Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
6′3″ · 227 lb · Fayetteville, NC
CFB Index
A single number blending on-field production (an EPA-based value lane) with box-score output for this player's position.
0-100, scaled within each position's own cohort — not directly comparable across positions.
The story
Former defensive lineman at Massachusetts. Career stats, games and honors on CFB Zeitgeist.
Jaylen Hudson
Wins his gap play after play. Jaylen Hudson has played for two head coaches across five seasons and two programs. The receipt: 5 tackles against Wagner — Week 9, 2024.
Low coverage — composed from the verified record.
How it ended
Five seasons at Massachusetts — his college career is complete.
His career
He was on the field for 5 seasons. That is rarer than it sounds.
Career arc
Coaching lineage · 2020–2024
4 coachesPlayed under 4 different head coaches: Walt Bell, Alex Miller, Don Brown, and Shane Montgomery. Multi-era developmental context.
Season context · Team result + system
Where this defender ranks vs the field
Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort
Concern: solo tackles (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 · 8 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home4g | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Road4g | 3.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-74g | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Weeks 8+4g | 2.8 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Joe Harasymiak
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.
Recognition
Production · CFB Index Score
| Season | Team | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Massachusetts | 25 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2023 | Wake Forest | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2022 | Wake Forest | 20 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2021 | Wake Forest | 10 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Wake Forest | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -- | -- | -- |
| Career | 62 | 26 | 3.5 | 0.0 | 1 | -- | -- |
Game log · Week-by-week
2024 season · 8 games
| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 2 | L 23-38@ Toledo | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | Season-high 5 tackles |
| Wk 3 | L 3-34@ Buffalo | 2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | L 20-34@ Northern Illinois | 4 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 7 | L 3-45vs Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | W 35-7vs Wagner | 5 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 10 | L 20-45@ Mississippi State | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 12 | L 34-35vs Liberty | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 14 | L 42-47vs UConn | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 25 | 5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 1 |
Play style
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
CFB Index positional classification
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
25 tackles. 1 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 1.5 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.
Player DNA
Stout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number.
His 2024 production profile sits closest to Jaylen Hudson’s 2022 season.
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Not enough data yet for this comparison.
As a graduate, his production profile tracks closest to Wayne Matthews III's graduate season at Michigan State (2025).
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Player DNA