Jay Stanley

Senior safety for Southern Miss. 2023: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

S · Southern Miss · Sr. · #7

6′2″ · 215 lb · Brandon, MS

CFB Index 72 · #85 of 538 safetiesMedium confidenceSouthern Miss 2023 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

S recruit

No. 1049 nationally · Signed with Brandon

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 safety for Southern Miss. 2023: 3 interceptions, 5 pass breakups, 55 tackles.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Brandon in 2019.
Transferred from Ole Miss to Southern Miss in 2021.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Five seasons at Southern Miss, 194 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

Nobody recruited him. He earned the honors anyway.

20197 games

Recruited3-star out of Brandon

202111 games

Entered the portal

202212 games

All-Sun Beltthird

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#1049 national

CFB

College

2 teams

2019–2023

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Trophy case · Confirmed honors

What the selectors said

3 honors · 1 category

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ALL-SUN BELT

All-Sun Belt mention (2022)

Coaching lineage · 2019–2023

3 coaches

2019

Jay Hopson

Southern Miss

2020

Scotty Walden

Southern Miss

era →

2021–2023

Will Hall

Southern Miss

era →

Played under 3 different head coaches: Jay Hopson, Scotty Walden, and Will Hall. Multi-era developmental context.

2023 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2019Ole Miss4-8HC: Matt Luke · Run-heavy

2020Ole Miss5-5HC: Lane Kiffin · Run-leaning, fast tempo

2021Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-heavy, slow tempo

2022Southern Miss7-6HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

2023Southern Miss3-9HC: Will Hall · Run-leaning

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

72Quality starter #85 of 538?

Medium confidence8 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: passes defended (89th percentile). Strength: interceptions (88th percentile). Concern: sacks (24th percentile).

Box-score production (8)

Passes defended#254 / 2842 · 89th pct

Interceptions#57 / 827 · 88th pct

Tackles#456 / 2842 · 84th pct

Solo tackles#816 / 2842 · 70th pct

Forced fumbles#54 / 710 · 46th pct

Tackles for loss#1669 / 2842 · 38th pct

1.5

QB hurries#1486 / 2842 · 24th pct

Sacks#1503 / 2842 · 24th pct

0.0

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

2023 season · 11 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	5.3	0.1	0.0	0.5
Road5g	4.6	0.2	0.0	0.4

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	4.5	0.1	0.0	0.5
Weeks 8+5g	5.6	0.2	0.0	0.4

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Blake Anderson

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2023

Part-time starter

Tackle volume for the position in part-time-starter range.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

72 · #85 of 538 safeties

Three-star recruit. Now #85 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2023	Southern Miss	55	24	1.5	0.0	5	3	--
2022	Southern Miss	57	26	4.0	1.0	6	5	--
2021	Southern Miss	56	30	4.5	1.0	1	2	--
2020	Ole Miss	6	2	0.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Ole Miss	20	8	0.5	0.0	1	--	--
Career		194	90	10.5	2.0	14	10	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 1 · 2023

W 40–14

vs Alcorn State

2 PD · 2 SOLO · 3 TOT

Dominant 26-point win at home against Alcorn State.

With B. Wiles — 267 yds · 3 TD · 1 INT · QBR 54.2 · 3 rush yds (6 car) · T. Mims — 30 rush yds (2 car)

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2023 season · 11 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 40-14vs Alcorn State	3	2	0.0	2	2
Wk 2	L 13-66@ Florida State	1	1	0.0	—	1
Wk 3	L 3-21vs Tulane	10	6	0.0	—	0	Season-high 10 tackles
Wk 4	L 37-44@ Arkansas State	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	L 36-50vs Texas State	4	2	0.5	—	0
Wk 6	L 13-17vs Old Dominion	5	2	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 38-48@ App State	5	3	1.0	1	0
Wk 10	W 24-7vs UL Monroe	4	1	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	W 34-31@ Louisiana	5	2	0.0	—	1
Wk 12	L 20-41@ Mississippi State	8	3	0.0	—	0
Wk 13	L 17-35vs Troy	6	1	0.0	—	1
Total		55	24	1.5	3	5

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jay Stanley

20197 games

202111 games

202212 games

2023 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Part-time starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

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