Jaylan Foster: DB · South Carolina · #27.
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Jaylan Foster
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away. Played for two head coaches in three seasons at South Carolina. A game that shows it: 13 tackles and 2 tackles for loss against Tennessee — Week 6, 2021.
Play style
Hits like a linebacker and still takes the ball away.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
90 tackles. 2 passes defended. 5 interceptions. 5 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
On3 Oct 24
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| Season | Team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | South Carolina | 96 | 66 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | South Carolina | 43 | 25 | 2.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | South Carolina | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- |
| Career | 141 | 93 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3 | 5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2021 season · 12 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 46-0vs Eastern Illinois | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 20-17@ East Carolina | 6 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | L 13-40@ No. 2 Georgia | 7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-16vs Kentucky | 12 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 23-14vs Troy | 12 | 12 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-45@ Tennessee | 13 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 13 tackles |
| Wk 7 | W 21-20vs Vanderbilt | 6 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 8 | L 14-44@ No. 17 Texas A&M | 7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | W 40-17vs Florida | 8 | 7 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 28-31@ Missouri | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 21-17vs Auburn | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 0-30vs Clemson | 5 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 90 | 63 | 5.0 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
PD rate
3%3 pass breakupsInterceptions
5interceptionsTackle volume
96tackles this seasonTFL rate
5%5 TFL96 tackles · 5 for loss · 2 sacks · 3 pass breakups · 5 interceptions.
Splits · Per-game
2021 season · 12 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home7g | 7.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 8.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 8.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 6.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Shane Beamer
Pass share
44.1%
360 pass / 457 run
Plays / game
68.1
12 games
Team sack rate
7.2%
390 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2021
96 tackles in 12 games, more tackles a game than nearly every FBS defensive back who plays every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Two-star recruit. Now #102 at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at South Carolina, 141 tackles — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2017–2021
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Will Muschamp, Mike Bobo, and Shane Beamer. Multi-era developmental context.
