Defensive back for Illinois. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 29 tackles.
6′1″ · 190 lb · Chicago, IL
Recruiting
CB recruit
No. 1901 nationally · Signed with Illinois
No college snaps yet.
His career numbers, season by seasonThe story
2017 defensive back for Illinois. 2017: 1 interception, 5 pass breakups, 29 tackles.
Jaylen Dunlap
Jaylen Dunlap has played for two head coaches in three seasons at Illinois. The receipt on tape: 6 tackles against Purdue, Week 10, 2017.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Three seasons at Illinois, 91 tackles — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 3 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2015–2017
2 coachesCoaching transition mid-career: Bill Cubit → Lovie Smith. Worth noting in scheme + development context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Elite: passes defended (88th percentile). Concern: tackles for loss (18th 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
2017 season · 9 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Road4g | 3.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+5g | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Bret Bielema
Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.
Player standing · 2017
Earning real snaps in the rotation without a starting job.
Game log · Week-by-week
2017 season · 9 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 3 | L 23-47@ South Florida | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 6-28vs Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 6 | L 16-45@ Iowa | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 24-35vs Rutgers | 2 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 10-24vs Wisconsin | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 10 | L 10-29@ Purdue | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 11 | L 14-24vs Indiana | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | L 14-52@ Ohio State | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 13 | L 7-42vs Northwestern | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 29 | 19 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 |
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
29 tackles. 5 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 0.5 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.