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Jaylan Alexander

Junior linebacker for Purdue. 2021: 113 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

LB · Purdue · Jr. · #36

6′1″ · 230 lb · Hoffman Estates, IL

CFB Index 77 · #77 of 578 LBsHigh confidencePurdue 2021 alumnus

Recruiting

3★

ILB recruit

No. 927 nationally · Signed with Purdue

No college snaps yet.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

3 linebacker for Purdue. 2021: 113 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 1 sack.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Purdue in 2018.

His career, year by year

How it ended

Four seasons at Purdue, 215 tackles — his college career is complete.

His career

He was on the field for 4 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.

20186 games

Signed with Purdue3-star out of Hoffman Estates

Career arc

Recruit

★★★

#927 national

CFB

College

Purdue

2018–2021

NFL

NFL Draft

—

Not drafted

Coaching lineage · 2018–2021

1 coach

2018–2021

Jeff Brohm

Purdue

Played his entire career under Jeff Brohm.

2021 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

4 seasons under Jeff Brohm — 21-23 over that span.

2018Purdue6-7HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2019Purdue4-8HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning

2020Purdue2-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-heavy

2021Purdue9-4HC: Jeff Brohm · Pass-leaning, fast tempo

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

77All-Conference level #77 of 578?

High confidence6 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: solo tackles (100th percentile). Strength: tackles (99th percentile). Concern: qb hurries (24th percentile).

Box-score production (6)

Solo tackles#13 / 2743 · 100th pct

Tackles#22 / 2743 · 99th pct

113

Passes defended#207 / 2743 · 91st pct

Tackles for loss#295 / 2743 · 89th pct

7.5

Sacks#829 / 2743 · 61st pct

1.0

QB hurries#1413 / 2743 · 24th pct

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

2021 season · 12 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home6g	7.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
Road6g	8.2	0.8	0.2	0.3

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-76g	6.2	0.5	0.2	0.7
Weeks 8+6g	9.5	0.8	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Barry Odom

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

Awards

Player standing · 2021

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

77 · #77 of 578 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #77 at the position.

Career stats

Season	Team
2021	Purdue	113	69	7.5	1.0	5	--	--
2020	Purdue	49	28	2.0	0.0	1	--	--
2019	Purdue	41	31	6.0	0.0	1	--	--
2018	Purdue	12	6	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		215	134	15.5	1.0	7	--	--

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2021 season · 12 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 30-21vs Oregon State	4	2	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 2	W 49-0@ UConn	5	2	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	L 13-27@ Notre Dame	7	4	1.0	1.0	—	1
Wk 4	W 13-9vs Illinois	6	2	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 5	L 13-20vs Minnesota	5	3	0.0	0.0	—	2
Wk 7	W 24-7@ Iowa	10	8	1.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	L 13-30vs Wisconsin	15	11	1.0	0.0	—	0	Season-high 15 tackles
Wk 9	W 28-23@ Nebraska	6	1	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 40-29vs Michigan State	9	6	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 11	L 31-59@ Ohio State	10	4	0.5	0.0	—	0
Wk 12	W 32-14@ Northwestern	11	10	1.5	0.0	—	1
Wk 13	W 44-7vs Indiana	6	6	1.0	0.0	—	0
Total		94	59	7.5	1.0	—	5

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

Jaylan Alexander

20186 games

2021 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Game log

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