Senior defensive lineman for North Texas. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
6′4″ · 251 lb · Ocean Springs, MS
The numbers
sack · 2025
1 TFL · 13 tackles · 1 hurries
Best game: 1 sacks, 1 TFL, 3 tackles, at Charlotte
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
4 defensive lineman for North Texas. 2025: 1 sack, 1 tackle for loss, 13 tackles.
Jalyn Durgan
Wins his gap play after play. Two head coaches in two seasons, at two different programs. The receipt on tape: 4 tackles against Rice, Week 13, 2025.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
His career
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2024–2025
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Eric Morris → Drew Svoboda. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles (13th 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
2025 season · 5 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-72g | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Neal Brown
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2025
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | North Texas | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2024 | South Alabama | 13 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.5 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 26 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.5 | -- | -- | -- |
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 18 · 2025
W 49–47
1 TOT · 1 SOLO
Edged out San Diego State on the road in a shootout.
With D. Mestemaker — 250 yds · 3 TD · 2 INT · QBR 70.3 · 18 rush yds (2 car) · C. Hawkins — 198 rush yds (31 car) · 2 TD
Game log · Week-by-week
2025 season · 5 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | W 33-30@ Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 54-20@ Charlotte | 3 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 53-24@ UAB | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 56-24@ Rice | 4 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 4 tackles |
| Bowl | W 49-47@ San Diego State | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 13 | 7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
North Texas
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive line · North Texas
Returning around him
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
North Texas · Last season: 12-2 (AP #23) · Talent rank #95 · 2026 recruiting class #135
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2025 production profile sits closest to Kahi Neves’s 2021 season.
Matches Kahi on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Kahi Neves's sophomore season at San Diego State (2021).
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Player DNA