Jaylen Griffin: DL · Virginia Tech · #41.
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Jaylen Griffin
Wins the gap play after play. Played for three head coaches in five seasons at Virginia Tech. On tape: 6 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Pittsburgh, Week 6, 2022.
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
27 tackles. 0 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 5.5 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.
The Roanoke Times Oct 23
TigerNet Oct 20Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
| Season | Team | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Virginia Tech | 27 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.0 |
| 2021 | Virginia Tech | 14 | 1 | 2.5 | 2.0 |
| 2020 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | Virginia Tech | 19 | 8 | 3.5 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | Virginia Tech | 1 | -- | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Career | 71 | 30 | 14.0 | 7.5 |
Game log · Week-by-week
2022 season · 11 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | L 17-20@ Old Dominion | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 2 | W 27-10vs Boston College | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 27-7vs Wofford | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 4 | L 10-33vs West Virginia | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | L 10-41@ North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 29-45@ Pittsburgh | 6 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | Season-high 6 tackles |
| Wk 7 | L 14-20vs Miami | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 21-22@ No. 24 NC State | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 27-28vs Georgia Tech | 4 | 2 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | L 7-24@ Duke | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | W 23-22@ Liberty | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 27 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.0 | — | 0 |
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
TFL rate
20%6 TFLSack rate
7%2 sacksHurry rate
4%1 hurry27 tackles · 5.5 for loss · 2 sacks.
Splits · Per-game
2022 season · 11 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home5g | 2.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Road6g | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Brent Pry
Pass share
47.8%
346 pass / 378 run
Plays / game
65.8
11 games
Team sack rate
8.6%
360 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Balanced.
Player standing · 2022
Fewer tackles a game than most FBS defensive linemen who play every week.
Recognition
Production · CFB Zeitgeist Score
Three-star recruit. Now #244 at the position.
How it ended
Five seasons at Virginia Tech, 8 sacks — the college career is complete.
Four or fewer games in the first season, then ten or more.
Coaching lineage · 2018–2022
3 coachesPlayed under 3 different head coaches: Justin Fuente, J.C. Price, and Brent Pry. Multi-era developmental context.
