Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 16-52@ Indiana | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 44-6vs UNLV | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Total | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#21
Jason Cross Jr.
Junior safety on North Texas's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 178 lb · Pittsburgh, PA · Bishop Canevin HS
Transferred West Virginia → North Texas for 2026
Recruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 854 nationally · Signed with West Virginia
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
3 safety on North Texas's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to West Virginia in 2024.
- Transferred from West Virginia to North Texas in 2026.
Jason Cross Jr.
West Virginia to North Texas — the move that set up everything since. The receipt: 6 tackles against UNLV — Week 2, 2026.
7 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- portal record
- game log
His career
2024
- Signed with West Virginia3-star out of Bishop Canevin
2026
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
- Entered the portal
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
North Texas
NFL
NFL Draft
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Where He Ended Up · Transfer
Transferred to North Texas
2025West Virginia
2026North Texas
2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026North Texas1-1HC: Neal Brown · 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: 3.5 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
Neal Brown
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
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | North Texas | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Signature game
SIGNATURE GAME · Week 2 · 2026
W 44–6
vs UNLV
6 TOT · 3 SOLO
Dominant 38-point win at home against UNLV.
With T. Jackson — 233 yds · 2 TD · 0 INT · QBR 74.9 · 15 rush yds (7 car) · 1 TD · J. White — 124 rush yds (12 car) · 1 TD
Game log
Background
Prior to UNT: Spent the 2025 and 2024 seasons at West Virginia … did not appear in a game … preserved a redshirt season with the Mountaineers in 2024 … prepped at Bishop Canevin HS in Pittsburgh … earned Pennsylvania Writers Class A All-State first game honors in 2023 and was a Second Team select...
The secondary · North Texas
- #16BJ Allen Jr.15 tackles · 2025
- #8Caden Jenkins10 tackles · 2025
- #9Cameren Jenkins6 tackles · 2025
- #5Chase Canada3 tackles · 2025
- #21Jason Cross Jr.2 games · 2026
18 more on the roster · North Texas team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology