Game log · Week-by-week
2026 season · 2 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 7-59@ Texas | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | L 26-31vs UTSA | 13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 |
#9
Jayden Bradley
Freshman defensive back on Texas State's 2026 roster.
6′1″ · 209 lb · Pensacola, FL
Returning to Texas State for 2026
How he projects
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line.
Grades highest in speed and tackling.
The full scouting readRecruiting
3★
S recruit
No. 1738 nationally · Signed with Texas State
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
1 defensive back on Texas State's 2026 roster.
- Signed as a 3-star recruit to Texas State in 2025.
Jayden Bradley
Plays like an extra linebacker near the line. The receipt on tape: 13 tackles against UTSA, Week 2, 2026.
18 TACKLES · 0 SACKS
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
- season totals
- positional archetype classification
- game log
His career
2025
- Signed with Texas State3-star out of Prosper Rock Hill
Career arc
HS
Recruit
★★★
CFB
College
Texas State
NFL
NFL Draft
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2026 snapshot
Season context · Team result + system
2026Texas State0-2HC: G.J. Kinne · Run-heavy, fast tempo
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: tackles (88th 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: 9.0 TKL/g, 0.2 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
G.J. Kinne
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Awards
Player standing · 2026
Backup
Tackle volume for the position at the early end of the ladder.
Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex
Career stats
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Texas State | 18 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 18 | 8 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
Game log
How he plays
Play style
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
CFB Index positional classification
2026 Outlook
Texas State
2026 Depth chart
Projected starter
Defensive back · Texas State
Returning around him
- Transfer portal: -3 net (18 in / 21 out)
2026 Award watch
No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)
Texas State · Last season: 7-6 · Talent rank #82 · 2026 recruiting class #74
DNA match
Player DNA
Box Safety
Lives near the line of scrimmage as a de facto extra linebacker.
S
His 2026 production profile sits closest to Trey Marshall’s 2017 season.
Matches Trey on
TFL rate
PD rate
Tackle volume
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a freshman, his production profile tracks closest to Brennan Johnson's freshman season at Virginia Tech (2025).
Matches Brennan on
Class year
Height
TFL rate
The secondary · Texas State
- #7Ryan Nolan72 tackles · 2025
- #1Amarion Atwood29 tackles · 2025
- #20Malik Willis20 tackles · 2025
- #24Dexter Ricks Jr.18 tackles · 2025
- #9Jayden Bradley2 games · 2026
12 more on the roster · Texas State team page
Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology