fran Brown · Balanced
2026UConn1-1HC: Jason Candle · Run-leaning
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (0th percentile).
Box-score production (6)
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 splits
Through 2 games: 4.0 TKL/g, 0.0 TFL/g, 0.0 SACK/g, 0.0 PD/g — splits start at 3 games.
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Jason Candle
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
On the two-deep and pushing for snaps.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2026
W 56–7
vs Lafayette
5 TOT · 2 SOLO
Dominant 49-point win at home against Lafayette.
With K. Osborne — 265 yds · 2 TD · 1 INT · 90 rush yds (8 car) · 2 TD · T. Warner — 43 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 44 LONG
Game log
The secondary · UConn
- #10Jayden Davis34 tackles · 2025
- #24Zion Paret13 tackles · 2025
- #18Kylish Hicks9 tackles · 2025
- #17Jalil Martin6 tackles · 2025
- #4Braedyn Moore5 tackles · 2025
16 more on the roster · UConn team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology