Former defensive back at Kent State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
5′10″ · 180 lb · Middletown, MD
The story
Former defensive back at Kent State. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jaylen Dotson
Erases the deep middle of the field. Jaylen Dotson arrived at Incarnate Word from Kent State. One game to point at: 6 tackles against Eastern Michigan — Week 5, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
One season at Kent State, 21 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
Career arc
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: tackles for loss (7th percentile).
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 · Per-game
2024 season · 7 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home2g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road5g | 2.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+3g | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Mark Carney
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2024
Tackle volume for the position in rotation-piece range.
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kent State | 21 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
| Career | 21 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 7 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 0-71@ Tennessee | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 0-56@ Penn State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 33-52vs Eastern Michigan | 6 | 4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 35-37vs Ball State | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | L 6-27@ Bowling Green | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-52@ Western Michigan | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 7-34@ Miami (OH) | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 | |
| Total | 21 | 11 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 2 |
Play style
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
CFB Index positional classification
Player DNA
Single-high range who erases the deep middle of the field.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Five Hamilton’s 2024 season.
Matches Five on
Differs from Five on
Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a sophomore, his production profile tracks closest to Markie Grant's sophomore season at Wyoming (2025).
Matches Markie on
Player DNA