Jalon Kilgore: DB · South Carolina · #24.
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Jalon Kilgore
Erases the deep middle of the field. Three seasons in the South Carolina secondary to date. The first one came in 2025: All-SEC. A game that shows it: 10 tackles against Missouri — Week 4, 2025.
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
54 tackles. 10 passes defended. 2 interceptions. 0 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 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | South Carolina | 54 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | South Carolina | 48 | 31 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 5 | -- |
| 2023 | South Carolina | 76 | 46 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Career | 178 | 109 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 21 | 8 | 3 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 24-11vs Virginia Tech | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 7-31vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 20-29@ No. 23 Missouri | 10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 10 tackles |
| Wk 5 | W 35-13vs Kentucky | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 10-20@ No. 11 LSU | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 7-26vs No. 14 Oklahoma | 6 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 9 | L 22-29vs No. 4 Alabama | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 14-30@ No. 7 Ole Miss | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 30-31@ No. 3 Texas A&M | 8 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | W 51-7vs Coastal Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Wk 14 | L 14-28vs Clemson | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Total | 54 | 32 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
19%10 pass breakupsInterceptions
2interceptionsTackle volume
54tackles this seasonTFL rate
0%0 TFL54 tackles · 10 pass breakups · 2 interceptions.
3 seasons under Shane Beamer — 18-19 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2025 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| Road4g | 6.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-75g | 5.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+6g | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
45.5%
340 pass / 407 run
Plays / game
62.2
12 games
Team sack rate
10.3%
399 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2025
Picked for an all-conference team by at least one selector.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Unranked recruit. Now #50 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 178 tackles — drafted at #167 overall by the Buffalo Bills.
A stat line in 36 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-SEC · 2ND TEAM
All-SEC 2nd team (2025)
Coaching lineage · 2023–2025
1 coachPlayed every college season under Shane Beamer.
Next stop · NFL
Buffalo Bills2026 NFL rookie season
Buffalo Bills2026 NFL rookie season
