Senior safety on Massachusetts's 2023 roster.
6′2″ · 205 lb · Miami, FL
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.
The story
4 safety on Massachusetts's roster.
Recruiting
S recruit
No. 2690 nationally · Signed with UConn
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonJalon Ferrell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. Across four seasons and two programs, three head coaches: Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos and Don Brown. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles, 0.5 TFL against Army, Week 9, 2023.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Four seasons at Massachusetts, 87 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: passes defended (19th 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
2023 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-76g | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 2.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2023
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
Two-star recruit. Now #502 at the position.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Massachusetts | 17 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Massachusetts | 37 | 22 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | UConn | 32 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | UConn | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 87 | 51 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 4 | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 10 · 2023
W 31–21
vs Merrimack
2 TOT
With C. Kolodziey — 38 AVG · 1 IN 20 · 55 LONG · G. DeRosiers — 162 rush yds (10 car) · 3 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 41-30@ New Mexico State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 1 | L 14-59@ Auburn | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 28-41vs Miami (OH) | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 31-34vs New Mexico | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 28-52vs Arkansas State | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 0-63@ Penn State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 21-14@ Army | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Wk 10 | W 31-21vs Merrimack | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | L 18-31vs UConn | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 17 | 10 | 1.5 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
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
17 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
His 2023 production profile sits closest to Jayden Johnson’s 2021 season.
Matches Jayden on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Rourke Freeburg's senior season at Toledo (2022).
Matches Rourke on
Player DNA