Jalon Ferrell: S · Massachusetts · #19.
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Jalon Ferrell
Moves between deep coverage and the slot. The four seasons span two programs and three head coaches: Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos and Don Brown. On tape: 4 tackles and 0.5 tackles for loss against Army, Week 9, 2023.
Play style
Moves between deep coverage and the slot — the modern positionless DB.
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.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
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| 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 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2023 season · 9 games
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| 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@ No. 6 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 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
0%0 pass breakupsTackle volume
17tackles this seasonTFL rate
9%2 TFL17 tackles · 1.5 for loss · 1 sack.
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
Don Brown
Pass share
47.3%
348 pass / 388 run
Plays / game
61.3
12 games
Team sack rate
6.1%
375 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced, slow tempo.
Player standing · 2023
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive backs who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #502 at the position.
How it ended
Four seasons, at UConn and Massachusetts, 87 tackles — the college career is complete.
A stat line in 27 games over four seasons.
Coaching lineage · 2019–2023
3 coachesPlayed for 3 head coaches at 2 schools: Randy Edsall, Lou Spanos and Don Brown.
